Notarizing documents is a great example where some people think blockchain is a good use case, and it's never true.
Where would be the advantage of the scheme you describe to the current system? There is none. The system already works: people are given power to validate documents by the authority. The authority stores that centrally. The validation is mostly collected centrally. All stuff you can do perfectly fine without needing to run replicated servers storing an evergrowing immutable blockchain sipping authority from the real authority.
The current scheme allows things like secret notarization and revocation, stuff a blockchain is very bad at.
> it'll be up to the receiving agencies like England's government to decide "We trust the system the US uses to validate it's notiaries, so we'll add 'USRoxs' to our list of accepted Established Authorities (along with 'TheEnglish' of course)"
Countries already have systems in place to accept documents made in other countries. Works with official translators and stamps/seals of authenticity.
Where would be the advantage of the scheme you describe to the current system? There is none. The system already works: people are given power to validate documents by the authority. The authority stores that centrally. The validation is mostly collected centrally. All stuff you can do perfectly fine without needing to run replicated servers storing an evergrowing immutable blockchain sipping authority from the real authority.
The current scheme allows things like secret notarization and revocation, stuff a blockchain is very bad at.
> it'll be up to the receiving agencies like England's government to decide "We trust the system the US uses to validate it's notiaries, so we'll add 'USRoxs' to our list of accepted Established Authorities (along with 'TheEnglish' of course)"
Countries already have systems in place to accept documents made in other countries. Works with official translators and stamps/seals of authenticity.
In better and funny: Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RTC22Z2xI