Microsoft May Build Identity System with Bitcoin Lightning Network

Microsoft, the world’s sixth-largest IT company by revenue, will have both cryptocurrency and stock markets watching as they announce its blockchain-based decentralized identity system at Consensus 2018 in New York City.
The news may be especially bullish for Bitcoin as Microsoft developers hint they will use the actual Bitcoin chain to build the platform.
Microsoft to Present Decentralized Identity PoC at Consensus 2018
While Microsoft Founder Bill Gates has been an outspoken critic