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## Identity Woman
In 2018, I connected with [Kaliya IdentityWoman](https://identitywoman.net) who has ever been working on similar efforts, to map out the organizations and protocols surrounding decentralized-identity.
In 2018, I connected with [Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young](https://identitywoman.net) who has ever been working on similar efforts, to map out the organizations and protocols surrounding decentralized-identity.
She became my guide through the vast web of connections and associations with SSI, and editorial advisor for this site.

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- [Let’s Talk About Digital Identity (LTADI)](https://www.ubisecure.com/lets-talk-about-digital-identity-podcast/) – Ubisecure
- [Definitely Identity](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/definitely-identity/id1496565155) – Tim Bouma
- [Federal Blockchain News](https://www.spreaker.com/show/federal-blockchain-news) - Not always about ID, covers work with DHS
- [PSA Today](https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkmZrdHMIJrkIEqT13SJQ) – Privacy, Surveillance and Anonymity by Kaliya Identity Woman and Seth Goldstein
- [PSA Today](https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkmZrdHMIJrkIEqT13SJQ) – Privacy, Surveillance and Anonymity by Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young and Seth Goldstein
- [ID Talk](https://findbiometrics.com/topics/id-talk-podcast/) – FindBiometrics
- [Identity, Unlocked](http://identityunlocked.auth0.com/) – [Auth0](https://auth0.com/) (really great!)
- [Identity North Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/identity-north-podcast/id1450122415) – [Identity North](https://www.identitynorth.ca/)

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* [The Importance of Verifiable Credentials to Training Providers](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6269810a06ae9fafd52556a3/629f94235eabc454ea48c117_The%20Importance%20of%20Verifiable%20Credentials%20for%20Training%20Providers.pdf?__hstc=100632769.d32f75d38c42eaa77409051b21d73653.1655033322879.1655033322879.1655033322879.1&__hssc=100632769.1.1655033322879&__hsfp=2803731784) 2022-06-03 Credivera
> like many other aspects of our daily lives, the digital transformation of education and training has added both convenience and challenges. Much like the shift to remote work, we can now learn from the comfort of our homes. Gone are the days of taking an in-person course where you receive your gold-sealed certificate upon completion of the last class, or walk across a stage to pick up your hard-earned degree.
* [Advocating for learner-centric badge systems](https://blog.weareopen.coop/advocating-for-learner-centric-badge-systems-21a65be4a725) 2022-05-29 We Are Open Coop
> how do we advocate for learner-centric badge systems? This is the piece that we’ve been thinking about the past couple of weeks.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity User Scenarios in the Educational Domain](https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/4/self-sovereign-identity-user-scenarios-in-the-educational-domain) 2022-04-13 Gerd Kortemeyer Educause
> Due to the high level of international mobility in the academic sector, insular solutions relying on only one national type of government-issued digital ID card will be insufficient; instead, the officials at the federation need to decide which digital ID cards are valid to uniquely associate an individual with private cryptographic keys, similar to the way passports are acknowledged internationally
* [Digital Credentials – the new student experience](https://condatis.com/webinars/webinar/digital-credentials/) 2022-03-14 Condatis

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> This solution allows users to prove that they are vaccinated for different pathogens without revealing their identity. The architecture is loosely coupled, allowing components to be exchanged, which we discuss when we present the implementation of a working prototype.
* [Digital Identity in response to COVID-19: DGX Digital Identity Working Group](https://www.tech.gov.sg/files/media/corporate-publications/FY2021/dgx_2021_digital_identity_in_response_to_covid-19.pdf) 2022-01-24
> DIWG member countries each have relevant policies and/or legislation which cover their respective approaches towards digital identity, captured through policy, legislative and trust frameworks governing the digital identity systems. For most, trust frameworks and digital identity systems were implemented using existing government policies and legislation as a foundation, for example existing privacy legislation, and broadly align to ISO standards (as defined by the International Organisation for Standardisation), European Union (EU) standards (as defined through the eIDAS regulation) or industry best practice. A similar model was found for technical settings across digital identity systems
* [Digital Identities and Verifiable Credentials](https://www.fim-rc.de/Paperbibliothek/Veroeffentlicht/1359/wi-1359.pdf) 2021-10 Johannes Sedlmeir • Reilly Smethurst • Alexander Rieger • Gilbert Fridgen Published
> Verifiable credentials and digital wallets offer a convenient, secure, and privacy-oriented alternative to current physical and digital identity management systems. A recent example – COVID-19 vaccination certificates – highlights this. The verification of paper-based vaccination certificates is often error-prone and time-consuming, especially when many certificates have to be verified in a short period of time, e.g., at a football match or when boarding a plane. Moreover, to establish a sufficient level of authenticity, paper-based vaccination certificates are typically disclosed with additional personal information and identity documents, such as a physical ID card.
* [Blockchain Identity Management Market by End-user, Application, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025](https://www.technavio.com/report/blockchain-identity-management-market-industry-analysis) 2021-07
> This blockchain identity management market research report provides valuable insights on the post COVID-19 impact on the market, which will help companies evaluate their business approaches. Furthermore, this report extensively covers blockchain identity management market segmentations by end-user (BFSI, government, healthcare, and others), application (end-point, network, and infrastructure), and geography (North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and MEA). The blockchain identity management market report also offers information on several market vendors, including Accenture Plc, Amazon.com Inc., Bitfury Group Ltd., BLOCKCHAINS LLC, Broadcom Inc., Civic Technologies Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp., SAP SE, and SecureKey Technologies Inc. among others.
* [Research] [Identity Credential and Personal Data Ownership Perspectives](https://openidentityexchange.org/networks/87/item.html?id=404) 2020-12-10 OIX

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> several industries are already digging in. Here are some of the most visible and promising use cases.
* [SSI Essentials: 35 use cases of decentralized identities that will make your life easier](https://gataca.io/blog/ssi-essentials-35-use-cases-of-decentralized-identities-that-will-make-your-life-easier) 2022-04-07 Gataca
> It is not farfetched to assume that we all strive to perform routine activities in the most simple and efficient way. This can include relatively easy activities such as logging in to your student/employee portal and shopping online or slightly more complex activities such as opening a bank account, renting an apartment, or applying to a master’s program or job.
* [How to Convince Dad* of the Importance of Self-Sovereign Identity \*and your sister and your daughter and your best friend and your nephew](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7/blob/master/final-documents/convincing-dad.md) 2018-12-12 rwot7
> This paper addresses that need by offering arguments to a variety of people who might be reluctant to use self-sovereign identity, uninterested in its possibilities, or oblivious to the dangers of centralization. By focusing on the needs of real people, we hope to also encourage developers, engineers, and software business owners to create the apps that will address their reluctance and fulfill their needs, making self-sovereign identity a reality.
## Use Cases
### Career
* [Coming soon — a resume-validating blockchain network for job seeker](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3675547/coming-soon-a-resume-validating-blockchain-network-for-job-seekers.html#tk.rss_security) 2022-10-05 Computer World
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* [Digital Identities Will Change The Nature Of Online Reputation](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alastairjohnson/2022/08/30/digital-identities-will-change-the-nature-of-online-reputation/?sh=bd1f30b584a3) 2022-08-30 Forbes
> This could then act as a form of universal Verifiable Credentials (VCs) that would be acceptable for any platform to confirm who someone is but wouldn’t give access to any information that an individual elected to restrict. As an individual demonstrates experience, earns certifications, or expands their credentials, this digital identity would instantly reflect that, evolving an online reputation.
* [Video] [SSI & Proof of Reputation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S95BoGgy3x0) 2022-04-14 Catalyst Swarm
> Join Frank Albanese (Snapbrillia), Lance Byrd (RootsID), Nick Mason (ProofSpace), Niels Kijf (Design Academy), Patrick Suzzi (F8 OSDE), Juan Sierra (HERG), Zoéys Welt, Brian Harper, Ashton Engberg, Ninh Tran (Snapbrillia) and many others as the community discusses the different what is SSI & Proof of Reputation and why it matters.
### IAM
* [Video] [IAM and SSI: A Combined Approach to Digital Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzzg4cbj3mI) 2022-06-16 TOIP
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> This partnership will enable the use of Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity technologies such as verifiable credentials to enable the support of diplomas and professional certifications in compliance with personal data in a decentralized environment (#web3).
### Banking
* [Whitepaper] [The changing landscape of digital identity](https://www.tcs.com/digital-identity-consent-management-solution) by Tata Consultancy Services
> This paper will redefine the traditional relationship between credit bureaus and consumers by offering a disruptive solution to digital identity management through a self-sovereign identity solution based on blockchain. We propose a solution that will place the control of digital identity and consent to the use of personally identifiable information (PII) in the hands of the individual consumer for the first time. The follow-up article will further expand on this concept of the consumer consent hub.
* [Banking’s identity problem](https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/bankings-identity-problem/) 2021-08-19 Global Banking and Finance
> Banks have sought to overcome some of these challenges with the use of biometrics such as facial recognition and fingerprints.  These are now more commonly used to login to, or unlock devices, and increase usability, but still leave the challenge of proving the authenticity of a document wide open to abuse.
* [Opening the domestic card rails to innovation](https://blog.meeco.me/opening-the-domestic-card-rails-to-innovation/) 2021-07-29 Meeco

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> Supply chain credentialing in the form of bills of lading, certificates of origin, or letters of credit is used to protect honest parties and their merchandise from being confused with dishonest parties or entities that are engaged in unethical practices, such as environmental destruction, or forced labor.
* [The missing link: digitizing supply chains with portable data](https://medium.com/mavennet/the-missing-link-digitizing-supply-chains-with-portable-data-583b66acc9bc) 2021-05-17 Mavnet
> The traceability vocabulary bridges the gap between existing record-keeping systems and the verifiable exchange of supply chain information across organizations envisioned by proponents of these data portability technologies.
* [How digital identity empowers consumers and producers in a circular supply chain](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2020/05/07/how-digital-identity-empowers-consumers-and-producers-in-a-circular-supply-chain) 2020-05-07 Hyperledger
> The benefit is a circular supply chain that goes beyond where it started and creates a closer connection between consumers and small growers. Processors, distributors, wholesalers and retailers can trace product provenance, creating market differentiation for sustainability, food security and quality. The hope is that by aligning incentives through an immersive customer experience that fosters informed purchasing decisions, we can empower an inclusive economy that encourages the actions to mitigate environmental impact and benefit people.
* [How to Prevent Supply Chain Fraud With Blockchain](https://www.dock.io/post/supply-chain-fraud-blockchain) 2023-05-01 Dock
> The global [supply chain management market size](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/supply-chain-management-scm-market-size-worth--19-3-billion-globally-by-2028-at-9-02--cagr-verified-market-research-301540702.html) was valued at USD 10.1 Billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 19.3 Billion by 2028. Supply chain is the path for any product such as food, clothes, or appliances to go from where it was a produced, to distributors, procurement officers (quality inspections), and the market.
* [SAP Pharma Solution Supports Supply Chain Compliance](https://insidesap.com.au/sap-pharma-solution-supports-supply-chain-compliance/) 2021-04-06 SAP

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> When we first included it in the Radar three years ago, verifiable credentials (VC) was an intriguing standard with some promising potential applications, but it wasn't widely known or understood outside the community of enthusiasts. This was particularly true when it came to the credential-granting institutions, such as state governments, who would be responsible for implementing the standards. Three years and one pandemic later, the demand for cryptographically secure, privacy-respecting and machine-verifiable electronic credentials has grown and, as a result, governments are starting to wake up to VC's potential. The W3C standard puts credential holders at the center, which is similar to our experience when using physical credentials: users can put their verifiable credentials in their own digital wallets and show them to anyone at any time without the permission of the credentials' issuer. This decentralized approach also helps users to better manage and selectively disclose their own information which greatly improves data privacy protection.
* [New McKinsey Digital Trend](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/the-top-trends-in-tech) 2022-08-24
We went through the paywall so you don’t have to - SSI only mentioned once. From page 99>>
* New Encyclopedia entry [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/23650) 2022-06-07 Scholarly Community Encyclopedia
> Self-sovereign identity (SSI), a new concept, is becoming more popular as a secure and reliable identity solution for users based on identity principles. SSI provides users with a way to control their personal information and consent for it to be used in various ways. In addition, the user’s identity details are stored in a decentralized manner, which helps to overcome the problems with digital identity solutions.
* [EIC2022 Centralized & Decentralized Identity converging](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eic2022-centralized-decentralized-identity-converging-kuppinger/) 2022-05-18 Martin Kuppinger
> For me, the most relevant new topic and trend was to finally see the convergence of decentralized identities (DID) and traditional approaches on IAM starting. DID, also referred to as SSI (Self Sovereign Identity) or verifiable credentials, is a concept where the user has a wallet that holds proofs of identities and attributes. This could be an ID proof based on a government-issued ID card. It could be a proof of the employer that the user works in an organization in a certain role. It can be other proofs such as the drivers license, health cards, self-issued proofs, etc.
* [Sebastian Gebski's Reviews > Self-Sovereign Identity: Decentralized Digital Identity and Verifiable Credentials by Alex Preukschat, Drummond Reed](https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/11116469-sebastian-gebski?shelf=read) 2021-07-24 Goodreads
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> Many implementers won’t realize the potential of SSI until it’s deployed at scale, but in order to get to scale, we need implementers to realize value. It’s the classic chicken & egg problem.
* [The challenge for self-sovereign identity (SSI)](https://nickbyrne.substack.com/p/the-challenge-for-self-sovereign) 2020-09-10 Nick Byrne
> The reason why we have seen less uptake in SSI solutions is because the people behind these solutions fail to recognise the design principles that will be most important to its success. Instead, we see people focusing on technological nirvanas like blockchain or an over-emphasis on governance.
* [SSI: A Roadmap for Adoption](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/final-documents/a-roadmap-for-ssi.md) 2018-08-02 rwot-spring2018
> This document proposes the formation of a short-term team to develop consistent messaging for the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) market.

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categories: [Blockchain ID]
tags: ["NIST","Identiverse",Authenteq,Blockstack,Civic,Microsoft,Datum,ProCivis]
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toc: true
toc_sticky: true
---
## Literature
* [ISO/TR 23249:2022 – Overview of existing DLT systems for identity management](https://www.iso.org/standard/80805.html) 2022-05 ISO
> This document covers the following topics:
> - Managing identity for individuals, organizations, things (IoT & objects), functions and processes and other entities including within and across DLT systems.
> - Description of the actors and their interactions and common interfaces.
> - Architectures.
> - Existing relevant standards and frameworks.
* [NIST CYBERSECURITY WHITE PAPER] [**_A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems_**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.00929.pdf) 2019-06-09
> Identity management systems (IDMSs) are widely used to provision user identities while managing authentication, authorization, and data sharing both within organizations as well as on the Internet more broadly. Traditional identity systems typically suffer from single points of failure, lack of interoperability, and privacy issues such as encouraging mass data collection and user tracking. Blockchain technology has the potential to support novel data ownership and governance models with built-in control and consent mechanisms, which may benefit both users and businesses by alleviating these concerns; as a result, blockchain-based IDMSs are beginning to proliferate. This work categorizes these systems into a taxonomy based on differences in architecture, governance models, and other salient features. We provide context for the taxonomy by describing related terms, emerging standards, and use cases, while highlighting relevant security and privacy considerations.
* [Towards Self-Sovereign Identity using Blockchain Technology](https://essay.utwente.nl/71274/1/Baars_MA_BMS.pdf) 2016-10-26
> Blockchain technology could function as the foundation of such system being a network for decentralized trust and exchange. Because everyone can participate as issuer or acquirer (and both), there are low adoption barriers and low costs. This allows new business opportunities for governments, banks and other authorities and more transparency and control for end-users.
## General
* [curated list] [Peacekeeper's Blockchain and Identity](https://github.com/peacekeeper/blockchain-identity) 2021-11-23
* [Identity Blockchains and Energy Consumption](https://indicio.tech/identity-blockchains-and-energy-consumption/) 2021-10-19 Indicio
A decentralized network using a blockchain-based distributed ledger means you can use [Peer DIDs](https://identity.foundation/peer-did-method-spec/) to move most “transactions” and their cryptographic proofing off ledger. This means that for those peer-to-peer interactions, identity blockchains don’t need to do any ledger transactions at all.
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* [Do You Need Blockchain for Enabling SSI?](https://academy.affinidi.com/do-you-need-blockchain-for-enabling-ssi-452d62b34890) 2021-08-13 Affinidi
> We hope this will get you thinking about enabling SSI using an option that best suits your application or business requirement.
* [tweet thread] [Technically you're right. Blockchain is not inherent to DIDs](https://twitter.com/Steve_Lockstep/status/1425924860312645633) 2021-08-13 Steve Wilson
> Most DID presentations (as with much SSI) open with a bit of a disclaimer that these technologies don't need blockchain. And yet the word-association is strong. Many DID block diagrams feature a blockchain. -/2
## Literature
* [NIST CYBERSECURITY WHITE PAPER] [**_A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems_**](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.00929.pdf) 2019-06-09
> Identity management systems (IDMSs) are widely used to provision user identities while managing authentication, authorization, and data sharing both within organizations as well as on the Internet more broadly. Traditional identity systems typically suffer from single points of failure, lack of interoperability, and privacy issues such as encouraging mass data collection and user tracking. Blockchain technology has the potential to support novel data ownership and governance models with built-in control and consent mechanisms, which may benefit both users and businesses by alleviating these concerns; as a result, blockchain-based IDMSs are beginning to proliferate. This work categorizes these systems into a taxonomy based on differences in architecture, governance models, and other salient features. We provide context for the taxonomy by describing related terms, emerging standards, and use cases, while highlighting relevant security and privacy considerations.
* [Towards Self-Sovereign Identity using Blockchain Technology](https://essay.utwente.nl/71274/1/Baars_MA_BMS.pdf) 2016-10-26
> Blockchain technology could function as the foundation of such system being a network for decentralized trust and exchange. Because everyone can participate as issuer or acquirer (and both), there are low adoption barriers and low costs. This allows new business opportunities for governments, banks and other authorities and more transparency and control for end-users.
> Most DID presentations (as with much SSI) open with a bit of a disclaimer that these technologies don't need blockchain. And yet the word-association is strong. Many DID block diagrams feature a blockchain. -/2

