I wanted a list of all RWoT papers in one place, rather than having to directory hop to look for what I need.
See the [WebofTrust.Info](http://www.weboftrust.info/) or [github.com/WebOfTrustInfo](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/) for more information.
> '[Web of Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust)' is a network of relationships that attest to our identity claims. *Each party attesting to your identity information becomes a strand in your web of trust.*
* [Rebranding the Web of Trust](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/rebranding-web-of-trust.pdf) Original RWoT whitepaper
* [Framework for the Comparison of Identity Systems](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Framework-for-Comparison-of-Identity-Systems.md)
* [A Primer on Functional Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/functional-identity-primer.md)
* [The DCS Theorem](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/final-documents/dcs-theorem/The-DCS-Theorem.md) — We use the triangle to show decentralized consensus systems can have _Decentralization_, _Consensus_, or _Scale_, but not all three properties simultaneously.
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust VII: Toronto (September 2018)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7) - More recent thoughts.
* [Powering the Physician-Patient Relationship with HIE of One Blockchain Health IT](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/physician-patient-relationship.pdf)
* [Protecting Digital Identities in Developing Countries](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/protecting-digital-identities-in-developing-countries.pdf)
* [Opportunities Created by the Web of Trust for Controlling and Leveraging Personal Data](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/satisfying-real-world-use-cases.pdf)
* Shannon Appelcline, Dave Crocker, Randall Farmer, and Justin Newton
>The Web of Trust is a buzzword for a new model of decentralized self-sovereign identity. It’s a phrase that dates back almost twenty-five years, the classic definition derives from PGP [...] the vibrant blockchain community is also drawing new attention to the concept we aim to reboot it.
* **[Opportunities Created by the Web of Trust for Controlling and Leveraging Personal Data](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/final-documents/satisfying-real-world-use-cases.pdf)**
* Five use cases, from two relatively simple cases of managing selective disclosure to the most extreme case of establishing government-verifiable credentials from nothing for a stateless refugee.
* Christopher Allen, Arthur Brock, Vitalik Buterin, Jon Callas, Duke Dorje, Christian Lundkvist, Pavel Kravchenko, Jude Nelson, Drummond Reed, Markus Sabadello, Greg Slepak, Noah Thorp, and Harlan T Wood
In advance of the design workshop, all participants produced a one-or-two page topic paper to be shared with the other attendees on either:
* A specific problem that they wanted to solve with a web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (PGP or CA-based PKI) can't address the problem?
* A specific solution related to the web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to?
* [White Papers, Specifications & Proofs of Concept](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/white-papers--specifications---and-proof-of-concept-code.md)
>Our goal for this initial #RebootingWebOfTrust design workshop is to:
>
> * Focus on the creation of the next generation of decentralized web-of-trust based identity systems.
> * To generate 5 technical white papers on topics decided by the group that will have the greatest impact on the future"
>
> To this end, I thought it would be useful to define what is a white paper, and as some people desire to go beyond this, what is a specification and proof of concept code.
* [Attempts at common terminology for digital identity systems](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/shared_terminology_for_digital_identity_systems.md)
* [Authorities vs. Peers: Pain Points in Security](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/authorities-vs-peers--pain-points-in-security.md)
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*& Shannon Appelcline *[@Appelcline](https://twitter.com/Appelcline) \<ShannonA@skotos.net\>*
* [Binding Identity in a Decentralized System](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/binding-identity-in-decentralized-system.md)
* [Building a Web of Trust for E-commerce](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/decentralized_e-commerce.md)
* [Cool hack with XDI graphs, blockstore, link contracts, and cryptographic identifiers](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/cool-hack-xdi-blockstore-bip32.md)
* [Dealing with key loss in digital identity systems](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/dealing_with_key_loss_in_digital_identity.md)
* [Distributed multi-ledger model for financial industry](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/DistributedMulti-ledgerModelForFinancialIndustry.md)
* [Distributed Trust Systems and the Kenyesian Beauty Contest](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Distributed-Trust-Systems-and-the-Kenyesian-Beauty-Contest.md)
