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 I have much appreciation for the [WebOfTrustInfo](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/) and [blockchain-identity](https://github.com/peacekeeper/blockchain-identity) repositories, to which this document is indebted.
 
-**[Collaboration Welcome](https://github.com/infominer33/awesome-decentralized-id/blob/master/contributions.md)**
+[Collaboration Welcome](https://github.com/infominer33/awesome-decentralized-id/blob/master/contributing.md)
 
-This is a skeleton, around which I will fill some context, rearrange things a bit, and continue adding resources.
+This is a skeleton, around which I will fill some context, rearrange things, introducing more\better resources where needed.
 
-If you have some awesome collection of links you think might be useful to add, lemme know.  
 I expect to work on this quite a bit over the coming months, please excuse the mess.
 
 ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Internet_dog.jpg/220px-Internet_dog.jpg)
 
+**Link abbreviations**: (**g**)ithub, (**wp**) whitepaper, (**t**)witter, (**b**)log, (**wiki**) is hard to abbreviate.
+
 ## Awesome Decentralized, Self-Sovereign, and Blockchain Identity resources
 
 >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/)
 
 
-* [The Relationship Between Blockchain and Digital Identity](http://www.gsma.com/personaldata/the-relationship-between-blockchain-and-digital-identity)
+### History: IIW, RWoT, UN, GDPR
-* [Identity as a Bottleneck for Blockchain](https://blockchainhub.net/blog/blog/decentralized-identity-blockchain/)
-
-### IIW
 
 ![](https://www.yubico.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IIW-blog.jpg)
 
-* [Internet Identity Workshop](http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/idworkshop) | [Wiki](http://iiw.idcommons.net/Main_Page)
+In 2005, [Kaliya-Identity Woman](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/)
-* [Identity on the Blockchain: Perils and Promise](https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/identity-of-the-blockchain-perils-and-promise)
 
-I'm digging through the IIW-Wiki, some related blogs to find the earliest references to, and thought around, Self-Sovereign and Blockchain ID:
 
-In April 2014, Phil Windley mentioned someone asking [about blockchain at IIW](http://www.windley.com/archives/2015/04/why_is_blockchain_important.shtml). In May of 2014, during [IIW-18](http://iiw.idcommons.net/IIW_18_Notes) there was some discourse on [personal sovereign design](http://iiw.idcommons.net/Personal_Sovereign_Design), as well as *Bitcoin and Identity*, although no notes are available on the latter. I get the impression that IIW has always been seeking the functionality thamade possible by blockchain.
+[Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/)([t](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA))([g](https://github.com/ChristopherA)) does an incredible job describing the overall history of internet idenitity standards in his seminal work: **[The Path to Self-Soverereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html)**
 
-I expect to find the early history details I need from the IIW-WIki, [identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/), [identityblog.com](http://www.identityblog.com/), and [windley.com](https://windley.com)
+I'm collecting some errata, here, while I absorb his work and figure out what comes next.
 
+In April 2014, Phil Windley mentioned someone asking [about blockchain at IIW](http://www.windley.com/archives/2015/04/why_is_blockchain_important.shtml). In May 2014, during [IIW-18](http://iiw.idcommons.net/IIW_18_Notes) there was some discourse on [personal sovereign design](http://iiw.idcommons.net/Personal_Sovereign_Design), as well as *Bitcoin and Identity*, although no notes are available on the latter.
+
+More information to be found in the [IIW Wiki](http://iiw.idcommons.net/Main_Page), [identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/), and [windley.com](https://windley.com)
 
 ![](http://imgur.com/3zz62kpl.png)
 
 ### Self-Sovereign
 * [Self-Sovereign Identity: Why Blockchain?](https://www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/2018/06/self-sovereign-identity-why-blockchain/)
-* [The Path to Self-Soverereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html) | [coindesk](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)
+ | [coindesk](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)
 * [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)
 * [Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Inevitable-Rise-of-Self-Sovereign-Identity.pdf)
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 * [The Knowledge Complexity Of Interactive Proofs](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.419.8132&)
 
 ### People
-* [Kaliya-Identity Woman](https://identitywoman.net/) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman)
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-* [Phil Windley](https://windley.com) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/windley)
-* [Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA) | [github](https://github.com/ChristopherA)
 * [Manu Sporny](https://digitalbazaar.com/blog/) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/manusporny)
 * [Markus Sabadello —Peacekeeper](https://danubetech.com/) | [twitter](https://twitter.com/peacekeeper) | [github](https://github.com/peacekeeper) | [medium](https://medium.com/@markus.sabadello)
 

contributing.md

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+At the moment this is just some notes on what I'm seeking as far as contributions. 
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+Seeking:
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+* All of the Links! 
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+Come on, I know you have some bookmarks folder full of awesome sauce! **Don't hold out on me!**
+
+* To connect with other crypto research enthusiasts, and freelancers. 
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+Always interested to connect with others who spend more time studying the tech than the price of assets (although I'll be doing some of that too). Creating these collections is very useful for me as a writer, since I never know how deeply someone will want me to write on a subject. I've thought from the beginning that other freelance writers would find value in the [library](https://github.com/infominer33/Crypto-library).
+
+....pause
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+---
+About me:
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+I'm a newish freelancer progressing towards a livable wage, through a passion I stumbled upon around a year ago: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Crypto, Decentralization, Internet Research, and creating Information-Dense, Evergreen Content. 
+
+—infominer@protonmail.com
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+Donations appreciated
+BTC— 1GvkjHtiy9LUjVkStnEAXxjhcoS56aCokY
+
+![](http://imgur.com/xMd9r0rl.png)

contributions.md

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-Help wanted:
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-* organization, generally.... there is likely some better way to organize these resources that I haven't considered.
-* sorting the "Assorted" section would be appreciated, maybe it could use a bit of pruning and\or adding to.
-* supporting links for any projects mentioned
-* it would be great to know if any projects\organizations deserve more attention than they're currrently getting.
-* RWoT papers are an epic collection, still need to figure out a "SSI greatest hits" kind of list rather than the semi-random assortment I have so far.
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-Also, it'd be nice to talk w someone who's familiar with the early history of the Self Sovereign ID movement and the relationshiop between IIW, RWoT, UN, and W3C. I'm manually working those details out myself the best I can, but of course, getting a chance to chat with someone who was there or knows about it would be great. 
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-I'm just a beginning freelancer trying to find a livable wage through a passion I stumbled upon around a year ago: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Crypto, Decentralization, Internet Research, and creating Information-Dense, Evergreen Content. 
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-Any support is appreciated: 1GvkjHtiy9LUjVkStnEAXxjhcoS56aCokY
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-![](http://imgur.com/xMd9r0rl.png)