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* [uPort: Self-Sovereign Identity Meets Portable Data](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBIragrwqYc)
**[uPort](https://www.uport.me/) • [GitHub](https://github.com/uport-project) • [Twitter](https://twitter.com/uport_me) • [Developers](https://developer.uport.me/) • [iPhone](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uport-id/id1123434510) • [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uportMobile&hl=en)**
![](https://i.imgur.com/sPAP2g3.png)

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* [Original Proposal](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/trust-objects-proposal.md) by Moses Ma & Dr. Rutu Mulka
* [Veres One DID Method Specification](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/veres-one-did-method.md) by Manu Sporny, Dave Longley & Matt Collier
* [Verifiable Claims of Impact](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/verifiable-claims-of-impact.md) by Cedric Franz & Dr. Shaun Conway
* [Visa? Really?](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Visa-Really.md) by Kaliya Identity Woman
* [Visa? Really?](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Visa-Really.md) by Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young
* [Data Minimization and Selective Disclosure](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Data-minimization-and-selective-disclosure.md) by Lionel Wolberger
* [HIE of One Loop: A Patient-Controlled Independent Health Record](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Loop-white-paper.pdf) by Adrian Gropper, MD and the Loop Project Team

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## Explainer
* [It’s time for digital self-sovereign identity](https://gcn.com/emerging-tech/2022/08/its-time-digital-self-sovereign-identity/375285/) 2022-08 GCN
> But while digital IDs may offer residents convenience, they also open the flood gates for fraud and identity theft. That’s because to verify an individual’s information, agencies and businesses must collect, validate and store massive amounts of personal information. These large caches of personal information are prime targets for cyberattacks.
* [Why Self-Sovereign Identity is a Game Changer for Government-Resident Interactions](https://www.gcomsoft.com/blog/why-self-sovereign-identity-game-changer-government-resident-interactions) 2022-06-13
> As government organizations look to build and maintain trusted relationships with residents, agencies would do well to explore SSI as an option. With SSI, they can provide residents with secure, fast, and friction-free access to an array of government services while allowing them to maintain full control of their data and privacy. It’s not about trusting the government with their data; it’s about trusting the technology.
* [Impacts from a new reality drive the need for an enhanced digital identity framework](https://bankautomationnews.com/allposts/risk-security/impacts-from-a-new-reality-drive-the-need-for-an-enhanced-digital-identity-framework/) 2022-02-28 Bank Automation News
> While US-based entities are adhering to an enhanced regulatory framework, these mandates are particularly applicable in Europe, where there is necessary compliance with enacted standards (such as the General Data Protection Regulation—commonly known as GDPR—and the Payment Service Providers Directive 2—referred to as PSD2. A clear need for a true and persistent digital identity as a solution to the ancillary—and sometimes unforeseen—challenges that have arisen.
* [Video] [Decentralized Identity & Government](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8pHUdjKfes) Evernym 2021-12-08

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"The adoption of the self-sovereign identity model within the Canadian public sector is still being realized in 2020. It is too early to tell how it will change the technological infrastructure or the institutional infrastructure of Canadian public services."
permalink: /government/canada/
redirect_from: /public-sector/canada/
tags: ["Canada","Verifiable Credentials","DIACC","PCTF","Saskatchewan","Alberta","Ontario","UCVDCC"]
tags: ["Canada","Verifiable Credentials","DIACC","PCTF","Saskatchewan","Alberta","Ontario","UCVDCC","Real World"]
categories: ["Regional"]
last_modified_at: 2023-06-10
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> - Consent – The verifier must ask you to approve their request to confirm your credentials.
> - Data minimization – The verifier can only access what they need to confirm you are eligible for their service. For example, if you need to prove that you are old enough to buy a lottery ticket, the store clerk would only know that you are 18 or older – not your actual age, birth date or anything else about you.
> - Anonymity – Your credentials are not tracked or traced.
* [Ontario Digital Identity Conspiracies](https://www.continuumloop.com/digital-identity-conspiracies/) 2022-05-04 ContinuumLoop
> The only ones who will benefit from your digital ID are the Issuer (who gave you the credential), holder (you) and verifier (who you’re sharing it with).
* [Liquid Avatar and Ontario Convenience Stores Association (OSCA) Successful Pilot of Digital Age-Verification Solutions to Reach over 8,000 Retail Locations](https://www.accesswire.com/684666/Liquid-Avatar-Technologies-and-Ontario-Convenience-Stores-Association-OSCA-Deliver-Successful-Pilot-of-Digital-Age-Verification-Solutions-to-Reach-over-8000-Retail-Locations#new_tab) 2022-01-20
> The Smart Age program provides digital age verification, supported with biometric authentication for restricted product sales like lottery tickets, tobacco, alcohol and other goods and services through a mobile device using verifiable digital credentials and biometrics without a user divulging any personally identifiable information to the store clerk.
* [Ontario 2022 Election Results](https://www.continuumloop.com/digital-id-can-increase-voter-participation/)

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## Main
> The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a privacy regulation enacted May 2018, effecting anyone processing the data of EU residents.
* [Can Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) fit within the GDPR?: a Conceptual Data Protection Analysis (Part I)](https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/can-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-fit-within-the-gdpr-part-i/) 2022-06-03 Kuleuven Law
> As one can quickly notice, some of the SSI principles are very similar to some provisions and principles in the GDPR. Therefore, I would like first to outline the similarities.
* [Can Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) fit within the GDPR? : a Conceptual Data Protection Analysis (Part II)](https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/can-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-fit-within-the-gdpr-part-ii/) 2022-06-03 Kuleuven Law
> The GDPR covers the handling of digital identity data; hence the SSI principles should be consistent with the GDPR rules. However, technical and legal terminology may have diverse meanings due to discipline-specific interpretations as a common issue. In other words, while SSI principles include concepts similar to GDPR articles and principles, a closer examination reveals that they may have different interpretations. The second part focuses on the conceptual differences observed when the principles are contextualized within their specific domain: digital identity management.
* [Why is Self-Sovereign Identity compliant with the [GDPR]?](https://en.archipels.io/post/pourquoi-le-self-sovereign-identity-est-compatible-avec-le-rgpd) 2022-02-16 Archpelis
> With the transition to the web 3.0 ecosystem, the development of distributed registries (blockchain technology) and the regulatory environment that is forcing digital players to favour privacy by design, the ISS approach will become the new standard, whether for entering into customer relations, managing digital identities or ensuring compliance of administrative processes in companies and institutions.
* [Can a Verifiable Credential-based SSI Implementation meet GDPR Compliance?](https://academy.affinidi.com/can-a-verifiable-credential-based-ssi-implementation-meet-gdpr-compliance-5039d0149ea4) 2021-05-14 Affinidi
> A common theme among all these provisions is to empower the data subject and put him or her in complete control over personal data including the way it is shared and used.
>
> Now, it’s time to see if Self-sovereign identity (SSI) addresses each of these provisions.
* [Giving people the privacy protection they need in the coming decade](https://sovrin.org/gdpr-paper/) 2020-01-08
> Sovrin Foundation makes the case that self-sovereign identity is the most flexible system for handling data privacy as regulations are adopted in different jurisdictions and evolve to meet changing local needs over the next decade. The paper examines how GDPR applies to participants in a blockchain network and addresses recent guidance from EU regulators and the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés.
> * [Innovation Meets ComplianceData Privacy Regulation and Distributed Ledger Technology](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/GDPR-Paper_V1.pdf)
* [Giving people the privacy protection they need in the coming decade](https://sovrin.org/gdpr-paper/) 2020-01-08 Sovrin [Paper](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/GDPR-Paper_V1.pdf)
> Sovrin Foundation makes the case that self-sovereign identity is the most flexible system for handling data privacy as regulations are adopted in different jurisdictions and evolve to meet changing local needs over the next decade. The paper examines how GDPR applies to participants in a blockchain network and addresses recent guidance from EU regulators and the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés.
* [Blockchain and Identity](https://www.eublockchainforum.eu/sites/default/files/report_identity_v0.9.4.pdf) 2019-05-15
* IDENTITY AND THE GDPR
> An identity framework will need to work within such GDPR principles as data minimisation, purpose limitation and storage limitation. It will also have to deal with many of the rights that data subjects have under the GDPR, among them the well-known right to erasure (right to be forgotten), right of access and rights related to the automated processing of data. The GDPR also lays down clear responsibilities for data controllers and processors that will certainly need to be taken into account as well.
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[![](https://i.imgur.com/HADdi6N.jpg)](https://www.eublockchainforum.eu/sites/default/files/reports/20181016_report_gdpr.pdf)
### EU General Data Protection Regulation Act
* [Self-Sovereign Privacy By Design](https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/protocol/blob/master/self_sovereign_privacy_by_design_v1.md)
* [Giving people the privacy protection they need in the coming decade](https://sovrin.org/gdpr-paper/)
> Sovrin Foundation makes the case that self-sovereign identity is the most flexible system for handling data privacy as regulations are adopted in different jurisdictions and evolve to meet changing local needs over the next decade. The paper examines how GDPR applies to participants in a blockchain network and addresses recent guidance from EU regulators and the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés.
> * [Innovation Meets ComplianceData Privacy Regulation and Distributed Ledger Technology](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/GDPR-Paper_V1.pdf)
### Privacy by Design
Privacy by Design means that privacy should be considered from the very beginning, when designing a product. [Article 25](https://iapp.org/resources/article/the-eu-general-data-protection-regulation/#A25) of the GDPR requires “data protection by design; data controllers must put technical and organisational measures such as pseudonymisation in place — to minimise personal data processing.”

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> The BSI expresses the problem as follows: “The authentication of the user required to carry out a hotel check-in on the basis of the factors possession (” link secret “) and knowledge (” PIN “) takes place exclusively on the basis of key material that is stored in the Wallet app is saved. ” No specially secured electronic storage and processing medium such as a “secure element” integrated in smartphones is used.
* [Digital identities: German-Finnish cooperation agreed](https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/suche/digitale-identitaeten-deutsch-finnische-zusammenarbeit-vereinbart-1962298) 2021-09-22 Bundesregierung
> The content of the joint declaration is close bilateral cooperation in the development of a cross-border ecosystem of digital identities based on the principles of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
* [Decentralization is the Future of Digitization](https://jolocom.io/blog/decentralization-is-the-future-of-digitization/) Jolocom
> Digital identity data is introduced as having a positive impact on Germany’s future as well as Europe’s. Following, benefits of a decentralized identity based on a fully open infrastructure are given.
#### Secure Digital Identities
* [ID-Ideal as an integrated solution](https://jolocom.io/blog/id-ideal-as-an-integrated-solution/) 2021-11-17 Jolocom

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> How to move forward when expectations are high whilst divers and many open questions seem to lure on the way? How to demonstrate value of a constantly developing technology before all open issues are clarified? These uncertainties seemingly dominated the recent participation conference organized by the federal project team as the start of a series of similar events to accompany in the most transparent way the development and legislation of the newly proposed E-ID-Ecosystem for Switzerland.
- Stream 1 – Exploring the Foundations
- Stream 2 – Building the Extended SSI Ecosystem
* [Self Sovereign Identity Explainer](https://www.didas.swiss/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SSI-Explainer-Introduction-final.pdf) 2021-12 DIDAS
> With this presentation we start the Self-Sovereign Identity journey for all Swiss people.
* [Self Sovereign Identity Explainer](https://www.didas.swiss/2021/12/17/self-sovereign-identity-explainer-introduction-to-the-world-of-ssi/) 2021-12-17 DIDAS Swiss ([PDF](https://www.didas.swiss/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SSI-Explainer-Introduction-final.pdf)
> The Self Sovereign Identity Explainer (in German) is the basis for the future discussions and in-depth learning. It briefly introduces the development history of digital identity and roughly describes the different phases of identity in the Internet age.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity and how we can get there](https://www.procivis.ch/post/self-sovereign-identity-and-how-we-can-get-there) 2021-07-09 ProCivis
> Enabled by recent advances in the realm of cryptography, mobile devices and decentralized identity standards we can now put citizens firmly in control of their digital identities while ensuring the level of trust needed to unlock the full potential of a digital society.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity – a game changer regarding privacy: The next level of identity management](https://adnovum.ch/en/company/blog/self_sovereign_identity_a_game_changer_regarding_privacy.html) 2022-01-12 Adnovum

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The [Identity Commons](http://wiki.idcommons.net/History) (2001-Present) was originally created by Owen Davis and Andrew Nelson in 2001 to evangelize the creation of a decentralized user-centric identity infrastructure and to address the resulting social trust issues.
Kaliya IdentityWoman Young began working with Identity Commons following June 2004 Planetwork Conference. Working with Social Physics team, led by Paul Trevithick and Mary Ruddy, and included Doc Searls and Phil Windley, they wove a community around user-centric id that came together at the Digital Identity World conference, of 2004.
Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young Young began working with Identity Commons following June 2004 Planetwork Conference. Working with Social Physics team, led by Paul Trevithick and Mary Ruddy, and included Doc Searls and Phil Windley, they wove a community around user-centric id that came together at the Digital Identity World conference, of 2004.
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It would seem that Christopher Allen's The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity is still the most comprehensive introduction to the subject of Self Sovereign Identity. It outlines some of the underlying history, and introduces 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity, born from the collective thoughts on identity leading to it.
Considerable additional material has been created on the subject since then, including some helpful criticism on the principles. Some of initial thoughts have been organized in evolution-of-ssi.
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This directory was born from [WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity), *the original* SSI repository.
It would seem that Christopher Allen's [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/ThePathToSelf-SovereignIdentity.md) is still the most comprehensive introduction to the subject of Self Sovereign Identity. It outlines some of the underlying history, and introduces [10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md), born from the collective thoughts on identity leading to it.
Considerable additional material has been created on the subject since then, including some helpful criticism on the principles. Some of initial thoughts have been organized in [evolution-of-ssi]({{ site.baseurl }}/literature/self-sovereign-identity/evolution-of-ssi/).
[![](https://i.imgur.com/S9uBk4k.png)](https://medium.com/@trbouma/self-sovereign-identity-an-unofficial-generic-icon-a5a6ab332cd7)
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## SSI Documentation Components
While none of this is authoritative, it's useful to keep in mind the philosophy an principles that have focused efforts around creating next generation digital identification schemes.
* [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/ThePathToSelf-SovereignIdentity.md) - The original article on Self-Sovereign Identity and the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity as published on 2016-04-25 in github and at [Life With Alacrity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html) by [Christopher Allen](http://www.github.com/christophera) [[**ϟ**](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)]
* [10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md) - The Self-Sovereign Identity Principles, in progress of being revised.
* [Core Characteristics of Self Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/characteristics-of-sovereign-identity.md) - from *[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)* - Topic paper for Rebooting Web of Trust III by [Joe Andrieu](http://www.github.com/jandrieu) (for review and comparison against *10 Principles of SSI*)
* [SSI Principles vs. Characteristics]({{ site.baseurl }}/literature/self-sovereign-identity/ssi-principles-vs-characteristics/)
* [Self-Sovereign Bill of Rights](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-bill-of-rights.md) - lifeID (founded by [Chris Boscolo](https://github.com/cboscolo)) adapted the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity into a [Bill of Rights](https://medium.com/@lifeID_io/lifeid-self-sovereign-identity-bill-of-rights-d2acafa1de8b) that all self-sovereign identity solution should uphold.
* [Schutte's Take](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/Schutte-on-SSI.md) offers criticism on the 10 principles.
* [7 Myths of Self Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/7-myths-of-self-sovereign-identity.md) - from Timothy Ruff's [blog post](https://medium.com/evernym/7-myths-of-self-sovereign-identity-67aea7416b1).
* [A Gentle Guide to Self Sovereign Identity](https://bitsonblocks.net/2017/05/17/gentle-introduction-self-sovereign-identity/) has a section called "How would self-sovereign identity work for the user?" that could be [modularized](user-experience/).
* [How to Convince Dad* of the Importance of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7/blob/master/final-documents/convincing-dad.md) (\*and your sister and your daughter and your best friend and your nephew) (SSI Use-Cases)
* [Self-Sovereign Identity and the Legitimacy of Permissioned Ledgers](http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/09/self-sovereign_identity_and_the_legitimacy_of_permissioned_ledgers.shtml)
* [HIPE 0014-ssi-notation](https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-hipe/tree/master/text/0014-ssi-notation)
* [SSI: A Roadmap for Adoption](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/final-documents/a-roadmap-for-ssi.md) from Rebooting the web of trust, Spring 2018.
> This document proposes the formation of a short-term team to develop consistent messaging for the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) market.
![](https://imgur.com/3zz62kpl.png)
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[What is self-sovereign identity? [Webinar]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rygsE1JC-8Q)
> - A brief history and overview of self-sovereign identity / decentralized identity
> - The top consumer-focused and business-focused benefits of SSI
> - Real-world examples of SSI in action
> - How organizations can the journey to a decentralized future
### About SSI
* [Self-Sovereign Identity](https://thelivinglib.org/self-sovereign-identity/)
> Identification document (ID) is a crucial part of every individual’s life, in that it is often a prerequisite for accessing a variety of services — ranging from creating a bank account to enrolling children in school to buying alcoholic beverages to signing up for an email account to voting in an election — and also a proof of simply being.
* [There’s A Facebook Alternative, It’s Called Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.coindesk.com/theres-alternative-facebook-called-self-sovereign-identity) —coindesk
* [Self Sovereign Identity -identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/self-sovereign-identity/)
* [Self Sovereign Identity going where no identity has gone before](https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/16693/342423/self-sovereign-identity-going-where-no-identity-has-gone-before)
* [LESS identity](https://medium.com/@trbouma/less-identity-65f65d87f56b)
* [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); Joe Andrieu describes identity terms in plain language, with regards to what function they serve.
* [karimStekelenburg/awesome-self-sovereign-identity](https://github.com/karimStekelenburg/awesome-self-sovereign-identity)
* [Identity and Digital Self-Sovereignty](https://medium.com/learning-machine-blog/identity-and-digital-self-sovereignty-1f3faab7d9e3) - Blog post by [Natalie Smolenski](https://medium.com/@nsmolenski)
* [Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Inevitable-Rise-of-Self-Sovereign-Identity.pdf)
* [The Three Models of Digital Identity Relationships — How self-sovereign identity (SSI) is different, and why it’s better](https://medium.com/evernym/the-three-models-of-digital-identity-relationships-ca0727cb5186)
* [The Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity - Hyperledger Indy](https://wso2.com/blog/research/the-rise-of-self-sovereign-identity-hyperledger-indy)
* [Paving the Road to Self-Sovereign Identity with Blockchain, Open Standards](https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2017/10/self-sovereign-id-blockchain/)
* [The Nail Finds a Hammer: Self-Sovereign Identity, Design Principles, and Property Rights in the Developing World](https://www.newamerica.org/future-property-rights/reports/nail-finds-hammer/)
* [Self-Sovereign Privacy By Design](https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/protocol/blob/master/self_sovereign_privacy_by_design_v1.md)
* [Self-sovereign Identity – Opportunities and Challenges for the Digital Revolution](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01767.pdf)
* [Decentralized Identity Trilemma](http://maciek.blog/DecentralizedIDentity-trilemma/)
>There seems to exist a trilemma in decentralized identity analogous to @Zooko's triangle. None of the existing solutions are at the same time: 1) privacy-preserving, 2) Sybil-resistant 3) self-sovereign -[[**T**](https://twitter.com/MaciekLaskus/status/1031859093072424960)]
* [Self Sovereign Identity and MyData](https://medium.com/@apoikola/self-sovereign-identity-and-mydata-e1f996a9451)
* [IIW - Past Workshops](https://internetidentityworkshop.com/past-workshops/)
* [Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self Sovereign Identity Solutions](https://www.slideshare.net/TommyKoens/matching-identity-management-solutions-to-selfsovereign-identity-principles)
* [A Brief Introduction to How SSI Infrastructure Can Integrate Digital Fiat Currency (DFC)](https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20180718/Documents/D_Reed.pdf)
* [![](https://i.imgur.com/tNvN7vV.png)](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1072160446180810752)
[![](https://i.imgur.com/f3FlznM.png)](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/989120215702261761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[The Three Pillars of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.evernym.com/blog/the-three-pillars-of-self-sovereign-identity/)
[Self-sovereign identity: 3 key questions](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3366261/self-sovereign-identity-3-key-questions.html)
> SSI is on the extreme end of the digital identity spectrum. Its focus is putting control back in the hands of you, the user. But SSI is not the only way to skin a cat.
[Answering Questions about Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.windley.com/archives/2019/07/answering_questions_about_self-sovereign_identity.shtml)
> Identity professionals continue to have questions about self-sovereign identity (SSI). In this post, I answer a few questions that Susan Morrow raised about the commercial viability, security, privacy, and desired user experience of SSI.
![](https://i.imgur.com/MMa72Dx.png)
[Self-Sovereign Identity: Shifting the Locus of Control](https://medium.com/@trbouma/self-sovereign-identity-shifting-the-locus-of-control-10da1c8757ad)
> Simply put, the old (centralized and federated models) the locus of control was between the other parties that could make decisions about me, whether I was in the picture or not. In the new model (self-sovereign identity), the user is put into the centre of his/her own locus of control. See above.
#### Video
* [Identity and the quest for Self Sovereign Identity - Daniel Hardman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqmY_h49vPs)
* [Self Sovereign Identity and the MyData model from Finland - Antti 'Jogi' Poikola](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amq88XmWaNs)
* [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Open Source – Richard Esplin from SSIMeetup](http://ssimeetup.org/self-sovereign-identity-ssi-open-source-richard-esplin-webinar-16/)
* [Decentralized Identifiers enable self-sovereign identity - MyData 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsIM0zq37fU)
* [eIDAS and Self-Sovereign Identity - MyData 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHa175AEVVs)
* [uPort: Self-Sovereign Identity Meets Portable Data](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBIragrwqYc)
* [Behind the Cloud—Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity in the Enterprise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdm2-18Z2g)
* [The Story of Open SSI Standards - Drummond Reed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllH91rcFdE&feature=youtu.be&t=4m30s)
### History
* [Kim Cameron Identity Laws](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Kim-Cameron-Identity-Laws)
* [Laws of Identity - Whitepaper](https://web.archive.org/web/20080814163727/http://www.identityblog.com/stories/2004/12/09/thelaws.html)
* [*What is Sovereign Source Authority?*](https://www.moxytongue.com/2012/02/what-is-sovereign-source-authority.html) shows an early use of 'sovereign' in relation to our internet identities. The term "Self Sovereign Identity" started becoming widely used in 2014.[[**ϟ**](https://www.tokencommons.org/Windhover-Principles-for-Digital-Identity-Trust-Data.html)][[**ϟ**](https://hubculture.com/hubs/47/news/689/)]
* [Sovrin Foundation Launches first dedicated Self Sovereign Identity Network](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sovrin-foundation-launches-first-dedicated-self-sovereign-identity-network-300336702.html)
### Resources
* [SSIMeetup](http://ssimeetup.org/) [[Slideshare](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/presentations)] [[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSqSTlKdbbCM1muGOhDa3Og)] [[Telegram](https://t.me/SSIMeetup)] - SSI Meetup is an open, collaborative community to help SSI evangelists around the world, independent of company interests or standards.
* [WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-id](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity)
* [Self-Sovereign Identity — wiki.p2pfoundation](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Self-Sovereign_Identity)

