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_posts/identosphere-dump/assorted.md

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   > Every technology is a two-edged sword, gunpowder, guns, you know anything? There’s an upside and there’s the downside. I think that’s something that we have to be very cognizant of.
 * [The Domains of Identity and SSI with “Identity Woman”](https://www.ubisecure.com/podcast/domains-of-identity-ssi-identity-woman-kaliya-young/), Kaliya Young
   > Kaliya and Oscar discuss the long-running Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) that she co-founded, the effects of moving to virtual identity conferences in 2020, insights from Kaliya’s books – ‘The Domains of Identity’, newly published in 2020, and ‘A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity’ – plus some great tips for all business leaders on how to view the role of identity in their organisation.
-* [One woman’s open-source journey to decentralized identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/one-womans-open-source-journey-to-decentralized-identity-with-the-help-of-indicio-tech/) Indicio
-  > Noha Abuaesh, a Bahrain-based computer scientist, has been exploring decentralized identity for the last year, often with assistance from Indicio.tech’s open-source tools and free communications channels.
 * [Self-Sovereign Identity Authors Alex Preukschat & Shannon Appelcline](https://securetalkpodcast.com/podcast/self-sovereign-identity-alex-preukschat-shannon-appelcline/) Discussing
   > Decentralized digital identity and verifiable credentials explain what Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is, why it’s important, and provide examples of practical applications for individuals and organizations.
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/bloqzone.md

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+# Bloqzone
+
+* [Adding SSI to internet communications using Sylk Suite by Bloqzone B.V.](https://essif-lab.eu/adding-ssi-to-internet-communications-using-sylk-suite-by-bloqzone-b-v/) ESSIF LAB
+
+The project SSIComms adds SSI to internet communications by adding SSI wallets to the renowned SYLK Suite, an award winning ensemble of communications solutions with the SIP protocol at its core.
+
+* [verify the verifier use-case](https://bloqzone.com/who-wants-to-know/) TNO
+  > The article proposes including coercion countermeasures in governance frameworks:
+  > - Require authoritative verifier.
+  > - Require evidence collection.
+  > - Require enabling anonymous complaints.
+  > - Require remote/proxy verification.
+  > - Require complying holder agent.
+

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/gataca.md

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+# Gataca
+
+* [Jose San Juan, GATACA: “blockchain technology has become the protagonist of the world we live in”](https://cybernews.com/security/jose-san-juan-gataca-blockchain-technology-has-become-the-protagonist-of-the-world-we-live-in/) Cybernews
+
+For the past 4 years, GATACA has focused the majority of its efforts on building an interoperable, secure, and user-friendly product for the European region. We not only plan to continue to focus on the needs of our clients and regulatory, as well as standardization demands from the market but to take our SSI tech to the next level.
+
+* [SSI Essentials: Everything you need to know about Decentralized Identity](https://gataca.io/blog/ssi-essentials-everything-you-need-to-know-about-decentralized-identity/) Gataca
+
+Solving the identity paradox: the tradeoff between privacy, security, & user experience
+- [Verifier Universal Interface by Gataca España S.L.](https://www.gataca.io/)
+
+* [Verifier Universal Interface by Gataca España S.L.](https://essif-lab.eu/verifier-universal-interface-by-gataca-espana-s-l/)
+  > This draft version can be found at [https://gataca-io.github.io/verifier-apis/](https://gataca-io.github.io/verifier-apis/) and has been built using ReSpec.
+  > This draft version for VUI includes today 6 APIs:
+  > 
+  > - Presentation Exchange
+  > - Consent Management
+  > - Schema resolution
+  > - Issuer resolution
+  > - ID resolution
+  > - Credential status resolution
+
+* [Congrats to the 11 wallet providers for being conformant to @EU_EBSI](https://mobile.twitter.com/IgrantIo/status/1532036324882104321/photo/1) @IgrantIo
+
+We are glad to be among the first few along with [@ValidatedID](https://mobile.twitter.com/ValidatedID) [@danube](https://mobile.twitter.com/danube) [@GATACA_ID](https://mobile.twitter.com/GATACA_ID) [@walt_id](https://mobile.twitter.com/walt_id) [@DXCTechnology](https://mobile.twitter.com/DXCTechnology) [@CIMEA_Naric](https://mobile.twitter.com/CIMEA_Naric) [@identyum](https://mobile.twitter.com/identyum) [@ThalesDigiSec](https://mobile.twitter.com/ThalesDigiSec) [@posteitaliane](https://mobile.twitter.com/posteitaliane)
+* [GATACA joins EU Commission’s Early Adopters Program as SSI provider in the Spanish group](https://gataca.io/insights/gataca-joins-the-european-commission-s-early-adopters-program-as-the-ssi-technology-provider-in-the-spanish-group)
+  > In Spain, three universities will pioneer the issuance of digital Academic Diplomas. The issuance will be performed 100% online, where students will authenticate themselves using a digital ID previously issued by FNMT (the Royal Mint of Spain) and stored in their mobile wallets.
+* [Decentralized Finance & Self-sovereign Identity: A tale of decentralization, a new paradigm of trust](https://gataca.io/insights/decentralized-finance-self-sovereign-identity-a-tale-of-decentralization-a-new-paradigm-of-trust)
+  > We are aware that DeFi’s growth is explosive and inevitable yet its growth needs to be sustainable and responsible. This can be done with SSI.
+
+* [This is how GATACA achieves blockchain interoperability](https://gataca.io/blog/this-is-how-gataca-achieves-blockchain-interoperability)
+
+blockchain agnosticism is possible due to our DID registry component: all incoming activity is delegated to the DID registry with specific connections to each blockchain so that the rest of our technology components do not have to participate in the process. Other components need not know where the information persists from; they delegate that special knowledge to the DID registry and continue to perform their regular activities as usual.

