METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTITY CREATION, VERIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT

An identity system is disclosed comprising: an identity creation module to generate an identity token, the generated identity token incorporating an identifier representing identity data of an identity generated for an individual by an identity provider, the incorporated identifier being stored in a data structure associated with program instructions of a smart contract of a distributed ledger system, the data structure and the program instructions of the smart contract being stored in a distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system; a first interface to a user system of the individual to provide the generated identity token to the user system; a second interface to a restricted access system to receive a token received by the restricted access system from the user system or data extracted from the token; an identity verification module to invoke an identity verification function of the program instructions of the smart contract to determine whether at least a portion of the extracted data matches the identifier stored in the data structure of the smart contract in the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system; and wherein the second interface outputs to the restricted access system an indication of a validity of the identity generated by the identify provider based on the determination.