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> As public identities have been created by different authorities, and since a global public or private identity is not a realistic option in the short term, interoperability and the collaboration between different entities to offer complete solutions is decisive. In the long run, to become a trusted identity provider across different industries could represent a big business opportunity for financial institutions
* [Blockchain: Evolving Decentralized Identity Design](https://www.gartner.com/doc/3834863/blockchain-evolving-decentralized-identity-design) 2017-12-01
> Decentralized identity is evolving into self-sovereign identity networks and verification services. While efforts are underway to establish standards for these ecosystems, technical professionals should identify processes that will be affected and plan for integration scenarios in coming years.
* [A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.amazon.com/Comprehensive-Guide-Self-Sovereign-Identity-ebook/dp/B07Q3TXLDP) 2019-04-06 Kaliya Identity Woman Young and Heather Vescent [[Related](https://www.thepaypers.com/expert-opinion/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-self-sovereign-identity-part-1/774556)]
* [A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.amazon.com/Comprehensive-Guide-Self-Sovereign-Identity-ebook/dp/B07Q3TXLDP) 2019-04-06 Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young and Heather Vescent [[Related](https://www.thepaypers.com/expert-opinion/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-self-sovereign-identity-part-1/774556)]
> Self Sovereign Identity technologies give individuals and companies the ability to control and manage their own digital identifiers. This technology is gaining momentum as it solves previously unsolvable challenges. With the emergence of SSI open standards, a new layer of the internet emerges for the identity of people and organizations. SSI represents a new paradigm -- it changes the identity game completely.

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> - What “standardization” means to DIF and what DIF means to standardization.
> - A newbie-friendly survey of how DIF relates to nearby organizations with overlapping or related foci.
> - What “co-development” and “coöpetition” really mean, concretely
- [Finding the Bell Curve of Meaning](https://medium.com/decentralized-identity/finding-the-bell-curve-of-meaning-61a1d22b7bdd) 2020-07-17 Kaliya IdentityWoman, DIF
- [Finding the Bell Curve of Meaning](https://medium.com/decentralized-identity/finding-the-bell-curve-of-meaning-61a1d22b7bdd) 2020-07-17 Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young, DIF
> As such, we aimed to invite alignment around key words, to find the “bell curve of meaning,” and to invite convergence towards the middle of this curve as a result of our research process. Our hope was to maximize the ability to inform and engage business audiences interested in adopting/purchasing this technology. This meant we would not be setting out to define hundreds of terms; rather, we chose to focus on a subset of the most widely used terms.
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> 1. Accountable Digital Being2. Expressive Digital Being3. Fair Handling of personal data4. Right NOT to be forgotten5. Human Friendly6. Open, Interoperable, Leveraging Existing Infrastructure, and Tested7. Everyone Benefits
* [Understanding the origins of identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsTTEwdiNwM) 2020-12-14 Dr. Mawaki Chango
> #Identity management is not a new problem. Mawaki Chango, PhD explains briefly it's interesting history starting from the Roman Catholic Church keeping records of their believers, leading all the way from passports to the current situation we are in with digital identity credentials! At the #MyDataOnline2020 conference.
* [Video] [Self Sovereign Identity and the MyData model from Finland - Antti 'Jogi' Poikola](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amq88XmWaNs) 2018-05-18 SSI Meetup
> The core idea of MyData is that we, you and I, should have an easy way to see where data about us goes, specify who can use it, and alter these decisions over time. Jogi explains how this pieces fit together and how data is merging into the SSI space.
* [Self Sovereign Identity and MyData](https://medium.com/@apoikola/self-sovereign-identity-and-mydata-e1f996a9451) 2017-11-16 Antti Jogi Poikola
> “Infrastructure for digital identity is key in the technical realisation of the MyData -vision and there is lot’s of innovation happening in that area.”

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## Hyperledger Identity
* [Identity Special Interest Group](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Special+Interest+Group) Hyperledger
> The purpose of the Identity Special Interest Group is to discuss, research, and document ways to capture, store, transmit and use Identities on the DLT, specifically for the projects in the Hyperledger greenhouse. The Identities can be of nodes that participate in the running of the DLT or entities that transact on the DLT.
* [Investing in Verifiable Credentials, Technical Interoperability and Open Source](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2022/08/23/investing-in-verifiable-credentials-technical-interoperability-and-open-source) 2022-08-23 Hyperledger
> As our approach evolves, we also remain keen to support open source solutions that interoperate with other national and international efforts. There is no dominant design yet, no one network or technology, so we must remain nimble and flexible in our exploration. We also need to coexist with existing identity solutions that millions of British Columbians already rely upon.
* [Why Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for Identity?](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2021/04/21/why-distributed-ledger-technology-dlt-for-identity) 2021-04-21 Hyperledger
> To understand why DLT is useful for identity, we need to go back to the basics—paper credentials, how that model has worked for 1000s of years, and how the use of DLTs with verifiable credentials allows us to transition the great parts—security and privacy—of that model to the digital age.
* [Getting Internet Identity Right 30 Years On](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2NvaW5kZXNrLXJlcG9ydHM/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwL1B2ZTZ1WThCazZjM24zckdUVVdaQ2YyWGJwQnNuWTBra3N0WWlFOFhBNUk?ep=14) 2020-10-09 Money ReImagined
> Michael Casey and Sheila Warren talk to Hyperledger Executive Director Brian Behlendorf about self-sovereign identity, the topic of this week's column. A developer whose three-decade career has seen him deeply involved in efforts to foster a more open internet, Brian grasps, like few others, the nuances of how human beings should live within a rapidly changing digital economy.
* [How digital identity empowers consumers and producers in a circular supply chain](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2020/05/07/how-digital-identity-empowers-consumers-and-producers-in-a-circular-supply-chain) 2020-05-07
* [Identity Standards](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Standards) 2019-03-20
> We hope to accumulate links here that talk to all Identity Standards work. Short updates form this will be used in the paper.
* [Hyperledger Identity Screencast: Social Recovery for Passwords and Secrets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c05mFuEQ5s) 2019-11-17
> A demonstration of using social recovery for things like recovery passwords of self-sovereign identity digital wallets. The website [http://passguardian.com](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnFXWC1vZEVSZS11Ynl1ZGpBRk1uMUN6VnhnUXxBQ3Jtc0tuRjRPbmFSOEVqU1FNSEJDMml0WXYzUjlmRUdyZk5lVWJSc2p1QnFHV0pMZzNfVlBpNVJ0UGZvY2pEVUlzTFA1LWJlQUU0Q190akpyQndJWmU3bDZranNJVUZxZi1JX2pJb2I1SEtpRXB0cjhCQWNNdw&q=http%3A//passguardian.com)​ is used to show how a secret can be encoded and distributed as shards, and then later some of the shards combined to restore the secret. This video is part of a [Linux Foundation course on Hyperledger Identity](https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/introduction-to-hyperledger-sovereign-identity-blockchain-solutions-indy-aries-and-ursa/), published on edX.
### Hyperledger Identity Special Interest Group
* [Identity Special Interest Group](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Special+Interest+Group) Hyperledger
> The purpose of the Identity Special Interest Group is to discuss, research, and document ways to capture, store, transmit and use Identities on the DLT, specifically for the projects in the Hyperledger greenhouse. The Identities can be of nodes that participate in the running of the DLT or entities that transact on the DLT.
* [Get involved in the open source community](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Implementers+WG+Call) 2023-06-06
> The Hyperledger Identity Implementers Working Group reviews project statuses and coordinates dependencies between a several different working groups building Self-Sovereign Identity technologies. Invited guest presenters also provide introductions and insights into their SSI solutions.
* [Identity Standards](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Standards) 2019-03-20
> We hope to accumulate links here that talk to all Identity Standards work. Short updates form this will be used in the paper.
### Application
* [Hyperledger Identity Vendors](https://www.hyperledger.org/vendor_level/identity-management)
* [TrustID: A New Approach to Fabric User Identity Management](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2020/04/21/trustid-a-new-approach-to-fabric-user-identity-management) 2020-04-21
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* [Hyperledger Forum Recap – Identity Proofing, and Passwordless User-friendly Digital Identity](https://idramp.com/hyperledger-forum-recap-identity-proofing-and-passwordless-user-friendly-digital-identity/) 2021-07-02
> IdRamp CEO, Mike Vesey presented with Mark Rakhmilevich, Senior Director, Blockchain Product Management at Oracle. In their session, titled “Identity Proofing Solution Combining HL Indy and Fabric”, Mike and Mark presented the benefits and ease of integrating an identity proofing solution based on Hyperledger Indy, Hyperledger Fabric, while leveraging the Oracle blockchain and how using two separate distributed ledgers makes the solution stronger.
* [Hyperledger Global Forum 2018]({% link _posts/organizations/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md %})
* [Hyperledger Global Forum 2018]({% link _posts/events/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md %})
> Identity Related Presentations at HGF-2018
* [Inaugural Hyperledger Global Forum Showcases Strong Community Momentum](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2018/12/inaugural-hyperledger-global-forum-showcases-strong-community-momentum/)
> For Hyperledger, a project of The Linux Foundation that started less than three years ago, the event is a time to reflect on milestones. Hyperledger has surpassed 260 members, with more than a dozen new members including Citi and Alibaba Cloud announced today. In the last year, Hyperledger launched its 11th project, Ursa, and released development updates to the Hyperledger Burrow, Hyperledger Fabric and Sawtooth frameworks. Additionally, Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance jointly announced membership in each other’s communities as a way to further bolster enterprise blockchain adoption.