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*& Shannon Appelcline *[@Appelcline](https://twitter.com/Appelcline) \<ShannonA@skotos.net\>*
* [How not to build an Orwellian reputation system](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/How-not-to-build-an-orwellian-reputation-system)
* [Identity, Property and Simulation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity-Property-Simulation.md)
* [Key revocation of lost and stolen keys](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Key-revokation-of-lost-and-stolen-keys.md)
* [Key Transparency for End Users](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/key-transparency-for-end-users.md)
* [Knowing When Your Digital Identity Has Been Compromised](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/knowing-when-your-identity-has-been-compromised.md)
* [Lightning Network and Web of Trust](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/lightning-network-and-web-of-trust.md)
* [Real life application of WoT: Refugee Use Case](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/refugee-use-case.md)
* [Schnorr Signatures: An Overview](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Schnorr-Signatures--An-Overview.md)
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*& Shannon Appelcline *[@Appelcline](https://twitter.com/Appelcline) \<ShannonA@skotos.net\>*
* [Secret Handshake: Key Exchange as a Capability System](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/key-exchange-as-capability-system.md)
* [Secure Naming on the Blockchain](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Secure-Naming-on-the-Blockchain.md)
- Muneeb Ali *[@muneeb](https://twitter.com/muneeb) \<muneeb@onename.com\>* and Ryan Shea *[@ryaneshea](https://twitter.com/ryaneshea) \<ryan@onename.com\>*
* [Selective Disclosure of Identity with Hierarchical Deterministic Keys and JSON Web Tokens](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Selective-Disclosure-of-Identity.md)
* [Tensions related to identity and community regulation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/tensions-related-to-identity-and-community-regulation.md)
* [Trust Exchange: An Architecture for a Permanent Open Trust Network](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Trust-Exchange-An-Architecture-for-a-Permanent-Open-Trust-Network.md)
* [Web of Trust with Blockchain IDs](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Web-of-Trust-with-Blockchain-IDs.md)
The second Rebooting the Web of Trust design workshop, in San Francisco, CA, on May 21st & 22nd, 2016. It was run in conjunction with the UN ID2020 Summit on Identity, which occurred at the UN in New York on May 20th, 2016.
The goal of the workshop was to generate five technical white papers and/or proposals on topics decided by the group that would have the greatest impact on the future.
### Completed Papers II [**^**](#contents)
* [**Identity Crisis: Clearer Identity Through Correlation**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/identity-crisis.pdf)
* A new way to look at identity, as correlation over time.
* [**Powering the Physician-Patient Relationship with HIE of One Blockchain Health IT**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/physician-patient-relationship.pdf)
* Using Blockchains and DIDs for physician-patient interactions.
* [**Protecting Digital Identities in Developing Countries**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/protecting-digital-identities-in-developing-countries.pdf)
* A real-world use case, describing issues of identity in the developing world.
### Topics & Advance Readings II [**^**](#contents)
In advance of the [ID 2020 Design DesignShop](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/) on May 21st and 22nd, all participants were requested to submit a 1 or 2 page topics paper to be shared with other attendees on either:
* A specific decentralized identity use case related to the topic of the UN ID 2020 Summit
* A specific problem that you'd like to solve with a decentralized or web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (pgp or ca-based pki) can't address the problem
* A specific solution related to the decentralized identity or web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to.
**The topic papers submitted:**
* [A Double Edge Sword of Having an Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/double_edged_identity.md)
- Manu Sporny *[@msporny](https://twitter.com/manusporny?lang=en)* and David Longley
* [Blockstack: Design and Implementation of a Global Naming System with Blockchains](https://blockstack.org/blockstack.pdf)
- by Muneeb Ali *[@muneeb](https://twitter.com/muneeb) \<muneeb@blockstack.com\>* and Jude Nelson *[@judecnelson](https://twitter.com/judecnelson) \<jude@blockstack.com\>* and Ryan Shea *[@ryaneshea](https://twitter.com/ryaneshea) \<ryan@blockstack.com\>*
* [From Identity to Refugee Status Determination](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/identity_to_refugee_status_determination.md)
- Susan R. Ramonat \<SRamonat@seic.com\>
* [Peer Attestation of Identity in the Real World](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/PeerAttestationofIdentity.pdf)