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/meeco.md

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+# Meeco
+
+* [Meeco expands UX and Design team along with a new office in Adelaide](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-expands-ux-and-design-team-along-with-a-new-office-in-adelaide/)
+  > Meeco now has illustrious neighbours such as the Australian Space Agency, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre and coming soon, Amazon and MIT.
+* [Meeco announced as Finnies 2021 finalist](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-announced-as-finnies-2021-finalist/)
+
+Meeco’s submission results from our work in collaboration with with [eftpos](https://www.eftposaustralia.com.au) and [Hedera Hashgraph](https://hedera.com/). The Australian payments giant eftpos recently announced joining the Hedera Governing Council after successfully conducting tests to determine the [feasibility of a digital Australian dollar stablecoin for micropayments](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37360/australias-eftpos-to-set-up-hedera-hashgraph-node-for-micropayments). Meeco plays an important part in this world-leading initiative as the wallet provider for the proof-of-technology.
+* [Support Centre for Data Sharing interview with Meeco](https://blog.meeco.me/support-centre-for-data-sharing-interview-with-meeco/)
+
+Meeco’s inception, its work so far and recent growth. Some of the the exciting projects discussed include [mIKs-it, the safe multimedia app for children](https://miks-it.com/), developing a decentralised identity and verifiable credentials wallet and how innovators like [VELA Solutions](https://vela.solutions/) are transforming workforce management and [My Life Capsule](https://mylifecapsule.com/) are helping their customers be prepared for a family emergency.
+* [Meeco Terms & Conditions Update - Feedback Welcome](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-terms-conditions-update-feedback-welcome/).
+  > Over the next fourteen days, we would love your feedback or questions on any of the changes.
+* ['When you invent the ship, you invent the shipwreck'](https://datasovereigntynow.org/2021/01/18/when-you-invent-the-ship-you-invent-the-shipwreck/) Katryna Dow, founder and CEO of Meeco [VIDEO]
+  > Katryna believes that it is vital for the future of the internet that people and organisations obtain control of their data. This concept is called ‘data sovereignty’, but achieving that means rethinking the digital infrastructure the current internet is built upon. She calls for a soft infrastructure that consists of agreements between public and private-sector parties about the access to data.
+
+* [Data Privacy: does anyone care?](https://blog.meeco.me/data-privacy-does-anyone-care/) Meeco
+
+The compelling data and research suggest that my original question now needs to be reframed. People most certainly do care about their data privacy. The question now is: how are organisations going to bridge this data privacy chasm?
+
+* [Meeco announces VELA Solutions partnership](https://www.meeco.me/blog/meeco-announces-vela-solutions-partnership)
+  > Together, Meeco and VELA have created a secure digital credentialing platform to help individuals and businesses adapt to the changing work environment and modernise their HR practices.
+* [EU Data Governance Act](https://blog.meeco.me/eu-data-governance-act/) (Meeco)
+  > We welcome the regulation as a needed common ground for clarifying the role of data intermediaries, building trust in these intermediaries and setting the direction for data governance, including the emergence of digital human rights.
+> 
+> In this context we offer the following suggestions:
+> 1. Explicitly include individuals as active participants in the definitions [...]
+> 2. Clarify the scope of the data sharing services (Art. 9 (2)) and extend it to include services that empower the data subject beyond compliance.
+> 3. Foster the growth of intermediaries, which offer new technologies and have the greatest likelihood of success in Europe if supported by the Data Governance Act.
+> 4. Open silos and implement soft infrastructure such as standards & open APIs to accelerate uptake and interoperability between data sharing services.
+> 5. Foster eco-systems and demonstrate the value through practical use-cases.
+> 6. Create a level playing field for sustainable data sharing by providing funding to pioneers at the forefront of developing data eco-systems
+* [Meeco Review of the European Data Strategy](https://www.meeco.me/data) - Whitepaper
+* [Katryna Dow - Data minimisation: value, trust and obligation](https://www.ubisecure.com/podcast/data-minimisation-meeco-katryna-dow/)
+  > Katryna talks to Oscar about her career (including inspiration from Minority Report), Meeco’s personal data & distributed ledger platform, the importance of data minimisation to inspire trust in organisations, and cultural differences in attitudes towards digital identity.
+* [Hello, User: Episode 13 with Katryna Dow](https://hellouser.libsyn.com/episode-13-with-katryna-dow)
+
+Welcome to lucky episode number 13! Your new host Aubrey Turner, Executive Advisor at Ping, is thrilled to welcome Katryna Dow, CEO & Founder of the award-winning data platform Meeco. Katryna discusses Meeco’s mission to enable everyone on the planet access to equity and value in exchange for the data and information they share. She talks about why she saw a need for Meeco’s services, what we need to know as we approach a more “physigital”world, and how her vision all started with a Tom Cruise film.
+* [Opening the domestic card rails to innovation](https://blog.meeco.me/opening-the-domestic-card-rails-to-innovation/) Meeco
+
+Enabling Australian FinTechs a direct avenue to discuss how they partner and collaborate to access the eftpos payments network through the Committee resulted in recommendations that covered a number of central themes, including consultation and engagement, regulation, and technology and solutionsBen Tabell, eftpos Chief Information Officer and Committee Chair
+

