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.*
## Contents
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust I](#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-i)
* 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?
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Christian Lundkvist - *[@ChrisLundkvist](https://twitter.com/chrislundkvist) \<christian.lundkvist@consensys.net>*
* **[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\>*
* **[Avoiding Confused Deputy Attack Using Capabilities](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/AvoidingConfusedDeputyAttackUsingCapabilities.md)**
- Tyler Close *\<tyler.close@gmail.com\>*
* **[Binding Identity in a Decentralized System](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/binding-identity-in-decentralized-system.md)**
- Wayne Thayer *[@WThayer](https://twitter.com/wthayer) \<wthayer@gmail.com\>*
* **[Blockchain-based Trust for Software Components](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/code-and-file-signing.adoc)**
- Sean Gilligan *[@msgilligan](https://twitter.com/msgilligan) \<sean@msgilligan.com\>*
* **[Blockchain Tech Opportunities in the Web-of-Trust](blockchain-opportunities.txt)**
- Peter Todd *[@PeterToddBTC](https://twitter.com/PeterToddBTC) \<pete@petertodd.org\>*
* **[Building a Web of Trust for E-commerce](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/decentralized_e-commerce.md)**
- Michael Folkson *[@michaelfolkson](https://twitter.com/michaelfolkson) \<michaelfolkson@gmail.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Markus Sabadello *[@Peacekeeper](https://twitter.com/Peacekeeper) \<markus@projectdanube.org\>*
* **[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)**
- Christian Lundkvist - *[@ChrisLundkvist](https://twitter.com/chrislundkvist) \<christian.lundkvist@consensys.net>*
* **[Decentralized Authentication with Blockchain Auth](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Decentralized-Authentication-with-Blockchain-Auth.md)**
- Ryan Shea *[@ryaneshea](https://twitter.com/ryaneshea) \<ryan@onename.com\>*
* **[Distributed multi-ledger model for financial industry](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/DistributedMulti-ledgerModelForFinancialIndustry.md)**
- Pavel Kravchenko *[@kravchenkopo](https://twitter.com/kravchenkopo) \<kravchenkopo@gmail.com\>*
- Arthur Brock - *[@ArtBrock](https://twitter.com/artbrock) \<artbrock@gmail.com>*
* **[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)**
- Joel Dietz *[@fractastical](https://twitter.com/fractastical) \<jdietz@gmail.com\>*
* **[First Encounters with PGP](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/FirstEncountersWithPGP.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)**
- Juan S. Galt *[@juansgalt](https://twitter.com/juansgalt) \<juans.galt@tuta.io\>*
* **[Identity, Guidance and Situational Awareness](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity_Guidance_and_Situational_Awareness.md)**
- Matthew Schutte *[@MatthewJosef](https://twitter.com/matthewjosef) \<matt@calabs.org\>*
***[Identity, Property and Simulation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Identity-Property-Simulation.md)**
- Patrick Deegan *\<pdeegan@gmail.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Martin Koeppelmann *[@koeppelmann](https://twitter.com/koeppelmann) \<martin.koeppelmann@consensys.net \>*
* **[Key Transparency for End Users](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/key-transparency-for-end-users.md)**
- Joseph Bonneau *[@JosephBonneau](https://twitter.com/josephbonneau) \<jbonneau@cs.stanford.edu\>*
* **[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)**
- Justin Newton *[@JustinwNewton](https://twitter.com/justinwnewton) \<justin@netki.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Joseph Poon *\<joseph@lightning.network\>*
* **[Linked Local Names](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/linked-local-names.md)**
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*
* **[Real life application of WoT: Refugee Use Case](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/refugee-use-case.md)**
- Alicia Carmona *\<alicia.carmona@id2020.org\>*
* **[Reputation and the Real World](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/ReputationAndTheRealWorld.md)**
- Randy Farmer *[@FRandallFarmer](https://twitter.com/FRandallFarmer) \<randy.farmer@pobox.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Ryan Shea *[@ryaneshea](https://twitter.com/ryaneshea) \<ryan@onename.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Matthew Schutte *[@MatthewJosef](https://twitter.com/matthewjosef) \<matt@calabs.org\>*
* **[The Naming of Things](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/The-Naming-of-Things.txt)**
- Matthew Schutte *[@MatthewJosef](https://twitter.com/matthewjosef) \<matt@calabs.org\>*
* **[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)**
- Harlan T. Wood *[@HarlanTWood](https://twitter.com/harlantwood) \<h@rlan.me \>*
* **[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)**
- Ryan Shea *[@ryaneshea](https://twitter.com/ryaneshea) \<ryan@onename.com\>*
* **[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)**
- Christopher Allen *[@ChristopherA](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) \<ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com\>*
* **[XDI Link Contracts: An Overview](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot1-sf/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/xdi-link-contracts.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)
The design workshop successfully completed its five papers, which are now all available online:
* [**Identity Crisis: Clearer Identity Through Correlation**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/identity-crisis.pdf)
* Joe Andrieu, Kevin Gannon, Igor Kruiper, Ajit Tripathi, and Gary Zimmerman
* 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)
* Adrian Gropper, MD
* 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)
* Wayne Hennessy-Barrett
* A real-world use case, describing issues of identity in the developing world.
* [**Requirements for DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers)**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/requirements-for-dids.pdf)
* Drummond Reed and Les Chasen
* The first of a series of papers abou tproducing a concrete DID system.
* [**Smarter Signatures: Experiments in Verifications**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/final-documents/smarter-signatures.pdf)
* Christopher Allen and Shannon Appelcline
* A look at uses and requirements of next-generation smart signature systems.
### 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)
- By Harsh Patel
## Rebooting the Web of Trust III [**^**](#contents)
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.
### Completed Papers III [**^**](#contents)
The design workshop exceeded its mandate by producing seven papers, which are now all available online:
* [**DID (Decentralized Identifier) Data Model and Generic Syntax 1.0 Implementer’s Draft 01**](final-documents/did-implementer-draft-10.pdf)
- Drummond Reed, Les Chasen, Christopher Allen, and Ryan Grant
- The complete draft of the Decentralized IDentifier (DID) model and syntac, a project that has run through the RWOT workshops to date.
* [**Digital Verification Advancements at RWoT III**](final-documents/digital-verification-advancements.pdf)
- Manu Sporny with Christopher Allen, Harlan Wood, and Jason Law
- A short overview of enhancements to Digital Verification that came out of RWOT III.
## [*Embedding Human Wisdom in Our Digital Tomorrow*](final-documents/WisdomEmbedding-Human-Wisdom-in-Our-Digital-Tomorrow.pdf)
#### by Daniel Hardman, Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young, and Matthew Schutte
> 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.
## [*Hubs*](final-documents/hubs.pdf)
#### by Daniel Buchner, Wayne Vaughan, and Ryan Shea
#### by Dr. Shaun Conway, Lohan Spies, Jonathan Endersby, and Tim Daubenschütz
> Bringing together COALA IP and Consent to deal with digital intellectual property.
### 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?
https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot3-sf
## Complete Rebooting the Web of Trust Listing
A different repository is available for each of the Rebooting the Web of Trust design workshops:
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust I: San Francisco (November 2015)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust II: ID2020 (May 2016)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust III: San Francisco (October 2016)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust IV: Paris (April 2017)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2017)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust V: Boston (October 2017)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust VI: Santa Barbara (March 2018)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018)
* [Rebooting the Web of Trust VII: Toronto (September 2018)](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7-fall2018)
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.