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## About Self Sovereign Identity
* [Video] [Exploring the Decentralized Web, Episode 4: Digital Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm8y56KMkIw) 2022-01-05 Filecoin Foundation
> Episode 4 explores the relationship between authentication and authorization, the rise of single sign-on platforms, and the advantages of and use cases for self-sovereign identity. Guests include Brian Behlendorf, Rainey Reitman, Danny O'Brien, Sarah Friend, Wendy Hanamura, Andrew Hill, and Brad Kam.
* [#SSI gives its owner control over some aspects of identity, but not all](https://twitter.com/GETJolocom/status/1470791578780413953) 2021-12-14 Jolocom
> Connections, relationships, and third-party issued credentials are not entirely self-sovereign, nor should they be. #JolocomAdvent #AdventCalendar
* [A Future Built on Decentralized Identity](https://bloom.co/blog/a-future-built-on-decentralized-identity/) 2021-12-22 Bloom
> Decentralized identity is an emerging concept becoming more popular for online consumers by eliminating the need to pass personal identifiable information (PII) to an ever-increasing number of companies. However, in practice, decentralized identity has only existed for a handful of years, and its potential is still being discovered. So how did we get here?
* [SSI Essentials: Everything you need to know about Decentralized Identity](https://gataca.io/blog/ssi-essentials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-decentralized-identity/) 2021-11-29 Gataca
> Solving the identity paradox: the tradeoff between privacy, security, & user experience
* [Self-Sovereign Identity Crisis](https://lionsgate.io/self-sovereign-identity-crisis/) 2021-11-23 Lionsgate
> Through deceptive marketing practices the first-movers in the Digital ID market have done-away with the sovereignty. As a result a burgeoning new industry is experiencing a Self-Sovereign Identity Crisis.
* [Evolution of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://lionsgate.io/evolution-of-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/) 2021-11-16 LionsGate
> The public keys of the user and the third-party organization for verifying the digital signature are recorded in a distributed ledger, and the user of the identity information verifies the provided information using them. In this way, users can control their own identity information without relying on a specific central administrator.
* [Video] [Understanding the SSI Identity Model with Verifiable Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRuz39SEX7E) 2021-11-13 Manning
> Drummond Reed, an expert in Internet identity, security, privacy, and trust frameworks, explains the basic building blocks of SSI and how this new identity model fundamentally works.
* [What is Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-a8087b2bf0ea) 2021-10-13 Florian Strauf
> the digital representation of the identification process we know from the physical world. Things like showing our driver’s license to prove we are allowed to drive, or sending a bank statement to a real estate agent to prove our income and account balance.
* [Video] [Is Self Sovereign Identity Going Exponential - With Andrew Baker and A Suprise Guest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZnuTBJ_TM) 2021-10-27 Colin Iles
> despite the technological revolution we are living through, identity management is still as objectionable as ever, which is allowing criminals and companies (particularly the social media giants) to know more about you than can ever be justifiable.
>
> In this discussion I ask Andrew Baker, AWS's Head of EC2 Engineering and a surprise guest, to share their views on whether Self Sovereign Identity management could be the solution and how likely it is
* [Decentralizing Identity - Taking Back Control](https://www.madigansolutions.com/blog/decentralizing-identity-taking-back-control/) 2021-10-13 Madigan Solutions
> In a nutshell, Self-Sovereign Identity allows individuals to manage their own identities by moving physical credentials to digital devices. An individual will receive a credential from an issuer which will be stored in their digital wallet.
* [What is Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-a8087b2bf0ea) 2021-10-13 Florian Strauf
> The important thing in SSI is that instead of a stamp on the plastic card, the credential is signed cryptographically by the issuer, enabling anyone to verify who issued the credentials. This makes verification much easier than in the physical world.
* [Video] [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJAapPG_jBY) 2021-09-13 Animo
> In this video, we explain how third parties get to see a lot of personal information about you that they don't really need. Whether it is your local supermarket or your new job, you're often sharing a lot of data when all they really need is a very simple yes or no answer
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: a Primer](https://medium.com/@hartmut.obendorf/self-sovereign-identity-a-primer-ee3d7066348a) 2021-08-03 Hartmut Obendorf
> Digital trust is often centralised, with select, well-known entities providing an anchor of trust that is propagated to everyone else; you are using this mechanism as you read this paragraph, having accessed a https: URL to find this article on your trusted platform, Medium.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: What’s the Big Deal?](https://hackernoon.com/self-sovereign-identity-whats-the-big-deal-6i1a37z3) 2021-07-06 Affinidi, Hackernoon
> Do you know where your digital credentials like your full name, date of birth, phone number, government ID, and other Personally Identifiable Information (PII) are stored online, and how they are used?
* [A beginner’s guide to self-sovereign identity (SSI)](https://domilabs.io/beginners-guide-ssi/) 2021-06-02 Domilabs
> An issuer makes claims or assertions about a user. These claims are bundled together into verifiable credentials and given to the user, who stores them in their digital wallet. From there, they can decide which verifiers they want to present these credentials to.
* [Distributed, Decentralized, Self-Sovereign Identity](https://condatis.com/news/blog/did-decentralized-ssi/) 2021-04-22 Condatis
> With DID already being implemented, this new and exciting technology is due to shake up the digital identity space. We expect decentralized identity to continue making headway, with more and more sectors and businesses adopting the technology.
* [Video] [Karyl Fowler (Transmute) and Juan Caballero (DIF) present Intro to SSI at #IIW31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaM0UtQTLCs) 2020-10 Keryl Fowler, Juan Caballero [Slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9jCcxgcCrL4Dfjvr4z7XSIwxfadjveR/view?usp=sharingQ)
> Karyl and Juan revisited their slide deck from #IIW30 to give an overview of decentralized identity first as a "philosophy" at the confluence of ideological currents (Juan), and then as a set of specific emerging technologies which unlocks new mental models and business models that are still coming into focus sector by sector (Karyl). There follows a brief overview of educational resources, including some products of DIF's recent educational "content sprint," and a wide-ranging Q&A including podcast recommendations and how to navigate open standards for the first time. The slides are here, in downloadable and hyperlinked PDF form:
* [What Is Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://trinsic.id/what-is-self-sovereign-identity/) 2020-04-28 Trinsic
> Self-sovereign identity is the marriage of real identity with the digital world that will ultimately make people’s lives better.² It’s still in its infancy, and there is a long road ahead to truly make digital identity as legitimate and nuanced as a real-world identity.
* [Explaining SSI to C-suite executives, and anyone else for that matter – John Phillips](https://ssimeetup.org/explaining-ssi-c-suite-executives-anyone-else-john-phillips-webinar-48/) 2020-02-18 SSIMeetup
> John Phillips from 460degrees in Australia has been exploring with his team for more than two years for a way to describe Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) that was easy to understand. We think he has found a good method to make SSI easy to understand for any C-suite executive and business people that goes beyond the technology.
* [How Verifiable Creds, Decentralized Identifiers and Blockchain Work Together for a Safer Internet](https://hackernoon.com/how-verifiable-creds-decentralized-identifiers-and-blockchain-work-together-for-a-safer-internet-k2u37bk) 2021-08-22 Fluree, Hackernoon
> Verifiable credentials, DIDs, and blockchain are evidence of what's to come: Web3, a more secure, widespread, machine-to-machine internet.
* [Introduction to Decentralized Identity](https://wiki.iota.org/identity.rs/decentralized_identity) IOTA Wiki
> Decentralized Identity or Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) defines a new method for identity management and authentication. It removes the centralized aspects and puts the Identity subject in full control over its own identity. Decentralized Identity provides a solution for the increasing amount of database breaches, the lack of trust in any digital setting, and the increasingly difficult to comply with privacy legislation, such as GDPR.
* [The Three Pillars of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.evernym.com/blog/the-three-pillars-of-self-sovereign-identity/) 2019-12-10 Evernym
> When implemented for the purpose of identity, everyone everywhere can issue, hold, and verify any credentials about anything. This means no more proprietary silos “owning” your identity. The combination of human and cryptographic trust in this environment means that you can finally get increased security and reduced friction at the same time.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity — wiki.p2pfoundation](https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Self-Sovereign_Identity) 2019-11-13 P2P Foundation
> The beauty of sovereignty isn't complete and total control, but rather balance of power that leads to negotiations about the nature of the relationships between various entities in the system."
![](https://imgur.com/3zz62kpl.png)
* [Self-Sovereign Identity](https://thelivinglib.org/self-sovereign-identity/) 2019-06-17 Living Library
> Identification document (ID) is a crucial part of every individual’s life, in that it is often a prerequisite for accessing a variety of services — ranging from creating a bank account to enrolling children in school to buying alcoholic beverages to signing up for an email account to voting in an election — and also a proof of simply being.
* [video] [What is self-sovereign identity?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rygsE1JC-8Q) 2019-05-31 Evernym
> - A brief history and overview of self-sovereign identity / decentralized identity
> - The top consumer-focused and business-focused benefits of SSI
> - Real-world examples of SSI in action
> - How organizations can the journey to a decentralized future
* [Self-sovereign identity: 3 key questions](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3366261/self-sovereign-identity-3-key-questions.html) 2019-03-19 CSO Online
> SSI is on the extreme end of the digital identity spectrum. Its focus is putting control back in the hands of you, the user. But SSI is not the only way to skin a cat.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: Shifting the Locus of Control](https://medium.com/@trbouma/self-sovereign-identity-shifting-the-locus-of-control-10da1c8757ad) 2019-03-02 Tim Bouma
> Simply put, the old (centralized and federated models) the locus of control was between the other parties that could make decisions about me, whether I was in the picture or not. In the new model (self-sovereign identity), the user is put into the centre of his/her own locus of control. See above.
* [The Three Models of Digital Identity Relationships — How self-sovereign identity (SSI) is different, and why it’s better](https://medium.com/evernym/the-three-models-of-digital-identity-relationships-ca0727cb5186) 2018-08-24 Timothy Ruff, Evernym
> SSI is powerful yet elegant, bold yet familiar, and through it we can finally break free from the paradox of having to sacrifice security for user experience (or vice versa): we can have both, and at levels vastly improved over the status quo. Wonderfully, SSI also has life-altering potential for at-risk populations around the globe.
* [Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Inevitable-Rise-of-Self-Sovereign-Identity.pdf) 2018-03-28
> The evolution of internet identity is the result of trying to satisfy three basic requirements:
> 1. Security - the identity information must be protected from unintentional disclosure;
> 2. Control - the identity owner must be in control of who can see and access their data and for what purposes;
> 3. Portability - the user must be able to use their identity data wherever they want and not be tied into a single provide
* [Self Sovereign Identity](https://identitywoman.net/self-sovereign-identity/) 2018-01-23 Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young
> The Social Human Fabric: This is critical to why we actually are having these breakthroughs woven together to create the open standards for self-sovereign identity to become real. A dedicated group of individuals that have been actively meeting face to face twice a year for over 12 years at the Internet Identity Workshop, and other industry events like the RSA Conference, Cloud Identity Summit and the new kid on the collaboration block Rebooting the Web of Trust.
## Aspects of SSI
* [GlobaliD 101: Device-based identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-device-based-identity-c6096a5b0890) 2022-10-05 GlobalID
> That way, your sensitive personal data is stored locally on your own device rather than hosted on some company’s server that becomes a target for hackers.
* [GlobaliD 101: Bring Your Own Identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-bring-your-own-identity-5b9927008190) 2022-08-30 GlobalID
> There is a real opportunity to combine technology that is being developed with the concept of BYO Identity that will create a new identity framework where you own and control your data.
> - [Part 1: What a smart and humanistic approach to digital identity would like](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-how-digital-identity-should-work-fc53ede7b86f) 2022-07-05
> - [Part 2: The Trust Triangle — the system of issuers, holders, and verifiers that illustrates how identity works (and how it’s broken, today)](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-what-is-the-trust-triangle-260e85e1c640) 2022-07-21
> - [Part 3: Why the ID Wallet is the first step toward achieving a new vision for digital identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-id-wallets-68fa77e6d0d7) 2022-08-02
> - [Part 4: Why every company is an identity company](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-every-company-is-an-identity-company-a851beed999d) 2022-08-16
* [Trusted Third Parties vs Self-Sovereign Identity](https://academy.affinidi.com/trusted-third-parties-vs-self-sovereign-identity-4e96de929b1b) 2021-12-30 Affinidi
> All of us have [multiple identities](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-links-identity-and-vcs-together-across-applications-9523af3884a9) at any point. We are sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, parents, partners, friends, colleagues, and more to different people.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: What You Can/Can’t Do With SSI?](https://academy.affinidi.com/self-sovereign-identity-what-you-can-cant-do-with-ssi-1284f7227b4e) 2021-06-24 Affinidi
> it gives complete control and ownership of data to the individual entities as they can decide what data to share and with whom.
>
> Beyond this encompassing vision, let’s drill down into the specifics to understand what you can and can’t do with SSI.
* [When a user holds his:her own credentials locally on the phone, it creates a three-sided market](https://twitter.com/lissi_id/status/1334834875896004608) 2020-12-04 Lissi ID
> which puts the holder of the credential in the position of a carrier between issuer and verifiers.
> ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoZIgzqXIAE6mU5?format=jpg&name=large)
* [The Implications of Bring Your Own Identity](https://www.idsalliance.org/blog/2020/12/03/the-implications-of-bring-your-own-identity/) Identity Defined Security Alliance 2020-12-03
> My short stint as “Mark Jannell" taught me a lot of about trust and ease of use in a bring your own identity model. Trust, as always in security, is essential to this new class of relationships and must be established and then protected from abuse. Ease of use, it turns out, is a key factor in protecting that trust and promoting the adoption of good identity patterns. I’m sure that I could have learned these lessons in some other way, but I’ll never forget my half year answering to a pseudonym.
* [The Mental Models of Identity Enabled by SSI](https://ssi-ambassador.medium.com/the-mental-models-of-identity-enabled-by-ssi-d3e2d8d0f2b6) 2020-12-03 Adrian Doerk
The Models: Space Time • Presentation • Attribute • Relationship • Capability
* [What is the Trust Triangle?](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-is-the-trust-triangle-9a9caf36b321) 2021-08-23 Affinidi
> The relationship between the issuers, holders, and verifiers is called the trust triangle simply because you need an element of trust among these entities for them to work together.
* [The 5P’s of a Self-Sovereign Identity](https://markvanrijmenam.medium.com/the-5ps-of-a-self-sovereign-identity-e6f6eb802d75) 2019-06-05 Dr Mark van Rijmenam
> A self-sovereign identity can be defined by the 5P’s as it is personal (it is about you), portable (meaning you can take your identity and data from one platform to another), private (you control your identity and data), persistent (it does not change without your consent) and protected (they cannot steal your identity).
* [LESS identity](https://medium.com/@trbouma/less-identity-65f65d87f56b) 2018-12-09 Tim Bouma
> I arrived at the term ‘Less Identity’ through some fun wordplay (yes, I do this stuff in my spare time). I was thinking about ‘Trust Frameworks’ and ‘Trustless Networks.’ When I factored out the common ‘Trust’, I arrived at ‘Trust[Less Networks and Frameworks].’
* [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) 2017-08-26 Joe Andrieu rwot05-boston
> Unfortunately, digital systems can unwittingly compromise real-world identity. Sometimes this occurs because digital identity systems neglect to consider external effects. Other times, it happens with systems that didn’t even realize they were dealing with identity-related personal information. A functional perspective allows engineers to see beyond static attributes and traditional notions of “Personally Identifiable Information” to better understand how engineering choices can impact identity, even outside their systems.
## Security
* [What is decentralized identity?](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3665692/what-is-decentralized-identity.html) 2022-07-06 CSO Online
> The DID model allows you to establish a relationship between your private key (your blockchain wallet) and your citizenship.  The issuing authority signs off on the truth of your claim and, thereafter, third parties can check your public key to see that the holder of the private key is in fact a British citizen.
* [Getting Data Security Right](https://medium.com/mydex/getting-data-security-right-36d291cac156) 2022-05-23 Alan Michel
> data security is about system-wide design, where many different elements need to fit together to create a working whole.
* [Impact of Self-Sovereign Identity on Cybersecurity](https://securityboulevard.com/2022/04/impact-of-self-sovereign-identity-on-cybersecurity-avast/) 2022-04 Security Boulevard
> How does this change the world of cybersecurity protection? Typically, bad actors approach cybersecurity attacks by developing solutions that exploit the attack vectors of their target victims.
>
> There are 4 attack vector categories to self-sovereign identity that map directly to each element: Issuer, Holder, Trust Registry and Verifier.
* [ID Verification Threats On the Horizon](https://stateofidentity.libsyn.com/id-verification-threats-on-the-horizon) 2022-03-31 Liminal Podcasts
> Cognito's CEO Alain Meier joins the State of Identity host Cameron D’Ambrosi to dive into why industries beyond financial services are now in the market for identity verification. They also unpack the impact of synthetic identity fraud across verticals, and how platforms find the balance when building their onboarding processes.
* [Security, Silos, and Sovereignty](https://daniel-hardman.medium.com/security-silos-and-sovereignty-522e30bb8eb4) 2021-03-12 Daniel Hardman
> Why portable security is the sleeper — but killer — feature for SSI
>
> what’s cool about DIDs (besides their self-service creation) is that their metadata is cryptographically verifiable. That means that anyone in the world can tell whether the metadata is legit, in the blink of an eye, just by asking software to check some math. And it also means that you can build a transport-independent, tamper-proof, encrypted communication channel with whoever controls a DID.
* [How Decentralized Identifiers Will Shape the Future of Identity](https://hackernoon.com/how-decentralized-identifiers-will-shape-the-future-of-identity-iam3w9g) 2020-11-09 HackerNoon
> Hackers value personal information the most. 96% of hacking groups’ primary motive is intelligence gathering. Researchers at privacy website PrivacyAffairs.com found that you can obtain a person's full identity for the low price of $1,275.
## Literature
* [WhitePaper] [Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/self-sovereign-identity) 2022-05-10 Phil Windley, Blockchain Research Institute
> In this research, one of the leading experts and thought leaders in the digital identity space brings his latest thinking to enterprise innovators. He explains the value of the relationship view of identity, the nature of authentic digital relationships, the trust bases of identity systems, and the architecture of the identity metasystem, including decentralized identifier communication and the self-sovereign Internet. He then explores how to operationalize digital relationships and the potential of generative identities (e.g., verifiable credentials) and credential exchange. He concludes with a deep dive into self-sovereign identities in production: the UK National Health Service staff passport, Bonifii’s MemberPass for credit unions, the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass, and others. The project is a must-read for enterprise leaders looking to understand their opportunities in identity platforms and applications.
* [Whitepaper] [Self-Sovereign Identity Foundations, Applications, and Potentials of Portable Digital Identities](https://www.fim-rc.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210811-SSI-Whitepaper-English.pdf) 2021-09 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
> This paper analyses the SSI paradigm's conceptual characteristics and technical aspects and presents three use cases as examples. It becomes clear that SSI offers advantages in individual control, data security, and full portability of identities between different services. For example, forgeryand tamper-proof digital versions of important personal documents such as ID cards, passports, birth certificates or medical confirmations can be created. However, the use cases are not limited to personal SSI but can also be, for example, digital identities of organizations and physical objects in the context of IoT solutions. This is particularly important in connection with the comprehensive digitization of companies.
* [Digital identities – steps on the path to an ID ecosystem](https://bankenverband.de/en/digitisation/digital-identities-steps-path-id-ecosystem/) 2021-03-18 Bankenverband
*This article is very very good in articulating the big picture of how SSI systems relative to older system and emerging fragmetned systems.*
> An answer to these challenges is an ecosystem in which digital identity data can be exchanged in a way that is secure, reliable, scalable and convenient. This will have a positive impact on the economic future of Germany and Europe while at the same time enhancing the private sphere of the individual.
* [The Basic Building Blocks of SSI](https://freecontent.manning.com/the-basic-building-blocks-of-ssi/) 2020-07-29 Drummond Reed, Alex Preukschat Manning
> In many cases these core concepts have been established for decades. What’s new is how they’re put together to create a new model for digital identity management. The purpose of this article is to quickly familiarize you with these seven basic building blocks from a conceptual and technical point-of-view.
> - Verifiable credentials (aka digital credentials)
> - Issuers, holders, and verifiers
> - Digital wallets
> - Digital agents and hubs
> - Decentralized identifiers (DIDs)
> - Blockchains
> - Governance frameworks (aka trust frameworks)
[![](https://i.imgur.com/MMa72Dx.png)](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Self-Sovereign-Identity-Locus-of-Control-Bouma-2019_fig1_340938808)
## Background
**Greatly influential on later thinking around digital identity and the **development of Self Sovereign Identity
* [Kim Cameron Identity Laws](https://www.identityblog.com/?p=352) 2005-05-13 IdentityBlog [Whitepaper](https://www.identityblog.com/stories/2005/05/13/TheLawsOfIdentity.pdf)
> Summary: Understand the dynamics causing digital identity systems to succeed or fail in various contexts, expressed as the Laws of Identity. Together these laws define a unifying identity metasystem that can offer the Internet the identity layer it needs. (14 printed pages)
**Shows an early use of 'sovereign' in relation to our internet **identities
* [*What is Sovereign Source Authority?*](https://www.moxytongue.com/2012/02/what-is-sovereign-source-authority.html) 2012-02
> What is required for structural integrity of a Sovereign domain originated of, by, for people?\
> A [recursive signatory](https://www.moxytongue.com/2021/07/recursive-signatory.html) is starting point for an accurate self-sourced method that repeats, generation after generation, person after person, such that no second-class process supersedes the inherent requirement for functional Rights.
**The term "Self Sovereign Identity" started becoming widely used in **2014
* [The Windhover Principles for Digital Identity, Trust, and Data](https://www.scribd.com/document/335386296/Windhover-Principles) 2014-09-21 Institute for Data Driven Design
> 1. Self-Sovereignty of Digital Identity and Personal Data:
> Individuals and groups should have control of their digital personal identities and personal data.
* [HubID First to Deploy Windhover Principles and Framework for Digital Identity, Trust and Open Data](https://hubculture.com/hubs/47/news/689/) 2014-10-20
> HubID, the self-sovereign digital identity system at the core of Hub Culture and the Ven currency, is the first consumer application to deploy the Windhover Principles and new frameworks for digital identity, trust and open data. The core technology has been in development with the Open Mustard Seed framework and quietly began use in July 2014 following a development announcement with ID3 in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
**This article popularized the idea and term Self Sovereign Identity**
* [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/ThePathToSelf-SovereignIdentity.md) 2016-04-25 Christopher Allen Popularized the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity
> Since then, the idea of self-sovereign identity has proliferated. Loffreto has blogged how the term has evolved13. As a developer, he shows one way to address self-sovereign identity: as a mathematical policy, where cryptography is used to protect a user’s autonomy and control. However, that’s not the only model. Respect Network instead addresses self-sovereign identity as a legal policy; they define contractual rules and principles that members of their network agree to follow14. The Windhover Principles For Digital Identity, Trust and Data15 and Everynym’s Identity System Essentials16 offer some additional perspectives on the rapid advent of self-sovereign identity since 2012.
**Early influential thinking on SSI**
* [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) 2016-10 Joe Andrieu
> This paper explores what self‐sovereign identity means independent of technology: what people need from independent identity capabilities. I want to understand how such a system enables both individuals whose identities are in play (subjects), as well as those who use those “identities” to correlate interactions across contexts (observers). I start with grounding individual sovereignty in the Enlightenment and identity in its core function of correlation, then propose core characteristics of a self‐sovereign identity system.
* [10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md) 2016-10-23 Rebooting Web of Trust
> 1. Existence. Users must have an independent existence. Any self-sovereign identity is ultimately based on the ineffable “I” that’s at the heart of identity. It can never exist wholly in digital form. This must be the kernel of self that is upheld and supported. A self-sovereign identity simply makes public and accessible some limited aspects of the “I” that already exists.
* [Schutte's Take](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/Schutte-on-SSI.md) 2016-10-26 Rebooting Web of Trust (criticism of the 10 principles)
> A perceived sense of “a self” is the product that emerges from the interactions of these various agents.
>
> Their coherent operation takes form in the world in ways that enable other actors to treat them as if they were a single actor rather than the complex set of collaborations amongst different processes that they actually are.
>
> Of course, this is a heuristic, and like all heuristics, it may be a useful shortcut, but that doesn’t mean it accurately reflects reality.
>
> In truth, our “self” is constantly interacting with agents both externally and internally, and these transform the functioning (and even the perceived boundaries) of the self.
* [The Domains of Identity & Self-Sovereign Identity -- Presentation from Kaliya Young](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8bZ4GYFwKY) 2018-11-06 New America
> Kaliya Young (“The Identity Woman”) explains 16 domains of identity ~~-variously related to government, civil society, commerce, employment, and the data broker industry-~~ as presented in her [recent report](https://www.amazon.com/Domains-Identity-Understanding-Contemporary-Collection/dp/1785274910). Kaliya then explains how SSI can fundamentally alter the relationships within these domains.
## Resources
* [animo/awesome-self-sovereign-identity/](https://github.com/animo/awesome-self-sovereign-identity) 2023-07-07
* [WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-id/](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity) 2022-12-07 Rebooting Web of Trust

