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It is mind-blowing to know how the best innovative ideas are born out of very difficult situations; when we hit rock bottom in life. Now there are two types of individuals that emerge from circumstances like that; the ones that are aware that when we hit rock bottom there is only one way to go, which is up, and the other that keeps making excuses, why they can’t come out of such situation.

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Today’s article is about a project that was driven by bad experience and loss of identity, we shall be talking about TYKN. Before we go on to talk about this platform, let's briefly see the circumstance that brought about the establishment of this project TYNK.

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This project was created as a result of the Syrian refugee crisis that started in the year 2011, and as a result of this crisis families lost their homes and their children, which also led to a tragic event of losing vital documents like; birth certificates, academic certificate etc and properties were also misplaced, thereby causing a loss of identity, the lucky few that had something to be identified with, didn’t know if the information was still valid or not. Many men and women lost their lives in the crisis.

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The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the biggest crisis ever since the end of World War II. According to research, the number of refugees that have fled out of the country as a result of the catastrophe has exceeded 5 million, which includes over 2.5 million children, according to the UN - Refugees are individuals that have forcefully left their homes against their will because their freedom and lives are endangered.

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Tey el-Rjula who is the founder and CEO of TYKN blockchain project was caught up in such a situation, he had this same experience of being a refugee. According to him, he was left with no document appropriately stating his "Identity", this circumstance added to the existing challenge he was already going through at that time. Tey found out that he wasn't the only one with a lost identity when he heard other refugees sharing their experiences. This challenge inspired and motivated Tey to build Tykn.

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TYKN is a blockchain-oriented project that provides support to NGO projects and government with their identity management systems as a charitable initiative. This project comprises of a high-order application for distribution and identification of beneficiaries. Tey found the TYKN platform from the experience he gathered from being a refugee and the difficulty he faced as a result of his "lost identity". This story was told at the Blockchain Innovation Conference 2018 where he won the ICO pitch competition.

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Being an expert in the cryptocurrency space Tey knows that the blockchain system is the worlds immediate problem-solving mechanism that can be leveraged upon in solving both real-world and digital related challenges. The TYKN platform leverages on blockchain technology because of its unique nature of transparency, security, and decentralization. So Tey built TYKN with the sole intention of assisting NGOs with blockchain-oriented identification tools. NGOs that are set to assist the government to render help to refugees of a particular country.

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TYKN has provided verification and registration systems that are built and designed for individuals through a distributed ledger. Individuals have been given access to assist the government in providing information that will improve the identity management system leveraging on TYKN facilities.

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If you want to know more about this project, you can meet the founder Tey at this year's DECENTRALIZED 2018 taking place in Greece, you will be opportune to listen and ask him answer questions based on the project. You can also contact the TYKN core team on the TYKN website or members through LinkedIn Thank you for reading, for more information you can visit the links below this post for a broader understanding. Bye. I am @meemee