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/mydex.md

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+# MyDex
+
+
+* [The Perils of Pre-Copernican Data Strategy](https://medium.com/mydex/the-perils-of-pre-copernican-data-strategy-974827845585) Alan Mitchell, MyDex
+
+Today, ‘everyone’ including powerful actors and decision-makers like the UK Government ‘just know’ that organisations are the centre of the personal data universe, and that everyone else including citizens revolves around these organisations.
+
+* [Hidden in Plain Sight — the Transformational Potential of Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-transformational-potential-of-personal-data-da47f666713e) MyDex
+  > Personal data stores apply the same economic logic to transform the costs of producing data driven services. [Verified attributes](https://medium.com/mydex/unleashing-the-potential-of-verified-attributes-fe001e01b091) are the digital equivalents of Henry Ford’s standardised parts. By enabling one organisation to instantly re-use data verified by another organisation they eliminate the need for vast amounts of duplicated effort and rework (re-creating each data point from scratch or checking its details, provenance etc).
+
+* [Helping Data Trusts Manage Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/helping-data-trusts-manage-personal-data-4215faaee5f2) Mydex
+
+Mydex CIC has just published a blog for Cambridge University’s Data Trust Initiative on ‘Helping Data Trusts Manage Personal Data’. In it, we address the challenges that arise as the Data Trust movement begins to scale.
+
+* [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.
+* [Why we need new, nationwide personal data infrastructure](https://medium.com/mydex/why-we-need-new-nationwide-personal-data-infrastructure-56513fb6daf4)
+
+The central plank of Mydex CIC’s consultation response is that the UK needs to build a new layer of data logistics infrastructure that:
+
+- Includes citizens in the workings of the data economy, empowering them with the ability to collect, store, use and share data about themselves independently of any data controllers they may have data relationships with.
+- To achieve this, the Government needs to ensure that every citizen is provided with their own personal data store, which enables citizens to collect, store, share and use their own data, under their own control, for their own purposes, independently of any organisation that may have collected data about them.
+- These personal data stores should be designed to act as neutral, enabling nodes in a vibrant data sharing network, whereby citizens can obtain copies of their data held by organisations and can forward relevant elements of this data (such as Verified Attributes) to other data users under their control, as and when beneficial and necessary.
+
+
+* [Achieving Change At Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/transforming-the-system-a-roadmap-for-practical-implementation-411e8821ed19)
+  > This is the third in a series of blogs providing edited extracts from Mydex CIC’s response to the UK Government [consultation around a new National Data Strategy](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-national-data-strategy-nds-consultation).
+
+The first focused on [how to unleash the full potential of personal data](https://medium.com/mydex/how-to-unleash-the-full-potential-of-data-3676db8d7c03), the second on why [every citizen should be provided with their own personal data store](https://medium.com/mydex/how-to-unleash-the-full-potential-of-data-3676db8d7c03). This blog explains why this strategy can be quick and easy to implement.
+
+To catch up on progress on our Macmillan My Data Store Pilot [click here](https://medium.com/macmillan-my-data-store-pilot).
+* [Misconceptions that Kill Progress in Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/misconceptions-that-kill-progress-in-personal-data-4736b1d883c6)
+  > It is not possible to make good policy decisions about priorities for investments, grants, innovation and research projects or rules and regulations if the grounds for these decisions are faulty. Currently, effective policy making is hampered by widespread misunderstandings about where the biggest economic opportunities lie, the nature of issues such as control, and the role of citizens in the workings of the data economy.
+
+* [Not Just Personal Data Stores](https://medium.com/mydex/not-just-personal-data-stores-f2070eada6be) Alan Mitchell
+  > This is the fifth in a series of blogs which provide edited extracts of key points made by Mydex CIC in its response to the UK Government [consultation around a new National Data Strategy](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-national-data-strategy-nds-consultation).
+
+This blog focuses on the main ingredients needed to unleash the full potential of personal data — in addition to personal data stores.