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### CBDC
* [A Brief Introduction to How SSI Infrastructure Can Integrate Digital Fiat Currency (DFC)](https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20180718/Documents/D_Reed.pdf)
* [![](https://i.imgur.com/tNvN7vV.png)](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1072160446180810752)
* [Why CBDCs will likely be ID-based](https://www.ft.com/content/88f47c48-97fe-4df3-854e-0d404a3a5f9a)
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> - Teach you how to create your first application
> - Learn about authentication and authorization credentials
> - Set up hosted authentication with Okta and try it out
* [Introducing the Auth0 Research Program](https://auth0.com/blog/introducing-the-auth0-research-program/) auth0
> give direct input towards our product improvements and be the first choice for research recruiting opportunities.

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# History
* [Privacy Preserving Authentication—Another reason to care about ZKP](https://www.slideshare.net/eralcnoslen/privacypreserving-authentication-another-reason-to-care-about-zeroknowledge-proofs) 2017-08-14 Clare Nelson
* [Seeing Self-Sovereign Identity in Historical Context](https://identitywoman.net/wp-content/uploads/Seeing-Self-Sovereign-Identity-in-Historical-Context.pdf) 2022-06 Kaliya Identity Woman
* [Seeing Self-Sovereign Identity in Historical Context](https://identitywoman.net/wp-content/uploads/Seeing-Self-Sovereign-Identity-in-Historical-Context.pdf) 2022-06 Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young
> The first follows the ways in which identities were designed and managed in computer systems. [...] The second history examines the evolution of paper-based identity systems that emerged in Europe. [...] The last section of the paper brings these two histories together and explains why the underlying technological design of SSI aligns with Western liberal democratic values in a way that the earlier digital identity systems designs do not.
* [Legal identity of a person in a digital world](https://medium.com/@vvsm_50580/legal-identity-of-a-person-in-a-digital-world-38f444dc8996) 2022-09-17 Vikas Malhotra
> Today, Sep 16th is the International Identity Day, a commemoration of the [UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9](https://unstats.un.org/legal-identity-agenda/documents/UN-Strategy-for-LIA.pdf) which calls for the provision of legal identity for all by 2030.
* [The World’s First Verifiable Credentials](https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/world-s-first-verifiable-credentials) Steve Wilson
> Commonly associated with blockchain and the Self-Sovereign Identity movement, Verifiable Credentials are in fact an old idea.  It is instructive to break down their essential properties and examine the pioneering examples.
[![](https://i.imgur.com/f3FlznM.png)](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/989120215702261761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
* [A brief history of SSI: Where does it come from? A timeline.](https://jolocom.io/blog/a-brief-history-of-ssi-where-does-it-come-from-a-timeline/)
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> In 2021, the average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of [$4.24 million](https://www.upguard.com/blog/cost-of-data-breach), even though businesses are already spending millions more to combat financial crime and meet their regulatory and compliance responsibilities.
* [Digital Identity: The Trending Tech Concept Changing How We Live](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/2021/10/15/digital-identity-the-trending-tech-concept-changing-how-we-live/?sh=3e004c6c2c4c) 2021-10-15 Forbes
> Identification is key to our success. It determines the jobs we get, the money we make, how we can manage our health, and more. The fact of the matter is that 3.4 billion people have access to legally recognized identification but still [have difficulty using that identification online](https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/digital-identification-a-key-to-inclusive-growth).
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: Taking Control Over Your Digital Identity](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/09/26/self-sovereign-identity-taking-control-over-your-digital-identity/?sh=797222d64e0c) Forbes 2022-09-26
> The two main ingredients of SSI are verifiable credentials (VCs) and decentralized identifiers (DIDs).

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# Podcasts
* [Identity Masters Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/0NmFDoGu9zq3r1nmgjwkhQ)
> At Authenteq, we spend a lot of time thinking and talking about how to make the internet a safer space. It’s also what drives our product roadmap and why we got into identity verification and e-KYC in the first place. As we work to democratize the knowledge we have access to, we know that for it to be truly accessible, we have to work with different formats. This is why we’re very excited to introduce the brand spanking new Identity Masters podcast now available on Spotify!
Podcast: [Digital Identity and Self Sovereignty](https://www.traceyfollows.com/tag/podcast/) 
* [My podcasts of choice](https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2021/05/04/podcasts/) Doc Searls 2021-05-04
* [The Digital Identity Transformation – Podcast](https://idramp.com/the-digital-identity-transformation-podcast/)
> Mike Vesey, CEO of IdRamp. As someone who has uniquely spent their full career immersed in enterprise identity, Vesey shares an insider perspective of how the industry has evolved during his tenure.
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- [Let’s Talk About Digital Identity (LTADI)](https://www.ubisecure.com/lets-talk-about-digital-identity-podcast/) – Ubisecure
- [Definitely Identity](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/definitely-identity/id1496565155) – Tim Bouma
- [PSA Today](https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkmZrdHMIJrkIEqT13SJQ) – Privacy, Surveillance and Anonymity by Kaliya Identity Woman and Seth Goldstein
- [PSA Today](https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkmZrdHMIJrkIEqT13SJQ) – Privacy, Surveillance and Anonymity by Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Young and Seth Goldstein
- [ID Talk](https://findbiometrics.com/topics/id-talk-podcast/) – FindBiometrics and, as you’d expect, focused on the biometrics space
- [State of Identity](https://oneworldidentity.com/podcast-main/) – OWI

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# Resources
* [New to the topic of self-sovereign identity?](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1405788127265005571.html) 2021-06-18 SSIAmbassador
> No problem, there are several beginner #guides, which you can use to get familiar with the new standard for digital #identity.
* [HIPE 0014-ssi-notation](https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-hipe/tree/master/text/0014-ssi-notation)
* [Self Sovereign Identity Wikipedia Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sovereign_identity) that has been started, but can clearly still use a lot of attention. (h/t [@Drabiv](https://twitter.com/Drabiv/status/1102166656019849216))
* [Self-Sovereign Identity : Decentralized digital identity and verifiable credentials](https://www.manning.com/books/self-sovereign-identity) Manning

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[...]
The goal of this whitepaper is to inform and educate the readers about the work on the OpenID for Verifiable Credentials (OpenID4VC) specifications family. It addresses use-cases referred to as Self-Sovereign Identity, Decentralized Identity, or User-Centric Identity.
## IAM
* [Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self Sovereign Identity Solutions](https://www.slideshare.net/TommyKoens/matching-identity-management-solutions-to-selfsovereign-identity-principles)

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> :: VC is a cryptographically verifiable credential using DID\
> :: SSI is a self-sovereign and privacy-preserving identity
> :: Non-human (Machines, Bots, Goods, anything) also able to have DID, VC, and SSIs
* [Understanding Verifiable Credentials](https://www.credivera.com/blog/understanding-verifiable-credentials) Credivera
> The value of verifiable credentials and the critical role they will play to our future digital identities is undeniable. As we enter a new era of online representation, trust in the internet will need to be vigorously robust.
* [Decentralized identifiers - Self-Sovereign Identity livebook](https://livebook.manning.com/book/self-sovereign-identity/chapter-8/) Manning
* [Video] [Identity Insights - Basics of Verifiable Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCCatllgNv4) Indicio, Youtube
> What are verifiable credentials? In this episode we are joined by Indicio software engineer Char Howland for an introduction to what this technology is and what it can do.
* [Decentralized identity: What it is, why it matters](https://www.scmagazine.com/resource/identity-and-access/infographic-key-stats-on-the-passwordless-future) 2022-09-15 SC Magazine
> ![](https://www.scmagazine.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.scmagazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2FPingDecentralizedIdentity-4.jpg&w=750&q=75)
* [The Journey of Decentralized Identity: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going](https://trinsic.id/the-journey-of-decentralized-identity-where-its-been-and-where-its-going/) 2022-07-14 Trinsic
> Our goal has been to completely abstract away the complexity of the ever-changing landscape so organizations can focus on the important stuff—what product to build, and how to take it to market. Teams shouldn’t have to “pick winners” and wager what to build on. Their products should be interoperable with multiple ecosystems. That’s what Trinsic is providing, out-of-the-box.
* [What Are Verifiable Credentials? And How Can They Build Digital Trust?](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/verifiable-credentials/) 2022-02-01 Salesforce
> Verifiable credentials and verifiable credential management technology offer a direct and secure channel between an organization and its stakeholders. Learn how they bring control over digital identity and build trust with organizations – from health credentials to college degrees.
* [What are Verifiable Credentials? Why do they matter?](https://flur.ee/2022/01/10/what-are-verifiable-credentials-why-do-they-matter/) 2022-01-10 Fluree
> Authority Does Not Require Centralized Power
>
> As mentioned in my previous article, the trouble with centralization is that data is stored in a database. Once breached, a database can yield a treasure chest of information to be sold on the dark web.

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> - Identification: Who are you?
> - Authentication: Is it you again?
> - Authorization: What rights do I want to grant you?
* [Centralized\Federated vs Self Sovereign](https://twitter.com/dominiumssi/status/1564188374529081345) dominiumssi
* [Decentralized Identity Trilemma](https://maciek.blog/p/dit) 2018-08-13 Maciek Laskus
> 1. Self-sovereignty — anybody can create and control as many identities1 as they wish without 3rd party involvement.
> 2. Privacy-preserving — one can acquire and utilize an identifier without revealing their ‘real name’ or other personality identifying information.
> 3. Sybil-resistant — identity is subject to scarcity; i.e., creating more identifiers cannot be used to manipulate a system2.
## Related
* [Understanding Digital Credentials](https://www.bcdiploma.com/en/blog/understanding-digital-credentials-21-05-12) BCdiploma
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* [Compare and Contrast — Federated Identity vs Self-sovereign Identity](https://academy.affinidi.com/compare-and-contrast-federated-identity-vs-self-sovereign-identity-227a85cbab18) Affinidi
* [Levels of information architecture](https://reb00ted.org/tech/20220815-levels-of-information-architecture/) 2022-08-15 reb00ted
> So I propose this outermost framework to help us think about how to interact with shared information environments
* [Never mind who I am, ask me about my credentials](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/never-mind-who-i-am-ask-me-my-credentials-john-phillips/) John Phillips
> Many (most) identity systems make a fundamental assumption that is built into their very architecture. This assumption creates three significant problems: privacy erosion; toxic data stores; and poor security.

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# Critique
* [SteveWilson](https://twitter.com/Steve_Lockstep/status/1524073204805160960) Considering SSI critics
> I reckon most cases of over-identification stem either from bad habits (e.g. RPs gathering circumstantial AuthN signals) or from Surveillance Capitalism. Either way, better deals for users will come from better design, not by weaponising Digital Identity (SSI, DIDs).
* [Negative press related to DIDs and VCs](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/2021Jun/0032.html) Manu Sporny (29 June)

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# Cryptography
* [The Use of Self-Sovereign Identity With Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)](https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/self-sovereign-identity-with-zero-knowledge-proof-9a05f36f16da) Data Driven Investor
* [Part 5: How Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) Enable Smarter Customer Insights, With Less Liability](https://www.evernym.com/blog/zero-knowledge-proofs/)
> Put simply, most organizations are unthinkingly collecting more data from customers, without understanding the true impact: the real costs to themselves, and to customers.
* [Privacy-Preserving Authentication, Another Reason to Care about Zero-Knowledge Proofs —slideshare](https://www.slideshare.net/eralcnoslen/privacypreserving-authentication-another-reason-to-care-about-zeroknowledge-proofs) 2017-08-14 Clare Nelson
> In the near future, privacy-preserving authentication methods will flood the market, and they will be based on Zero-Knowledge Proofs. IBM and Microsoft invested in these solutions many years ago.
* [How to Explain Public-Key Cryptography and Digital Signatures to Anyone](https://auth0.com/blog/how-to-explain-public-key-cryptography-digital-signatures-to-anyone/)
> Here’s an easy-to-understand analogy to help your non-technical friends and customers understand public keys and private keys, and how they relate to cryptography and digital signatures.
* [Zero Knowledge Proofs](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/11/zero_knowledge_proofs.shtml) 2021-11 Phil Windley
> This problem was first explored by MIT researchers Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali and Charles Rackoff in the 1980s as a way of combatting information leakage. The goal is to reduce the amount of extra information the verifier, Victor, can learn about the prover, Peggy.

