From ba14413a354d11c0c25dd16b79863f0c1e76adf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: infominer33 <44134283+infominer33@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:38:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 101856aa..90811ea2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ # awesome-decentralized-id —Draft +Awesome Decentralized, Self-Sovereign, and Blockchain Identity resources Much appreciation to Peacekeeper's [blockchain-identity](https://github.com/peacekeeper/blockchain-identity) and the [WebOfTrustInfo](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/) repositories, to which this document is indebted. @@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ This is a skeleton, around which I will fill in some background information; hig Please let me know if you think any of these resources are just as well left out, or any that you'd like to see included. -## Awesome Self-Sovereign Identity, Decentralized-ID, and Blockchain-ID related resources +## 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/)