> - Sign-In with Ethereum offers a new self-custodial option for users who wish to assume more control
> - Kepler is a decentralized storage network organized around data overlays called Orbits. Kepler allows users to Securely share their digital credentials, private files, and sensitive media to blockchain accounts, all using a Web3 wallet
> Earlier this month, The Graph hosted Graph Hack at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Graph Hack was a three-day hackathon, bringing together developers to kickstart the latest dapps and ideas featuring a mix of on and off-chain data via a variety of impactful use-cases.
> We're currently working on a new, ergonomic way to use Sign-In with Ethereum and session management for applications, and are currently in the process of setting up beta testing. If you're interested in trying this out, please get in touch.
* [Spruce Raises $34M to Unbundle the Login for a User-Controlled Web](https://blog.spruceid.com/spruce-raises-34m-to-unbundle-the-login-for-a-user-controlled-web/)
> With the new funding, Spruce will spearhead research in cutting-edge privacy and usability technology for identity, grow its product teams, and continue to execute on partnerships across the ecosystem.
* [Decentralized Identity Startup Spruce Wants to Help Users Control their Sign-In Data](https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/20/decentralized-identity-startup-spruce-wants-to-help-users-control-their-sign-in-data/)TechCrunch
> The company [won an RFP](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/08/sign-in-with-ethereum-is-coming/)from the Ethereum Foundation and Ethereum Name Service (ENS) to develop a standardized “sign-in with Ethereum” feature that could be interoperable with web2 identity systems [...] to let [users] control what information a platform receives about them when they sign in rather than automatically surrendering the data to the platform.
* [Spruce sets the bar for sovereign identity storage options, secures $7.5M](https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/02/spruce-sets-the-bar-for-sovereign-identity-and-storage-options-secures-7-5m/)
> Spruce, a service that allows users to control their data across the web, has raised $7.5 million. The company builds open source, open standard developer tools helping users collect and control their data across the web. It helps prevent NFT frauds and defines access rules for [decentralized](https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/28/decentralized-identity-the-key-to-the-digital-era/).
* [Future of Decentralized Identity- Wayne Chang & Kasima Tharnpipitchai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DpARtPe9Qvbo)
yeah so at spruce our mission is to let users control their data across the web we think that instead of users logging into platforms and trying to rest control over their data there platforms should have to log into the user's data vaults and the users can have at their discretion all the control over their data vaults and how their data are used
* [Introducing TreeLDR: A Canopy Across Your Data Schema Dreams](https://blog.spruceid.com/introducing-treeldr-a-canopy-across-your-data-schemas/)SpruceID
TreeLDR is an open-source developer tool with a DSL that makes managing data schemas as easy as defining data structures in your favorite (sane) statically-typed language.
Our open banking platform is guided by our [data responsibility principles](https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2022/data-responsibility-and-inclusion/). Mastercard
> This is so exciting to see what Wayne and his team are building.
>
> > At Spruce, we’re building a product suite to manage all aspects of the data supply chain.
- [Tezos DID Method](https://did-tezos-draft.spruceid.com/) - Specifies VC compatible DID creation and management
- [DIDKit](https://sprucesystems.medium.com/introducing-didkit-an-identity-toolkit-e0dfa292f53d) - cross-platform toolkit for working with DIDs and VCs.
* [Spruce Systems introduces DIDKit](https://sprucesystems.medium.com/introducing-didkit-an-identity-toolkit-e0dfa292f53d)
> DIDKit is a cross-platform toolkit for working with W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs). It allows you to resolve and manage DID documents, and also manage the entire lifecycle of Verifiable Credentials including their issuance, presentation, and verification.
* [Spruce Systems Developer Update #4](https://sprucesystems.medium.com/spruce-developer-update-4-cd6472c58fe1)
- The [Tezos DID Method](https://did-tezos-draft.spruceid.com/) specifies how Tezos can be used for DID creation and management, compatible with the issuance, storage, and verification of Verifiable Credentials.
- [DIDKit](https://sprucesystems.medium.com/introducing-didkit-an-identity-toolkit-e0dfa292f53d) is a cross-platform toolkit for working with W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs).
- [Credible](https://medium.com/@sprucesystems/spruce-developer-update-2-484368f87ee9) is Spruce’s native credential wallet for the consumption, storage, and presentation of Verifiable Credentials on Android and iOS.
- Keylink is Spruce’s tool to link existing enterprise accounts to keypairs.
- Intake is a smarter onboarding tool for businesses via secure document collection and processing. These artifacts can then be used as evidence to generate and issue credentials to the counterparty that originally uploaded them.
* [Upgradeable Decentralized Identity - DID Method Traits](https://blog.spruceid.com/upgradeable-decentralized-identity/)SpruceID
DID method traits are testable properties about DID methods that can help implementers tame complexity and choose the right DID method(s) for their use case.
- We recently added support for EIP-1271 (smart contract wallets) on our Python library ([siwe-py #30](https://github.com/spruceid/siwe-py/pull/30).
- There is ongoing work on supporting EIP-1271 in our Rust library as well, along with an API refactor ([siwe-rs #43](https://github.com/spruceid/siwe-rs/pull/43).