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# Development
* [Comparing X.509 Certificates with SSI](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/05/comparing_x509_certificates_with_ssi.shtml) Windley
> X.509 certificates have been around for 40 years and have proven to be a trustworthy means of exchanging data. So, what are the differences between X.509 ceritificates and SSI? And what are the advantages of each?
* [resources] [Getting Started with Self Sovereign Identity SSI](https://damienbod.com/2021/03/29/getting-started-with-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/) 2021-03-29
> The blog is my getting started with Self Sovereign identity. I plan to explore developing solutions using Self Sovereign Identities, the different services and evaluate some of the user cases in the next couple of blogs.
* [Bootstrapping a VDR-based Fully Decentralized Object (FDO)/Credential Platform: VON Example](https://hyperonomy.com/2021/07/26/bootstrapping-a-vdr-based-decentralized-credential-object-platform-von-example/) 2021-07-26 Hyperonomy
> What are the common/known strategies for bootstrapping a VDR-based decentralized credential/object platform? …asked naively on purpose. Strategies for placing the first/initial DIDs in the VDR?  …presumably purposed to be the initial Issuer(s) of verifiable
* [Challenges to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://damienbod.com/2021/10/11/challenges-to-self-sovereign-identity/) 2021-10-11 Damien Bod
> The article goes through some of the challenges we face when using or implementing identity, authentication and authorization solutions using self sovereign identity. I based my findings after implementing and testing solutions and wallets with the following SSI solution providers: Trinsic MATTR.global Evernym Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials Different Wallets like Lissi SSI
* [Video] [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Open Source – Richard Esplin from SSIMeetup](http://ssimeetup.org/self-sovereign-identity-ssi-open-source-richard-esplin-webinar-16/)

