From 547eb4a014eb246a7e6ef114cce80476a619cb31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: infominer33 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:39:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] z --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2776811f..0ac66217 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,18 +10,19 @@ I expect to work on this quite a bit over the coming months, please excuse the m ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Internet_dog.jpg/220px-Internet_dog.jpg) -Supporting links will appear in brackets. ex: [[1]]()[[2]]() -## Awesome Decentralized, Self-Sovereign, and Blockchain Identity resources +# Awesome Decentralized, Self-Sovereign, and Blockchain Identity resources + +*Link abbreviations: (t)witter, (g)ithub, (wp)whitepaper, (wiki) is hard to abbreviate, (b)log, (v)ideo, (a)udio* >Imagine a world where you are in direct control of your personal information; a world where you can limit and control how much information you share while retaining the ability to transact in the world. This is self-sovereign identity, and it is already here. Blockchain is the underlying technology paving the path to self-sovereign identity through decentralized networks. It ensures privacy and trust, where transactions are secure, authenticated and verifiable and endorsed by relevant, permissioned participants,'—[Jerry Cuomo - IBM](https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/10/the-promise-of-managing-identity-on-the-blockchain/) -### History +## History ![](https://www.yubico.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IIW-blog.jpg) -#### Internet Identity Workshop—IIW +### Internet Identity Workshop—IIW In 2005, [Kaliya Young](https://identitywoman.net/)[[t](https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman)], [Phil Windley](https://windley.com)[[t](https://twitter.com/windley)], [Drummond Reed](https://www.evernym.com/)[[t](https://twitter.com/drummondreed)], and [Doc Searls](http://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/)[[t](https://twitter.com/dsearls)] hosted the first [Internet Identity Workshop](http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/)[[t](https://twitter.com/idworkshop)] in Berkeley to discuss "architectural and governance proposals for Internet-wide identity services and their underlying philosophies." -[Announcing IIW 2005](https://identitywoman.net/announcing-the-internet-identity-workshop-iiw2005/) @@ -34,12 +35,11 @@ The term Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) began it's conception in 2012[[1]](https: The IIW meets bi-annually. More information on internet identity standards, and the early history of decentralized-id, found in the [IIW Wiki](http://iiw.idcommons.net/Main_Page), [identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/), and [windley.com|#identity](http://www.windley.com/tags/identity.shtml) - ### Self-Sovereign-ID (SSI) ![](http://imgur.com/3zz62kpl.png) -#### Lets pause the history lesson for a few SSI resources: +#### Pausing the history lesson for a few SSI resources: * [Self-Sovereign Identity: Why Blockchain?](https://www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/2018/06/self-sovereign-identity-why-blockchain/) * [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) * [Self-Sovereign Identity Principles](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md)