* [Identity System Essentials](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity-System-Essentials.pdf)
- Samuel Smith and Dmitry Khovratovich
* [Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Decentralized Identity Management (DIDM)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/DID-Whitepaper.md)
- Les Chasen
* [“Immutable Me” - A Discussion Paper Exploring Data Provenance To Enable New Value Chains](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/immutable-me.pdf)
- *George Samman [@sammantic](https://twitter.com/sammantic) \<[George.Samman@meeco.me](mailto:George.Samman@meeco.me)\> and Katryna Dow [@katrynadow](https://twitter.com/katrynadow) \<[Katryna.Dow@meeco.me](mailto:Katryna.Dow@meeco.me)\>*
* [No Secure Protocol = No Sovereign Identity](/topics-and-advance-readings/no-secure-protocol-equals-no-sovereign-identity.md)
* [Questions around key management for digital ID systems](/topics-and-advance-readings/questions_around_key_management.md)
- by Christian Lundkvist *[@chrislundkvist](https://twitter.com/chrislundkvist) \<christian.lundkvist@consensys.net\>* and Rouven Heck *[@rh7](https://twitter.com/rh7) \<rouven.heck@consensys.net\>*
* [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](/topics-and-advance-readings/the-path-to-self-sovereign-identity.md)
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*
* [Distibuted Identity Management - Verifiable Claims Exchange Via Agents](/topics-and-advance-readings/DistibutedIdentityManagement-VerifiableClaimsExchangeViaAgents.pdf)
- Gary Zimmerman
* [Blockstack Rules and Support for Multiple Blockchains](/topics-and-advance-readings/blockstack-rules-and-multiple-blockchains.md)
- Muneeb Ali *[@muneeb](https://twitter.com/muneeb) \<muneeb@blockstack.com\>
* [Plurality of Provenance in Distributed Identity](/topics-and-advance-readings/Plurality%20of%20Provenance%20in%20Distributed%20Identity.Andrieu.2016.pdf)
- Joe Andrieu \<[joe@joeandrieu.com](mailto:joe@joeandrieu.com)\>
* [Identity is a Phenomenon, Not a Property](/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity%20is%20a%20Phenomenon%20Not%20a%20Property.Andrieu.2016.pdf)
- Joe Andrieu \<[joe@joeandrieu.com](mailto:joe@joeandrieu.com)\>
* [Dex: Deterministic Predicate Expressions for Smarter Signatures](/topics-and-advance-readings/DexPredicatesForSmarterSigs.md)
- Peter Todd
* [Scaling a BFT Consensus Protocol for Identity](/topics-and-advance-readings/scaling-a-bft-consensus-protocol-for-identity.md)
- Jason Law & Lovesh Harchandani
* [XDI Graphs in IPFS](/topics-and-advance-readings/XDI-Graphs-in-IPFS.md)
- Markus Sabadello
* [Replace Blockchain with DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Erik%20Anderson-USE%20CASE%20story.md)
- Erik Anderson
* [Blockchain For Capital Markets](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Blockchain_for_capital_markets.pdf)
* [Identity and decentralised Communication](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity%20and%20decentralised%20communications.md)
* [Chime National Patent ID Challenge](/topics-and-advance-readings/CHIMENationalPatientIDChallenge.pdf)
* [Usability and Multiplicity in Global Identity Management](/topics-and-advance-readings/Crocker-ID-Usability-Multiplicity.md) — by D. Crocker ~ \<[dcrocker@bbiw.net](mailto:dcrocker@bbiw.net)\>
* [Declaration of Identity - Printed.pdf](https://github.com/infominer33/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Declaration%20of%20Identity%20-%20Printed.pdf)
* [Identities for Moving Things](/topics-and-advance-readings/IdentitiesForMovingThings.md) - by Daniel Ford - \<[dan@keoja.com](mailto:dan@keoja.com)\>
* [Legalizing Identity Protocols for the United Nations 16.9](/topics-and-advance-readings/Legalizing-Identity-Protocols-United-Nations.md)
* [Personal Levels of Assurance (PLOA)](/topics-and-advance-readings/PLOA%20White%20Paper%20-%20v1.01.pdf) — by J. Oliver Glasgow and Jeff Dogen, Kennie Kwong, David Chen, Johannes Jaskolski, Kevin Castellow, Dan Druta — An AT&T Whitepaper on Assurance
* [Clues](/topics-and-advance-readings/clues.md) — by Nicola Greco
— something that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery.
The third Rebooting the Web of Trust design workshop, which ran in San Francisco, CA, on October 19th-21st, 2016. The goal of the workshop was to generate five technical white papers and/or proposals on topics decided by the group that would have the greatest impact on the future.
The design workshop exceeded its mandate by producing seven papers:
* [**DID (Decentralized Identifier) Data Model and Generic Syntax 1.0 Implementer’s Draft 01**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/tree/master/final-documents/did-implementer-draft-10.pdf)
- The complete draft of the Decentralized IDentifier (DID) model and syntac, a project that has run through the RWOT workshops to date.
- Drummond Reed, Les Chasen, Christopher Allen, and Ryan Grant
* [**Digital Verification Advancements at RWoT III**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/tree/master/final-documents/digital-verification-advancements.pdf)
- A short overview of enhancements to Digital Verification that came out of RWOT III.