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# Explainer
## Self Sovereign Identity
* [What is Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-a8087b2bf0ea) 2021-10-13 Florian Strauf
> The important thing in SSI is that instead of a stamp on the plastic card, the credential is signed cryptographically by the issuer, enabling anyone to verify who issued the credentials. This makes verification much easier than in the physical world.
* [#SSI gives its owner control over some aspects of identity, but not all](https://twitter.com/GETJolocom/status/1470791578780413953) 2021-12-14 Jolocom
> Connections, relationships, and third-party issued credentials are not entirely self-sovereign, nor should they be. #JolocomAdvent #AdventCalendar
* [What are Verifiable Credentials? Why do they matter?](https://flur.ee/2022/01/10/what-are-verifiable-credentials-why-do-they-matter/) 2022-01-10 Fluree
> Authority Does Not Require Centralized Power
>
> As mentioned in my previous article, the trouble with centralization is that data is stored in a database. Once breached, a database can yield a treasure chest of information to be sold on the dark web.
* [What Are Verifiable Credentials? And How Can They Build Digital Trust?](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/verifiable-credentials/) 2022-02-01 Salesforce
> Verifiable credentials and verifiable credential management technology offer a direct and secure channel between an organization and its stakeholders. Learn how they bring control over digital identity and build trust with organizations – from health credentials to college degrees.
* [The Decentralized Identity Schelling Point](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decentralized-identity-schelling-point-sarah-baldeo-bsc-mba/) 2023-03-01 Sarah Baldeo
> Back to the Schelling Point - communication requires a common language and understanding. As governments, banks, hospitals, etc. navigate how best to homogenize authenticating user identities in multiple contexts, solutions will depend on user adoption. Maximizing adoption requires avoiding a Schelling point by creating a shared, accessible, and evolving Decentralized Identity Lexicon.
* [Video] [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJAapPG_jBY) 2021-09-13 Animo
> In this video, we explain how third parties get to see a lot of personal information about you that they don't really need. Whether it is your local supermarket or your new job, you're often sharing a lot of data when all they really need is a very simple yes or no answer
* [Decentralizing Identity - Taking Back Control](https://www.madigansolutions.com/blog/decentralizing-identity-taking-back-control/) 2021-10-13 Madigan Solutions
> In a nutshell, Self-Sovereign Identity allows individuals to manage their own identities by moving physical credentials to digital devices. An individual will receive a credential from an issuer which will be stored in their digital wallet.
* [17 Things You Should Know About Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/17-things-you-should-know-self-sovereign-identity-colin-iles/) 2021-10-29 Colin Iles
> lessons I took away from asking tech identity experts [Andrew Baker](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-baker-b1357939/) (Head of EC2 Engineering at AWS), our mystery guest and [Marius Mare](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marius-mare-7b8536a/), to why we need self-sovereign identity and why it has such profound implications.
* [Video] [Is Self Sovereign Identity Going Exponential - With Andrew Baker and A Suprise Guest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZnuTBJ_TM) 2021-10-27 Colin Iles
> despite the technological revolution we are living through, identity management is still as objectionable as ever, which is allowing criminals and companies (particularly the social media giants) to know more about you than can ever be justifiable.
>
> In this discussion I ask Andrew Baker, AWS's Head of EC2 Engineering and a surprise guest, to share their views on whether Self Sovereign Identity management could be the solution and how likely it is
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: a Primer](https://medium.com/@hartmut.obendorf/self-sovereign-identity-a-primer-ee3d7066348a) 2021-08-03 Hartmut Obendorf
> Digital trust is often centralised, with select, well-known entities providing an anchor of trust that is propagated to everyone else; you are using this mechanism as you read this paragraph, having accessed a https: URL to find this article on your trusted platform, Medium.
* [Why self-sovereign identity matters](https://medium.com/global-id/why-self-sovereign-identity-matters-8fd2c982ca2e) 2020-04-29 GlobalID
> your digital identity represents you as a unique real-life person in a secure digital format. In fact, we likely have many different virtual identities across a spectrum of platforms and services.
* [Distributed, Decentralized, Self-Sovereign Identity](https://condatis.com/news/blog/did-decentralized-ssi/) 2021-04-22 Condatis
> With DID already being implemented, this new and exciting technology is due to shake up the digital identity space. We expect decentralized identity to continue making headway, with more and more sectors and businesses adopting the technology.
* [Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://dev.to/jakubkoci/introduction-to-self-sovereign-identity-3kkm) 2021-03-28 Jakubkoci
> In this article, I will do my best to explain self-sovereign identity from the end-user perspective, without any technicalities.
* [Kaliya Young on Identikit with Michelle Dennedy](https://identitywoman.net/podcast-identikit-with-michelle-dennedy/) 2021-08-25 IdentityWoman
> our latest series examining the evolution of digital identity, and how self-sovereign identity, specifically, can advance a consent-based economy.
* [Decentralized Identity Trilemma](http://maciek.blog/decentralized-identity-trilemma/)
>There seems to exist a trilemma in decentralized identity analogous to @Zooko's triangle. None of the existing solutions are at the same time: 1) privacy-preserving, 2) Sybil-resistant 3) self-sovereign -[[**T**](https://twitter.com/MaciekLaskus/status/1031859093072424960)]
* [When a user holds his:her own credentials locally on the phone, it creates a three-sided market](https://twitter.com/lissi_id/status/1334834875896004608) 2020-12-04 Lissi ID
> which puts the holder of the credential in the position of a carrier between issuer and verifiers.
> ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoZIgzqXIAE6mU5?format=jpg&name=large)
* [The Mental Models of Identity Enabled by SSI](https://ssi-ambassador.medium.com/the-mental-models-of-identity-enabled-by-ssi-d3e2d8d0f2b6) 2020-12-03 Adrian Doerk
The Models: Space Time • Presentation • Attribute • Relationship • Capability
* [Why is SSI becoming a necessity and what potential it holds?](https://www.aceblock.com/2020/11/12/news-lecture-why-is-ssi-becoming-a-necessity-and-what-potential-it-holds/) 2020-11-12 ACEBlock
> * Natural persons and legal entities interact in the digital world with the same freedom and capacities as in the offline world (e. g. signing, authorizing documents, validating signatures, communicating privately etc.)
> * Data is stored privately on a user device and not replicated numerous times across the digital world.
>
> In other words, when a user “shares” data, it shares only the access to his/her data. And, as easy as one can do that, they can also revoke it (unless they are legally bound to share it for a certain period).
* [The Implications of Bring Your Own Identity](https://www.idsalliance.org/blog/2020/12/03/the-implications-of-bring-your-own-identity/) Identity Defined Security Alliance 2020-12-03
> My short stint as “Mark Jannell" taught me a lot of about trust and ease of use in a bring your own identity model. Trust, as always in security, is essential to this new class of relationships and must be established and then protected from abuse. Ease of use, it turns out, is a key factor in protecting that trust and promoting the adoption of good identity patterns. I’m sure that I could have learned these lessons in some other way, but I’ll never forget my half year answering to a pseudonym.
* [Evolution of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://lionsgate.io/evolution-of-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/) 2021-11-16 LionsGate
> The public keys of the user and the third-party organization for verifying the digital signature are recorded in a distributed ledger, and the user of the identity information verifies the provided information using them. In this way, users can control their own identity information without relying on a specific central administrator.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity Crisis](https://lionsgate.io/self-sovereign-identity-crisis/) 2021-11-23 Lionsgate
> Through deceptive marketing practices the first-movers in the Digital ID market have done-away with the sovereignty. As a result a burgeoning new industry is experiencing a Self-Sovereign Identity Crisis.
* [Trusted Third Parties vs Self-Sovereign Identity](https://academy.affinidi.com/trusted-third-parties-vs-self-sovereign-identity-4e96de929b1b) 2021-12-30 Affinidi
> All of us have [multiple identities](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-links-identity-and-vcs-together-across-applications-9523af3884a9) at any point. We are sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, parents, partners, friends, colleagues, and more to different people.
* [A Future Built on Decentralized Identity](https://bloom.co/blog/a-future-built-on-decentralized-identity/) 2021-12-22 Bloom
> Decentralized identity is an emerging concept becoming more popular for online consumers by eliminating the need to pass personal identifiable information (PII) to an ever-increasing number of companies. However, in practice, decentralized identity has only existed for a handful of years, and its potential is still being discovered. So how did we get here?
* [SSI Essentials: Everything you need to know about Decentralized Identity](https://gataca.io/blog/ssi-essentials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-decentralized-identity/) 2021-11-29 Gataca
> Solving the identity paradox: the tradeoff between privacy, security, & user experience
* [What is Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/coinmonks/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-a8087b2bf0ea) 2021-10-13 Florian Strauf
> the digital representation of the identification process we know from the physical world. Things like showing our driver’s license to prove we are allowed to drive, or sending a bank statement to a real estate agent to prove our income and account balance.
* [Self Sovereign Identity Explainer](https://www.didas.swiss/2021/12/17/self-sovereign-identity-explainer-introduction-to-the-world-of-ssi/) 2021-12-17 DIDAS Swiss ([PDF](https://www.didas.swiss/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SSI-Explainer-Introduction-final.pdf)
> The Self Sovereign Identity Explainer (in German) is the basis for the future discussions and in-depth learning. It briefly introduces the development history of digital identity and roughly describes the different phases of identity in the Internet age.
* [What Is Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://trinsic.id/what-is-self-sovereign-identity/) 2020-04-28 Trinsic
> Self-sovereign identity is the marriage of real identity with the digital world that will ultimately make people’s lives better.² It’s still in its infancy, and there is a long road ahead to truly make digital identity as legitimate and nuanced as a real-world identity.
* [Explaining SSI to C-suite executives, and anyone else for that matter – John Phillips](https://ssimeetup.org/explaining-ssi-c-suite-executives-anyone-else-john-phillips-webinar-48/) 2020-02-18 SSIMeetup
> John Phillips from 460degrees in Australia has been exploring with his team for more than two years for a way to describe Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) that was easy to understand. We think he has found a good method to make SSI easy to understand for any C-suite executive and business people that goes beyond the technology.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: The Ultimate Beginners Guide!](https://101blockchains.com/self-sovereign-identity/) 2021-02-23 101 Blockchains
> Apart from addressing the pitfalls in conventional identity management systems, SSI allows better functionalities for all users. With a wide range of benefits and the self-sovereign identity blockchain applications, it is important to take a step towards adopting SSI solutions.
* [Video] [Understanding the SSI Identity Model with Verifiable Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRuz39SEX7E) 2021-11-13 Manning
> Drummond Reed, an expert in Internet identity, security, privacy, and trust frameworks, explains the basic building blocks of SSI and how this new identity model fundamentally works.
* [The 5P’s of a Self-Sovereign Identity](https://markvanrijmenam.medium.com/the-5ps-of-a-self-sovereign-identity-e6f6eb802d75) 2019-06-05 Dr Mark van Rijmenam
> A self-sovereign identity can be defined by the 5P’s as it is personal (it is about you), portable (meaning you can take your identity and data from one platform to another), private (you control your identity and data), persistent (it does not change without your consent) and protected (they cannot steal your identity).
* [Digital identities – steps on the path to an ID ecosystem](https://bankenverband.de/en/digitisation/digital-identities-steps-path-id-ecosystem/) 2021-03-18 Bankenverband
*This article is very very good in articulating the big picture of how SSI systems relative to older system and emerging fragmetned systems.*
> An answer to these challenges is an ecosystem in which digital identity data can be exchanged in a way that is secure, reliable, scalable and convenient. This will have a positive impact on the economic future of Germany and Europe while at the same time enhancing the private sphere of the individual.
* [Selective Disclosure: Share Just What You Want](https://academy.affinidi.com/selective-disclosure-share-what-you-want-8ae367655b7b) 2021-08-02 Affinidi
> In the context of SSI, selective disclosure is best implemented through [verifiable credentials](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-are-verifiable-credentials-79f1846a7b9) where the user has separate credentials for each piece of information such as his/her date of birth, full name, vaccination details, address, passport number, etc.
* [A beginner’s guide to self-sovereign identity (SSI)](https://domilabs.io/beginners-guide-ssi/) 2021-06-02 Domilabs
> An issuer makes claims or assertions about a user. These claims are bundled together into verifiable credentials and given to the user, who stores them in their digital wallet. From there, they can decide which verifiers they want to present these credentials to.
* [Self-Sovereign ID (SSI), The Unhackable Digital ID: What It Is and How It Works](https://www.memberpass.com/2021/04/self-sovereign-id-ssi-the-unhackable-digital-id-what-it-is-and-how-it-works/) 2021-04 MemberPass
> * The Siloed Model: The organization owns the member information, not the member.
> * The Federated Model: The identity providers (IDP) owns the member data, not the member.
> * The Best Model: SSI • The members own their own data!
* [Video] [Karyl Fowler (Transmute) and Juan Caballero (DIF) present Intro to SSI at #IIW31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaM0UtQTLCs) 2020-10 Keryl Fowler, Juan Caballero [Slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9jCcxgcCrL4Dfjvr4z7XSIwxfadjveR/view?usp=sharingQ)
> Karyl and Juan revisited their slide deck from #IIW30 to give an overview of decentralized identity first as a "philosophy" at the confluence of ideological currents (Juan), and then as a set of specific emerging technologies which unlocks new mental models and business models that are still coming into focus sector by sector (Karyl). There follows a brief overview of educational resources, including some products of DIF's recent educational "content sprint," and a wide-ranging Q&A including podcast recommendations and how to navigate open standards for the first time. The slides are here, in downloadable and hyperlinked PDF form:
* [Video] [Defining Self-Sovereign Identity with Kaliya Young](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCmMNDJcHuo) 2021-06-02 Coding Over Cocktails
> In this short preview, "Identity Woman" and digital identity advocate Kaliya Young tackles the issues around self-sovereign identity and how individuals are the rightful points of federation in sharing and controlling their online information.
* [19 FAQs on Verifiable Credentials and Self-Sovereign Identity](https://academy.affinidi.com/faqs-on-verifiable-credentials-and-self-sovereign-identity-3c3a505878bc) 2021-05-31 Affinidi
> This article has some FAQs on the basics of Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: What You Can/Can’t Do With SSI?](https://academy.affinidi.com/self-sovereign-identity-what-you-can-cant-do-with-ssi-1284f7227b4e) 2021-06-24 Affinidi
> it gives complete control and ownership of data to the individual entities as they can decide what data to share and with whom.
>
> Beyond this encompassing vision, let’s drill down into the specifics to understand what you can and can’t do with SSI.
* [The Basic Building Blocks of SSI](https://freecontent.manning.com/the-basic-building-blocks-of-ssi/) 2020-07-29 Drummond Reed, Alex Preukschat Manning
> In many cases these core concepts have been established for decades. What’s new is how they’re put together to create a new model for digital identity management. The purpose of this article is to quickly familiarize you with these seven basic building blocks from a conceptual and technical point-of-view.
> - Verifiable credentials (aka digital credentials)
> - Issuers, holders, and verifiers
> - Digital wallets
> - Digital agents and hubs
> - Decentralized identifiers (DIDs)
> - Blockchains
> - Governance frameworks (aka trust frameworks)
* [How to decentralize identity and empower individuals](https://medium.com/global-id/episode-10-how-to-decentralize-identity-and-empower-individuals-3e154612a85) 2021-07-26 GlobalID
> If the internet decentralized information and crypto decentralized money and payments, then verifiable credentials will decentralize identity. In this episode, we chat with Dev Bharel, the software architect leading the charge around verifiable credentials at GlobaliD.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: What’s the Big Deal?](https://hackernoon.com/self-sovereign-identity-whats-the-big-deal-6i1a37z3) 2021-07-06 Affinidi, Hackernoon
> Do you know where your digital credentials like your full name, date of birth, phone number, government ID, and other Personally Identifiable Information (PII) are stored online, and how they are used?
* [Bright Story: Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.brightlands.com/brightlands-smart-services-campus/bright-story-self-sovereign-identity) 2019-05-05 Brightlands ([EN](https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.brightlands.com/brightlands-smart-services-campus/bright-story-self-sovereign-identity))
> the benefits (The good) of SSI are illustrated with a range of examples, comparing SSI-based business transactions to their current non-SSI-based equivalents and thus more cumbersome.
>
> In addition, examples are given of the disadvantages (The bad); how SSI technology can be misused by unscrupulous organizations and how a combination of technology, knowledge and legislation could mitigate this risk.
>
> Finally, we give examples of the harmful side (The ugly); how SSI technology can be used by criminals and what countermeasures are possible.
* [How Verifiable Creds, Decentralized Identifiers and Blockchain Work Together for a Safer Internet](https://hackernoon.com/how-verifiable-creds-decentralized-identifiers-and-blockchain-work-together-for-a-safer-internet-k2u37bk) 2021-08-22 Fluree, Hackernoon
> Verifiable credentials, DIDs, and blockchain are evidence of what's to come: Web3, a more secure, widespread, machine-to-machine internet.
* [Beyond basics: Expert Q&A about SSI with Dr. Milly Perry and Martin Schäffner](https://europeanblockchainassociation.org/2021/06/01/ssi-beyond-basics-with-dr-milly-perry-and-martin-schaffner/) 2021-06-01
> In May, [Dr. Milly Perry](https://www.linkedin.com/in/milly-perry-1b4682/), blockchain expert and former research director at the Open University of Israel, had invited [Martin Schäffner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinschaeffner/), the initiator of the SSI Working Group at the European Blockchain Association, to speak at a webinar of the Israeli Chamber of Information Technology (You can find the recording [here](https://europeanblockchainassociation.org/2021/05/06/eussi-israeli-chamber-of-information-technology/)). [...] Here is their exchange about Verifiable Credentials, biometrics, pitfalls and barriers, NFTs, the role of governments and the thing that could make SSI obsolete.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity Allows YOU to Control Your Personal Data](https://imageware.io/solutions/future-of-identity/) 2022-12-13 Imageware
> SSI supports credential leveling, including:
> - Authentication Assurance Levels (AAL) 1, 2 & 3
> - Biometrics to protect your data
> - Affirmation/Metadata
> SSI credentials can be used:
> - In person or online
> - For government, financial, or high trust applications (document verification markets)
> - For asset ownership, decentralized finance (DeFi), and crypto markets
## Security
* [Getting Data Security Right](https://medium.com/mydex/getting-data-security-right-36d291cac156) Alan Michel
> data security is about system-wide design, where many different elements need to fit together to create a working whole.
* [ID Verification Threats On the Horizon](https://stateofidentity.libsyn.com/id-verification-threats-on-the-horizon) 2022-03-31 Liminal Podcasts
> Cognito's CEO Alain Meier joins the State of Identity host Cameron D’Ambrosi to dive into why industries beyond financial services are now in the market for identity verification. They also unpack the impact of synthetic identity fraud across verticals, and how platforms find the balance when building their onboarding processes.
* [How Decentralized Identifiers Will Shape the Future of Identity](https://hackernoon.com/how-decentralized-identifiers-will-shape-the-future-of-identity-iam3w9g) 2020-11-09 HackerNoon
> Hackers value personal information the most. 96% of hacking groups’ primary motive is intelligence gathering. Researchers at privacy website PrivacyAffairs.com found that you can obtain a person's full identity for the low price of $1,275.
* [Security, Silos, and Sovereignty](https://daniel-hardman.medium.com/security-silos-and-sovereignty-522e30bb8eb4) 2021-03-12 Daniel Hardman
> Why portable security is the sleeper — but killer — feature for SSI
>
> what’s cool about DIDs (besides their self-service creation) is that their metadata is cryptographically verifiable. That means that anyone in the world can tell whether the metadata is legit, in the blink of an eye, just by asking software to check some math. And it also means that you can build a transport-independent, tamper-proof, encrypted communication channel with whoever controls a DID.
* [Impact of Self-Sovereign Identity on Cybersecurity](https://securityboulevard.com/2022/04/impact-of-self-sovereign-identity-on-cybersecurity-avast/) 2022-04 Security Boulevard
> How does this change the world of cybersecurity protection? Typically, bad actors approach cybersecurity attacks by developing solutions that exploit the attack vectors of their target victims.
>
> There are 4 attack vector categories to self-sovereign identity that map directly to each element: Issuer, Holder, Trust Registry and Verifier.
## Cryptography
* [The Use of Self-Sovereign Identity With Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)](https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/self-sovereign-identity-with-zero-knowledge-proof-9a05f36f16da) Data Driven Investor
* [Part 5: How Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) Enable Smarter Customer Insights, With Less Liability](https://www.evernym.com/blog/zero-knowledge-proofs/)
> Put simply, most organizations are unthinkingly collecting more data from customers, without understanding the true impact: the real costs to themselves, and to customers.
* [Privacy-Preserving Authentication, Another Reason to Care about Zero-Knowledge Proofs —slideshare](https://www.slideshare.net/eralcnoslen/privacypreserving-authentication-another-reason-to-care-about-zeroknowledge-proofs) 2017-08-14 Clare Nelson
> In the near future, privacy-preserving authentication methods will flood the market, and they will be based on Zero-Knowledge Proofs. IBM and Microsoft invested in these solutions many years ago.
* [How to Explain Public-Key Cryptography and Digital Signatures to Anyone](https://auth0.com/blog/how-to-explain-public-key-cryptography-digital-signatures-to-anyone/)
> Here’s an easy-to-understand analogy to help your non-technical friends and customers understand public keys and private keys, and how they relate to cryptography and digital signatures.
* [Zero Knowledge Proofs](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/11/zero_knowledge_proofs.shtml) 2021-11 Phil Windley
> This problem was first explored by MIT researchers Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali and Charles Rackoff in the 1980s as a way of combatting information leakage. The goal is to reduce the amount of extra information the verifier, Victor, can learn about the prover, Peggy.
## Development
* [Comparing X.509 Certificates with SSI](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/05/comparing_x509_certificates_with_ssi.shtml) Windley
> X.509 certificates have been around for 40 years and have proven to be a trustworthy means of exchanging data. So, what are the differences between X.509 ceritificates and SSI? And what are the advantages of each?
* [resources] [Getting Started with Self Sovereign Identity SSI](https://damienbod.com/2021/03/29/getting-started-with-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/) 2021-03-29
> The blog is my getting started with Self Sovereign identity. I plan to explore developing solutions using Self Sovereign Identities, the different services and evaluate some of the user cases in the next couple of blogs.
* [Bootstrapping a VDR-based Fully Decentralized Object (FDO)/Credential Platform: VON Example](https://hyperonomy.com/2021/07/26/bootstrapping-a-vdr-based-decentralized-credential-object-platform-von-example/) 2021-07-26 Hyperonomy
> What are the common/known strategies for bootstrapping a VDR-based decentralized credential/object platform? …asked naively on purpose. Strategies for placing the first/initial DIDs in the VDR?  …presumably purposed to be the initial Issuer(s) of verifiable
* [Challenges to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://damienbod.com/2021/10/11/challenges-to-self-sovereign-identity/) 2021-10-11 Damien Bod
> The article goes through some of the challenges we face when using or implementing identity, authentication and authorization solutions using self sovereign identity. I based my findings after implementing and testing solutions and wallets with the following SSI solution providers: Trinsic MATTR.global Evernym Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials Different Wallets like Lissi SSI
## Germany
* [Decentralization is the Future of Digitization](https://jolocom.io/blog/decentralization-is-the-future-of-digitization/) Jolocom
> Digital identity data is introduced as having a positive impact on Germany’s future as well as Europe’s. Following, benefits of a decentralized identity based on a fully open infrastructure are given.
## Markets
* [What Will We Learn from the Market Failure of Digital Identity?](https://identiverse.com/idv2022/session/841420/) Identiverse
> We have a widely accepted Standard Model of Identity, or architecture, in which Subjects, Identity Providers and Relying Parties (aka Holders, Issuers and Verifiers) hold, present, exchange, use and/or consume digital identities.
## Education
* [Advocating for learner-centric badge systems](https://blog.weareopen.coop/advocating-for-learner-centric-badge-systems-21a65be4a725) We Are Open Coop
> how do we advocate for learner-centric badge systems? This is the piece that we’ve been thinking about the past couple of weeks.
## Architecture
* [Crafting a “no-bs” SSI platform](https://medium.com/@adityasanthanam/crafting-a-no-bs-ssi-platform-454b1d9c6f8d) Aditya Santhanarn
> Let’s look at a few pointers that I believe make it hard for the web3 protocols to work for businesses and users in general
## Atla PRISM
* [Video] [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) & Atala PRISM with Allison Fromm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSG148jbErs) Cardano Catalyst Women
> - [0:02:58] What is Identity?
> - [0:04:14] Problems with Digital Identity
> - [0:08:38] Solution: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
> - [0:15:55] Getting Started with SSI: A Catalyst Proposal
> - [0:20:11] Conclusion
> - [0:22:20] Core team
> - [0:24:05] Questions
## Reputation
* [Video] [SSI & Proof of Reputation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S95BoGgy3x0) Catalyst Swarm
> Join Frank Albanese (Snapbrillia), Lance Byrd (RootsID), Nick Mason (ProofSpace), Niels Kijf (Design Academy), Patrick Suzzi (F8 OSDE), Juan Sierra (HERG), Zoéys Welt, Brian Harper, Ashton Engberg, Ninh Tran (Snapbrillia) and many others as the community discusses the different what is SSI & Proof of Reputation and why it matters.
## Big Picture
* [Unwrapping the Decentralised Identity Landscape](https://www.affinidi.com/post/unwrapping-the-decentralised-identity-landscape) Affinidi
* [Crossfunctionality](https://docs.centre.io/blog/crossfunctionationality) Centre
> I have developed a pet peeve for "technosolutionism": the notion that a sufficiently innovative technology can solve a social problem, or a business problem, without complex and nuanced changes to social and business practice.
## Blockchain
* [ISO/TR 23249:2022 – Overview of existing DLT systems for identity management](https://www.iso.org/standard/80805.html) ISO
## GDPR
* [Can Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) fit within the GDPR? : a Conceptual Data Protection Analysis (Part II)](https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/can-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-fit-within-the-gdpr-part-ii/)
* [Can Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) fit within the GDPR?: a Conceptual Data Protection Analysis (Part I)](https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/can-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-fit-within-the-gdpr-part-i/)
## Government
* [Why Self-Sovereign Identity is a Game Changer for Government-Resident Interactions](https://www.gcomsoft.com/blog/why-self-sovereign-identity-game-changer-government-resident-interactions)
## Trending
* New Encyclopedia entry [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/23650) Encyclopedia.pub
* [Whitepaper] [Self-Sovereign Identity Foundations, Applications, and Potentials of Portable Digital Identities](https://www.fim-rc.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210811-SSI-Whitepaper-English.pdf) 2021-09 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
> This paper analyses the SSI paradigm's conceptual characteristics and technical aspects and presents three use cases as examples. It becomes clear that SSI offers advantages in individual control, data security, and full portability of identities between different services. For example, forgeryand tamper-proof digital versions of important personal documents such as ID cards, passports, birth certificates or medical confirmations can be created. However, the use cases are not limited to personal SSI but can also be, for example, digital identities of organizations and physical objects in the context of IoT solutions. This is particularly important in connection with the comprehensive digitization of companies.
* [What is the Trust Triangle?](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-is-the-trust-triangle-9a9caf36b321) Affinidi
> The relationship between the issuers, holders, and verifiers is called the trust triangle simply because you need an element of trust among these entities for them to work together.
* [WhitePaper] [Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/self-sovereign-identity) Phil Windley, Blockchain Research Institute
> the relationship view of identity, the nature of authentic digital relationships, the trust bases of identity systems, and the architecture of the identity metasystem, including decentralized identifier communication and the self-sovereign Internet. He then explores how to operationalize digital relationships and the potential of generative identities (e.g., verifiable credentials) and credential exchange. He concludes with a deep dive into self-sovereign identities in production: the UK National Health Service staff passport, Bonifii’s MemberPass for credit unions, the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass, and others.
* [The Era of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.chakray.com/era-self-sovereign-identity/) ChakRay
> Similar actions conducted in person do not represent the same amount of risk. For example, if someone asks you to verify your identity, we show our ID or driver’s license, and when you pay at the store, you provide your bank card. In this way, the control and the ownership of the data stays with you.
* [Blockchain Self-Sovereign Identity: True Control Of Your Identity](https://komodoplatform.com/en/academy/self-sovereign-identity/) Komodo Platform
> The adoption of verifiable credentials is another fundamental part of the SSI concept. Verifiable credentials use a digital signature for identity claims by combining public-key hashing cryptography and privacy-protection techniques to convert credentials like ID cards to digital versions.
* [Video] [Exploring the Decentralized Web, Episode 4: Digital Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm8y56KMkIw) Filecoin Foundation
> Episode 4 explores the relationship between authentication and authorization, the rise of single sign-on platforms, and the advantages of and use cases for self-sovereign identity. Guests include Brian Behlendorf, Rainey Reitman, Danny O'Brien, Sarah Friend, Wendy Hanamura, Andrew Hill, and Brad Kam.
Presentation: [https://bit.ly/3OmuIRx](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk9pS0dsbzVIVG5RanhSQWVYWkkxOC1Bd0hmZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsSnRwWXhwS0UxUGRTV1VORzBmMzNhcllURHdJdWpOMHo5U0k5dFVaZms5enpMSjN6enhjLVhTYjNscDNRcjMtSFBUa1daN0tzZElDa2g1VHhzaGJ0YjN5R3gtX0tKMFVMZ2FTQWRSVmF3d0hpRmdYNA&q=https%3A//bit.ly/3OmuIRx)
Podcast: [Digital Identity and Self Sovereignty](https://www.traceyfollows.com/tag/podcast/) Kaliya Young & Lucy Yang -Future of You
> - The tools Kaliya and Lucy are developing to enable self-sovereign identities
> - Whether anonymity or pseudonymity is feasible while maintaining accountability
> - Wallet Wars: how might wallets evolve and consolidate across the public and private sector
* [myths and facts. Is Self-Sovereign Identity Dangerous?](https://jolocom.io/blog/mythen-und-fakten-ist-self-sovereign-identity-gefahrlich/) Jolocom (in german)
> we examine more closely whether self-sovereign identity can increase or reduce risks for data misuse in certain cases.
* [Digital Identity Conspiracies](https://www.continuumloop.com/digital-identity-conspiracies/) ContinuumLoop
> The only ones who will benefit from your digital ID are the Issuer (who gave you the credential), holder (you) and verifier (who you’re sharing it with).
* [What is Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://blog.tanglelabs.io/62782301a9ed0df5ace5be86) Tangle Labs
* [SteveWilson](https://twitter.com/Steve_Lockstep/status/1524073204805160960) Considering SSI critics
> I reckon most cases of over-identification stem either from bad habits (e.g. RPs gathering circumstantial AuthN signals) or from Surveillance Capitalism. Either way, better deals for users will come from better design, not by weaponising Digital Identity (SSI, DIDs).
* [Understanding Verifiable Credentials](https://credivera.com/understanding-verifiable-credentials/) Credivera
> The value of verifiable credentials and the critical role they will play to our future digital identities is undeniable. As we enter a new era of online representation, trust in the internet will need to be vigorously robust.
* [Never mind who I am, ask me about my credentials](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/never-mind-who-i-am-ask-me-my-credentials-john-phillips/) John Phillips
> Many (most) identity systems make a fundamental assumption that is built into their very architecture. This assumption creates three significant problems: privacy erosion; toxic data stores; and poor security.
* [Digital Identity Convenience](https://www.continuumloop.com/embrace-the-ethical-implementation-of-digital-identity/) Christine Martin, Continuum Loop
> You will take back control of your identity and hold it. Not Facebook, not Google, and you will decide what credentials to share on a need-to-know basis. We don’t have to be scared of the shift; we have to ensure the architecture is built ethically for all
* [Understanding Verifiable Credentials](https://www.credivera.com/blog/understanding-verifiable-credentials) by Credivera
> The value of verifiable credentials and the critical role they will play to our future digital identities is undeniable. As we enter a new era of online representation, trust in the internet will need to be vigorously robust.
* [Rewiring the Internet with Self-Sovereign Identities](https://www.ledger.com/rewiring-the-internet-with-self-sovereign-identities).
> In “Self-Sovereign Identity,” [Johannes Sedlmeir](https://www.fim-rc.de/Paperbibliothek/Veroeffentlicht/1359/wi-1359.pdf) makes a clear distinction between two concepts too often mixed: “identity” and “identifiers”. What we are experiencing in today’s Web are some external organizations identifying us as citizens, community members, customers, etc. But this isn’t our “identity.” Those are identifiers.
* [Digital Identities and Verifiable Credentials](https://www.fim-rc.de/Paperbibliothek/Veroeffentlicht/1359/wi-1359.pdf) Johannes Sedlmeir • Reilly Smethurst • Alexander Rieger • Gilbert Fridgen Published October 2021
* [Myths about SSI](https://jolocom.io/blog/myths-about-ssi/) Jolocom
The idea that as a user of SSI I have complete sovereignty over my digital identity is often misunderstood. At its core, SSI is about my digital identity being under my own control, so I can decide to whom I show my data, when, and for what.
* [What is Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) with PeterMcCormack](https://twitter.com/justinrezvani/status/1532471536090656768) [@justinrezvani](https://twitter.com/justinrezvani) (short clip)
* [Understanding Online Identity](https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/understanding-identity/) EducatedGuessWork (broad contextualization)
* [What are the main contributions of the Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://www.extrimian.com/resources/blog/251-2/)
> Identity represents a great asset. But we do not have control of this asset, as it is in the hands of organizations, governments, institutions, etc. These entities know everything about us from all this data.
* [Video] [The Future of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx58bYHFrFk) Evernym
> Drummond Reed and Alex Preukschat, co-authors of Manning Publication's new book 'Self-Sovereign Identity,' for a conversation on the book's development and recent release and what the future holds for SSI as a technology, architecture, and movement.
* [The Evolution of Digital Identity](https://medium.com/helix-id/the-evolution-of-digital-identity-cc54917a6a49) Tomas Hahn
> How is it possible that the Internet has spread and developed to such an extent, while the unambiguous digital identification is not yet feasible?
* [Simple Definitions for Complex Terms in Decentralized Identity](https://anonyome.com/2022/06/simple-definitions-for-complex-terms-in-decentralized-identity%ef%bf%bc/)
* [What is Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://blog.tanglelabs.io/what-is-self-sovereign-identity/) TangleLabs
* [How Do Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identities Work?](https://oxfordcomputergroup.com/resources/decentralized-identity-verifiable-credentials-webinar-recording/)
> Decentralized identity (DID) is a way for users to own their identity, using specific credentials to verify their identity to applications. These credentials, called Verifiable Credentials, enable you to do this. Verifiable Credentials are identity attestations that come from a trusted issuer, like proof of a workplace, student IDs, or official memberships.
* [SSI 101: Online identity and the history of identifiers](https://medium.com/hypersign/ssi-101-online-identity-and-the-history-of-identifiers-963bff60c816) Hypersign
> This series is intended to be a basic, easy-to-understand introduction to SSI, but for a much deeper dive, check out Hypersign Labs — our technical blog. Here’s a good place to start on SSI:
* [Digital Identity: Past; Present; Future](https://labs.hypersign.id/posts/ssi-intro/) Hypersign
> As a result of limited and known users there was no layer of identity and authentication in the design of internet framework. With the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), the users made it a common platform for data sciences. Various sectors of society like health and finance have started using the internet for their services.
* [In-depth introduction to Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://labs.hypersign.id/posts/ssi-detail/) Hypersign
* [What Is Self-Sovereign Identity?](https://trinsic.id/what-is-self-sovereign-identity/) Trinsic
> Eventually, SSI will give people a super simple way to do the following and more:
>
> 1. Protect sensitive identity information like SSN and birthdates to reduce the likelihood and impact of identity theft
> 2. Securely prove your identity or things about yourself in a way that institutions can trust
> 3. Maintain privacy and reduce the ability for corporations or nefarious actors to track you without your consent
> 4. Conveniently get access to services you need without usernames and passwords
* [The Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Basics](https://santandergto.com/en/the-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-basics-what-is-it/) Santanderigo
> The very center of the digital identity is your documents: from your National ID or Passport to your degrees, mobile phone number, bank account number, or your medical records. Anything that is intrinsically bound to you is your data and therefore your identity. While talking about SSI these are called Verifiable Credentials (VC).
* [What is decentralized identity?](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3665692/what-is-decentralized-identity.html) In CSO
> The DID model allows you to establish a relationship between your private key (your blockchain wallet) and your citizenship.  The issuing authority signs off on the truth of your claim and, thereafter, third parties can check your public key to see that the holder of the private key is in fact a British citizen.
* [How Self-Sovereign Identity Works with Trinsic's Riley Hughes](https://growth.georgian.io/c/how-self-sovereign-identity-works-with-trinsics-riley-hughes) Georgian
> -  What is identity?
> -  The different ways Trinsic can be used by developers.
> -  Ways to disrupt or democratize the current model of identity.
> -  Decentralized identity and its many use cases.
> -  The continued need for anonymity in a digital identity world.
> -  How identity will evolve with web 3 and the metaverse.
* [Decentralization of Identity](https://exstalis.medium.com/decentralization-of-identity-e35a7414ce48) Exstalis
* [What is decentralized identity?](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3665692/what-is-decentralized-identity.html) CSO Online
* [The Journey of Decentralized Identity: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going](https://trinsic.id/the-journey-of-decentralized-identity-where-its-been-and-where-its-going/) Trinsic
> Our goal has been to completely abstract away the complexity of the ever-changing landscape so organizations can focus on the important stuff—what product to build, and how to take it to market. Teams shouldn’t have to “pick winners” and wager what to build on. Their products should be interoperable with multiple ecosystems. That’s what Trinsic is providing, out-of-the-box.
* [Self Sovereign Identity- Internet’s Missing Identity Layer](https://identrixprotocol.medium.com/self-sovereign-identity-internets-missing-identity-layer-90e06efbef4e) 2022-02-02 Identrix
> When the Internet was built, it was done so in a way that you would not know who you were connecting to. To get rid of this loophole, the TCP/IP protocol was introduced, which gives us the address of the computer we are connecting to, but nothing about the person, organisation or thing we are communicating with! We can see how that be potentially dangerous for any online user, making your devices highly susceptible not only to hacking but also to identity theft.
* [Can Decentralized Identity Give You Greater Control of Your Online Identity?](https://anonyome.com/2022/07/can-decentralized-identity-give-you-greater-control-of-your-online-identity/) 2022-07 Anonyome
* [GlobaliD 101: What is the trust triangle?](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-what-is-the-trust-triangle-260e85e1c640) GlobalID
* [Decentralized identifiers - Self-Sovereign Identity livebook](https://livebook.manning.com/book/self-sovereign-identity/chapter-8/) Manning Manning
* [Worried About Digital Identity? - Continuum Loop Inc.](https://www.continuumloop.com/worried-about-digital-identity/) Christine Martin
* [SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity): The Most Important Acronym You've Probably Never Heard Of](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ssi-self-sovereign-identity-most-important-acronym-youve-/) A glimpse of VR & AR
* [For traditional identity models, the biggest misconception is “strong passwords”](https://idramp.com/for-traditional-identity-models-the-biggest-misconception-is-strong-passwords/) IDRamp
> One way to avoid password-related problems is to use decentralized identity management. This method is relatively new, so the best way to gain knowledge about it – contact the experts. For this reason, we are speaking with Mike Vesey, CEO of [IdRamp](https://idramp.com/).
* [Introducing the Auth0 Research Program](https://auth0.com/blog/introducing-the-auth0-research-program/) auth0
> give direct input towards our product improvements and be the first choice for research recruiting opportunities.
* [Stoic Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stoic-sovereign-identity-ssi-simone-ravaioli/) Simone Ravaioli
* [Digital Identity: Past; Present; Future](https://labs.hypersign.id/posts/ssi-intro/) Hypersign
* [In-depth introduction to Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://labs.hypersign.id/posts/ssi-detail/) Hypersign
* [Future with Decentralized Identity](https://blog.sparkplustech.com/future-with-decentralized-identity/) SparkPlusTech
* [The changing landscape of digital identity](https://www.tcs.com/digital-identity-consent-management-solution) by Tata Consultancy Services
* [Future with Decentralized Identity](https://blog.sparkplustech.com/future-with-decentralized-identity/) SparkPlusTech
* [The changing landscape of digital identity](https://www.tcs.com/digital-identity-consent-management-solution) by Tata Consultancy Services
* [Video] [Identity Insights - Basics of Verifiable Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCCatllgNv4) Indicio, Youtube
> What are verifiable credentials? In this episode we are joined by Indicio software engineer Char Howland for an introduction to what this technology is and what it can do.
* [Get involved in the open source community](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/Identity+Implementers+WG+Call)
* [What is Decentralized Identity?](https://indicio.tech/what-is-decentralized-identity/)
* [Decentralized identity: What it is, why it matters](https://www.scmagazine.com/resource/identity-and-access/infographic-key-stats-on-the-passwordless-future) SC Magazine
* [Self-sovereign identity: an ecosystem of digital identities](https://www.ergon.ch/en/news/2022/self-sovereign-identity-an-ecosystem-of-digital-identities) 2022 Ergon
> Even though some questions are still unanswered, self-sovereign identities will unlock enormous economic value. If you want to get some initial experience with SSI you can try the available open-source technologies. A successful proof of concept will enable companies to see the possibilities of the new technology and harness this potential more effectively.
* [What is decentralized identity in blockchain?](https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-decentralized-identity-in-blockchain) Cointelegraph
* [Are Self-Sovereign Identities on blockchain technology the future?](https://kookcontent.business.blog/2022/09/01/are-self-sovereign-identities-on-blockchain-technology-the-future/) 2022-09-01 Kook Content
* [Self-sovereign identity: an ecosystem of digital identities](https://www.ergon.ch/en/news/2022/self-sovereign-identity-an-ecosystem-of-digital-identities) 2022 Ergon
* [Self-Sovereign Identity Explained](https://zaisan.io/self-sovereign-identity-explained/) Zaisan
* [The Top Five Misconceptions around Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://digitalstationeryconsortium.org/the-top-five-misconceptions-around-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/) Digital Stationary Consortium
> We all have a cybersecurity problem, and SSI represents the most current thinking to address it.  For that reason, we believe that SSI is not just another technology.
* [GlobaliD 101: Bring Your Own Identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-bring-your-own-identity-5b9927008190) GlobalID
> There is a real opportunity to combine technology that is being developed with the concept of BYO Identity that will create a new identity framework where you own and control your data.
> - [Part 1: What a smart and humanistic approach to digital identity would like](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-how-digital-identity-should-work-fc53ede7b86f)
> - [Part 2:](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-what-is-the-trust-triangle-260e85e1c640) The Trust Triangle — the system of issuers, holders, and verifiers that illustrates how identity works (and how it’s broken, today)
> - [Part 3: Why the ID Wallet is the first step toward achieving a new vision for digital identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-id-wallets-68fa77e6d0d7)
> - [Part 4: Why every company is an identity company](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-every-company-is-an-identity-company-a851beed999d)
* [Centralized\Federated vs Self Sovereign](https://twitter.com/dominiumssi/status/1564188374529081345) dominiumssi
* [Self-sovereign identity: an ecosystem of digital identities](https://www.ergon.ch/en/news/2022/self-sovereign-identity-an-ecosystem-of-digital-identities) Ergon
* [Many articles are being written about SSI, not all so excellent](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:6972350150291705857/) John Philip
> Most are probably not "written" in the normally understood sense of the word (auto-scraping and ctrl-c and ctrl-v isn't writing). Many are probably not written by a person at all.
* [Centralized\Federated vs Self Sovereign](https://twitter.com/dominiumssi/status/1564188374529081345) dominiumssi
* [TOWARDS A USER-CENTRIC DIGITAL IDENTITY SYSTEM](https://irishtechnews.ie/self-sovereign/) Irish Tech News
* [Debunking Common Misconceptions About Passwordless Authentication](https://auth0.com/blog/debunking-common-misconceptions-about-passwordless-authentication/) auth0
* [From DID to DeFi and EVM](https://medium.com/metadium/metadium-tech-the-series-38aa26a170fc) Metadium
* [A Beginners Guide to Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)](https://medium.com/veramo/a-beginners-guide-to-decentralized-identifiers-dids-5e842398e82c) Veramo
* [10 Resources for beginners in Decentralized Identity (DID)](https://medium.com/veramo/top-10-resources-for-beginners-in-decentralized-identity-di-2924e8571159) Veramo
* [Self-Sovereign Identity: Taking Control Over Your Digital Identity](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/09/26/self-sovereign-identity-taking-control-over-your-digital-identity/?sh=797222d64e0c) Forbes 2022-09-26
> The two main ingredients of SSI are verifiable credentials (VCs) and decentralized identifiers (DIDs).
* [Self-Sovereign Identity, Zero-Knowledge Proofs & the Future of Data](https://blockchainaustralia.com.au/self-sovereign-identity-zero-knowledge-proofs-future-of-data/) Blockchain Australia
> No other additional information is needed to complete this data exchange. So how do you know that the information being provided is authentic? The identity ‘proof’ uses a cryptographic hash function that confirms beyond any doubt that the identity claim is accurate.
* [The Importance of Self-Sovereign Identity Blockchain Solutions](https://zaisan.io/self-sovereign-identity-blockchain-solution/) Zaisan
> The public keys, as the name implies are there to view anytime and are used for exchanging information and can be revoked, however, the private key is for the account holder himself, be that an issuer, a verifier, or a subject. It is only through a private key that one can pass on his credentials using his DID to an issuer who then validates the credentials and sends them to the verifier using his DID.
* [WHAT’S DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY?](https://nftnewstoday.com/2022/10/06/what-is-decentralized-identity/) 2022-10-06 NFTNewsToday
> issuers or verifiers can only access the information shared by the DID holder. This information exchange can occur through [various technologies, like NFC](https://nftnewstoday.com/2022/10/03/nft-applications-in-the-supply-chain/), QR, or Bluetooth. [Zero-knowledge proofs](https://nftnewstoday.com/2022/09/15/immutable-x-layer-2-scaling-solution-for-nfts/) are applied to restrict full information access. 2022-09-15
* [GlobaliD 101: Device-based identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-device-based-identity-c6096a5b0890)
> That way, your sensitive personal data is stored locally on your own device rather than hosted on some company’s server that becomes a target for hackers.
* [Decentralized Systems of Identity and Owning Your Own Data](https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesks-money-reimagined/decentralized-systems-of-identity-and-owning-your-own-data/) Coindesk
> On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” hosts [Michael Casey](https://twitter.com/mikejcasey) and [Sheila Warren](https://twitter.com/sheila_warren) are together again but this time, at Converge22 by Circle. They discuss the challenges of identity and verification in the U.S. and in other countries with [Daniel Buchner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbuchner/), head of decentralized identity at [Block](https://block.xyz/); and [Chi Nnadi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinnadi/?originalSubdomain=ke), the co-founder and CEO at [Mara](https://mara.xyz/).
* [Introduction to Decentralized Identity](https://wiki.iota.org/identity.rs/decentralized_identity) IOTA Wiki

