On NFT

Hitoshi Kokumai
2 min readDec 1, 2021

Today I would like to take up this article - ”What are NFTs? Are they the next digital revolution or a blatant scam?” https://www.androidauthority.com/non-fungible-tokens-nft-3061350/

We know what has happened to cryptocurrencies. Then we should be able to envisage that, when the overall value reaches some critical point, NFTs will attract organized criminals in a massive scale.

Again, the key issue is Identity Assurance.

Pleasant episodic image memories that we had acquired years and decades ago contribute to the most solid identity assurance; here is why and how — “Quantum Computing and Password Authentication” published at NY-based aiTech Trend.

Key References

Bring a healthy second life to legacy password systems

For Achieving Solid Digital Identity on Information Security Buzz (Mar/2021)

What We Know for Certain about Authentication Factors

Digital Identity for Global Citizens

Image-to-Code Conversion by Expanded Password System

Summary and Brief History — Expanded Password System

Proposition on How to Build Sustainable Digital Identity Platform

Account Recovery with Expanded Password System

Additional References

Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect

Step-by-Step Analysis of Why and How Biometrics Brings Down Security

Negative Security Effect of Biometrics Deployed in Cyberspace

External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’

History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System

Availability-First Approach

Update: Questions and Answers — Expanded Password System and Related Issues

< Videos on YouTube>

Slide: Outline of Expanded Password System (3minutes 2seconds)

Digital Identity for Global Citizens (10minutes — narrated)

Demo: Simplified Operation on Smartphone for consumers (1m41s)

Demo: High-Security Operation on PC for managers (4m28s)

Demo: Simple capture and registration of pictures by users (1m26s)

Slide: Biometrics in Cyber Space — “below-one” factor authentication

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Hitoshi Kokumai

Advocate of ‘Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory’, Inventor of Expanded Password System and Founder of Mnemonic Identity Solutions Limited in UK.