- Manu Sporny with Christopher Allen, Harlan Wood, and Jason Law
* [**Embedding Human Wisdom in Our Digital Tomorrow**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/tree/master/final-documents/WisdomEmbedding-Human-Wisdom-in-Our-Digital-Tomorrow.pdf)
- A discussion of the dangers of transferring wisdom into the digital world, seen through the lenses of vulnerability, shadows, healing, tensions, complexity and gestalt, and organizational choices.
- Daniel Hardman, Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young, and Matthew Schutte
### Topics & Advance Readings III [**^**](#contents)
In advance of the design workshop, all participants produced a one-or-two page topic paper to be shared with the other attendees on either:
* A specific problem that they wanted to solve with a web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (PGP or CA-based PKI) can't address the problem?
* A specific solution related to the web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to?
* [Identity as Linked Data on Immutable Ledgers](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/identity-as-linked-data-on-immutable-ledgers.md)
- Tim Daubenschuetz and Trent McConaghy
* [EU General Data Protection Regulation & Self-Sovereign Identifier(s)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/EU%20General%20Data%20Protection%20Regulation%20%26%20Self-Sovereign%20Identifier(s))
- David Robert
* [Identity Forking and Federated Reputation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/identity-forking-and-federated-reputation.md)
- Christopher Malon
* [OpenTimestamps: Scalable, Trustless, Distributed Timestamping with Bitcoin](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/opentimestamps.md)
* [Blockchain Extensions for Linked Data Signatures](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/blockchain-extensions-for-linked-data-signatures.md)
- the Signature Super Friends (Manu Sporny, Harlan Wood, Noah Thorp, Wayne Vaughn, Christopher Allen, Jason Bukowski, and Dave Longley)
* [Fit for Purpose Blockchains](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/fit-for-purpose-blockchains.md)
- Digital Bazaar (Manu Sporny, Dave Longley, Dave Lehn, and Adam Lake)
* [Taxonomy of Identity Interaction Types](https://github.com/Identitywoman/Writing/blob/master/Taxonomy-of-Identity-Interaction-Types.md)
- Anonymous (no, not that Anonymous, the other one)
* [A Technlogy-Free Definition of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/jandrieu/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/raw/master/topics-and-advance-readings/a-technology-free-definition-of-self-sovereign-identity.pdf)
- Joe Andrieu
* [Architecture of Proof-of-Stake Blockchain that Doesn’t Have Native Coin and its Applicability to Decentralized Trading](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Proof-of-stake-without-native-coin.md)
* [Anonymous Credentials in Sovrin](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/anonymous-credentials-in-sovrin.md)
* [Slepak's Triangle: The fundamental user limit of decentralized consensus systems](topics-and-advance-readings/Slepaks-Triangle.pdf)
- Greg Slepak (@taoeffect)
* [Sovereign Identity Model for Digital Ecologies](topics-and-advance-readings/Sovereign-Identity-Model-for-Digital-Ecologies.md)
- Patrick Deegan
* [Alternative Futures: Framework for Identity Scenarios](topics-and-advance-readings/alternative-futures-frameworks.md)
- Alessandro Voto
* [Powering the Physician-Patient Relationship with HIW of One Blockchain Health IT](physician-patient-relationship.pdf)
- Adrian Gropper
* [Creating a Humanized Internet](https://github.com/vshen2010/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Creating%20a%20Humanized%20Internet.pdf)
* [DIDs and Personal Data Storage for Children](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/DIDsandPersonalDataStorageforChildren.pdf)
- Jonathan Endersby, Shaun Conway, Lohan Spies
* [BIP32-Ed25519 Hierarchical Deterministic Keys of a Non-Linear Keyspace](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/HDKeys-Ed25519.pdf)
- Dmitry Khovratovich, Jason Law
* [Sovrin - Digital Identities in the Blockchain Era](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/Sovrin--digital-identities-in-the-blockchain-era.pdf)
* [Alternative Futures: Framework for Identity Scenarios](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/alternative-futures-framework.md)
- Editors: Drummond Reed, Les Chasen Contributors: Christopher Allen, Manu Sporny, David Longley, Jason Law, Daniel Hardman, Markus Sabadello (see [Completed Papers III](#completed-papers-iii-))
* [Towards a User Interface for Selectively Revealing Fine-Grained Personal Information to Transaction Counterparties](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/rgrant-user-interface-standards-rwot-fall2016.md)
* [Recovery strategy for user-controlled keys for self-sovereign identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/user-controlled-key-recovery.md)
All of the contents of this directory are licensed [Creative Commons CC-BY](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/LICENSE-CC-BY-4.0.md) their contributors.