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# Explainer
## Frequently Asked Questions
* [Answering Questions about Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.windley.com/archives/2019/07/answering_questions_about_self-sovereign_identity.shtml) 2019-07 Phil Windley
> Identity professionals continue to have questions about self-sovereign identity (SSI). In this post, I answer a few questions that Susan Morrow raised about the commercial viability, security, privacy, and desired user experience of SSI.
* [19 FAQs on Verifiable Credentials and Self-Sovereign Identity](https://academy.affinidi.com/faqs-on-verifiable-credentials-and-self-sovereign-identity-3c3a505878bc) 2021-05-31 Affinidi
> This article has some FAQs on the basics of Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
## Myth
* [Myths about SSI](https://jolocom.io/blog/myths-about-ssi/) Jolocom
> The idea that as a user of SSI I have complete sovereignty over my digital identity is often misunderstood. At its core, SSI is about my digital identity being under my own control, so I can decide to whom I show my data, when, and for what.
* [myths and facts. Is Self-Sovereign Identity Dangerous?](https://jolocom.io/blog/mythen-und-fakten-ist-self-sovereign-identity-gefahrlich/) Jolocom (in german)
> we examine more closely whether self-sovereign identity can increase or reduce risks for data misuse in certain cases.
* [For traditional identity models, the biggest misconception is “strong passwords”](https://idramp.com/for-traditional-identity-models-the-biggest-misconception-is-strong-passwords/) 2022-07-20 IDRamp
> One way to avoid password-related problems is to use decentralized identity management. This method is relatively new, so the best way to gain knowledge about it – contact the experts. For this reason, we are speaking with Mike Vesey, CEO of [IdRamp](https://idramp.com/).
* [7 Myths of Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/evernym/7-myths-of-self-sovereign-identity-67aea7416b1) 2018-10-31 Evernym
> - Self-sovereign means self-attested.
> - SSI attempts to reduce government’s power over an identity owner.
> - SSI creates a national or “universal ID” credential.
> - SSI gives absolute control over identity.
> - There’s a “main” issuer of credentials.
> - There’s a built-in method of authenticating.
> - User-centric identity is the same as SSI.
## Big Picture
* [Crossfunctionality](https://docs.centre.io/blog/crossfunctionationality) 2022-08-13 Centre
> I have developed a pet peeve for "technosolutionism": the notion that a sufficiently innovative technology can solve a social problem, or a business problem, without complex and nuanced changes to social and business practice.
* [Unwrapping the Decentralised Identity Landscape](https://www.affinidi.com/post/unwrapping-the-decentralised-identity-landscape) 2022-07-08 Affinidi
> Decentralised identity, an emerging trust framework for digital identity, strives to give data ownership and control back to the user. This framework empowers individuals to own his or her data, decide where to store it, and choose to share some or all of it with others. Often, this decentralised identity is used to create verifiable and shareable data for securely accessing products and services.
* [Understanding Online Identity](https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/understanding-identity/) 2022-06-02 EducatedGuessWork (broad contextualization)
> As noted above, the ergonomics of having to make an account on every new system are fairly bad: it requires the user to have a large number of passwords, which is more opportunities to use a bad password or to lose your password and have to recover. There are some opportunities for improvement around the margin (e.g., WebAuthn instead of passwords for authentication), better form fill-in so users don't have to type their name over and over, etc, but at the end of the day, there's only so much you can do.

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* [How humans understand identity](https://medium.com/universal-identity/how-humans-understand-identity-367200ae9591) Universal Identity
* [More security does not have to mean less user-friendliness](https://background.tagesspiegel.de/cybersecurity/mehr-sicherheit-muss-nicht-weniger-nutzerfreundlichkeit-bedeuten) Martin Kuppinger, Tagesspiegel
> The passwords that have been declared dead are far from dead. Nevertheless, the way in which users authenticate themselves is changing towards more security and convenience.
* [Selective Disclosure: Share Just What You Want](https://academy.affinidi.com/selective-disclosure-share-what-you-want-8ae367655b7b) 2021-08-02 Affinidi
> In the context of SSI, selective disclosure is best implemented through [verifiable credentials](https://academy.affinidi.com/what-are-verifiable-credentials-79f1846a7b9) where the user has separate credentials for each piece of information such as his/her date of birth, full name, vaccination details, address, passport number, etc.
* [Identity and Digital Self-Sovereignty](https://medium.com/learning-machine-blog/identity-and-digital-self-sovereignty-1f3faab7d9e3) 2016-09-19 Natalie Smolenski
> Web-based applications increasingly form the infrastructure of modern life. They are the seas, roads, buildings, schools, and libraries within which we travel, socialize, learn, and express ourselves. They store data that is integral to our social and legal identities. Without them, a person is consigned to something like social death — not too different from the situation of a passenger of a ship on the High Seas.
* [Managing Authorization: Who Has What?](https://iiw.idcommons.net/4D/_Managing_Authorization:_Who_Has_What%3F) By David Schmudde

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* [Bridging the Open Web and APIs: Alternative Social Media Alongside the Corporate Web](https://jackjamieson.net/259929-2/) 2022-03-02 Jamie Jackson
> We analyzed GitHub issues to find breakdowns when syndicating between brid.gy and Facebook. Results explore how alternative social media can coexist w/ the corporate web
* [There’s A Facebook Alternative, It’s Called Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.coindesk.com/theres-alternative-facebook-called-self-sovereign-identity) —coindesk

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Fractal Protocol enables users, individuals to control who has access to their data, for which purposes, and under which conditions. It allows users to reap the just rewards for providing access to the data that fuels the ecosystem.
## Atla PRISM
* [Video] [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) & Atala PRISM with Allison Fromm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSG148jbErs) Cardano Catalyst Women
> - [0:02:58] What is Identity?
> - [0:04:14] Problems with Digital Identity
> - [0:08:38] Solution: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
> - [0:15:55] Getting Started with SSI: A Catalyst Proposal
> - [0:20:11] Conclusion
> - [0:22:20] Core team
> - [0:24:05] Questions
* [Dominium - Self Sovereign Identity Platform](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ojXj8HX3Q)
The open source implementation of DID on Cardano
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* [Web3: CRYPTO Cross-Chain Identity On Nervos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlEKXKYj8Fk) CryptoCapitalVenture
* [.bit account](https://www.did.id/) is such an inclusive data container that you can put any type of data into it. Tons of Web3 apps will provide service for you after indexing relevant data stored in your .bit account.
* [From DID to DeFi and EVM](https://medium.com/metadium/metadium-tech-the-series-38aa26a170fc) Metadium
* [The Four Pillars of Tokenized Identity](https://www.civic.com/blog/four-pillars-of-tokenized-identity/) Civic
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* [Digital sovereignty: Reclaiming your private data in Web3](https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-sovereignty-reclaiming-your-private-data-in-web3) Cointelegraph
> this is a collaborative effort — one bigger than a single individual or organization — and the whole Web3 space should work together.
* [Drawbacks of Traditional Identifiers and An Introduction to WEB3](https://medium.com/hypersign/ssi-101-part-2-drawbacks-of-traditional-identifiers-and-an-introduction-to-web3-a1bf791819b0) Hypersign
* [Crafting a “no-bs” SSI platform](https://medium.com/@adityasanthanam/crafting-a-no-bs-ssi-platform-454b1d9c6f8d) Aditya Santhanarn
> Let’s look at a few pointers that I believe make it hard for the web3 protocols to work for businesses and users in general
## Ethereum Merge