diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 22133cbd..830a6dda 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -# Awesome Decentralized Identity -**DID, Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity Resources** +# Awesome Decentralized Identity [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) +**DID, Blockchain and Self-Sovereign 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](https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/10/the-promise-of-managing-identity-on-the-blockchain/) (IBM)