+* [Can I trust you?](https://medium.com/mydex/can-i-trust-you-6771a6ca0e35) MyDex
+  > This is the second of two blogs on our new White Paper: [Achieving Transform At Scale](https://mydex.org/resources/papers/AchievingTransformationatScaleMydexCIC-2021-04-14.pdf). The [first blog](https://medium.com/mydex/our-new-white-paper-achieving-transformation-at-scale-f97320f8447e) focused on the infrastructure challenge. This blog focuses on the parallel need for institutional innovation.
+
+* [Our New White Paper: Achieving Transformation At Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/our-new-white-paper-achieving-transformation-at-scale-f97320f8447e)
+
+Link to [White paper](https://mydex.org/resources/papers/AchievingTransformationatScaleMydexCIC-2021-04-14.pdf) “It’s not enough to identify what’s wrong with how things work today.“
+
+* [Revolutionising healthy ageing](https://medium.com/mydex/revolutionising-healthy-ageing-200a7edd1016)
+
+Mydex’s role will be to provide the data sharing infrastructure to enable individuals and service providers to safely and efficiently share the right data at the right times, in ways that protects individuals’ privacy and puts them in control of their data at all times and enable two way engagement and feedback throughout the project.
+* [Designed for Integrity](https://medium.com/mydex/designed-for-integrity-13a69bcda0b2) MyDEX
+
+Below are some of the design principles that underpin our infrastructure and services — principles designed to ensure that what we do truly does serve citizens, today and into the future.
+
+* [AI: The Emperor’s New Clothes?](https://medium.com/mydex/ai-the-emperors-new-clothes-91de9eed3650) Mydex
+
+One reason the UK Government wants to abolish citizens’ rights to data protection is to create conditions for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to blossom. This, it says, will “bring incredible benefits to our lives”.
+
+* [Deploying Personal Data Stores at Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/deploying-personal-data-stores-at-scale-ad35fb205e73)
+
+The big question now is how to enable this to happen at scale, safely, securely and efficiently. One key element of this is useful, easy-to-use interfaces, the taps and switches that mean people can use the infrastructure without having to think much about it. .
+
+* [Flicking the Switch of Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/flicking-the-switch-of-personal-data-4c5d0d368a31) MyDex
+
+Over the last 14 years we have built the infrastructure needed to make citizen data empowerment possible — infrastructure capable of providing every individual with their own personal data store, where they can safely and securely collect their own data, use it and share it under their own control. This infrastructure is now live and operational, officially recognised as a supplier to public services on procurement platforms in both England and Scotland and independently accredited for data management security under ISO 27001.
+* [Getting Identity Right. At Last.](https://medium.com/mydex/getting-identity-right-at-last-8512abadcfbc) MyDex
+
+By recognising the pivotal importance of verified attributes and the potential role of personal data stores in enabling the sharing of these attributes, it is opening the door to actually solving the problem of identity. At last.
+
+
+* [A critical fork in the data road?](https://medium.com/mydex/a-critical-fork-in-the-data-road-1eb29c5a42a8) MyData
+
+Is the EU discussion about data portability missing a key point?
+
+In its discussion of data portability the EU rightly recognises the economic importance of this issue, stressing that “market imbalances arising from the concentration of data restricts competition, increases market entry barriers and diminishes wider data access and use.”
+
+it is likely that many dApp developers now need an identity solution that preserves privacy but ensures compliance – which is exactly the solution that we are building at SelfKey.
+
+One of MyDex CIC’s founders, [Alan Mitchell shares a feeling of Vindication](https://medium.com/mydex/vindicated-cb897fb4e94b) in a post celebrating the companies early articulation of key principles and how the EU’s proposed new Data Governance Act aligns with that.
+  > These providers will have to comply with a number of requirements, in particular the requirement to remain neutral as regards the data exchanged. They cannot use such data for other purposes. In the case of providers of data sharing services offering services for natural persons, the additional criterion of assuming fiduciary duties towards the individuals using them will also have to be met.
+* [Public Spending: One Way to Solve Many Problems](https://medium.com/mydex/public-spending-one-way-to-solve-many-problems-3ac394e46a9e) Digital Scot
+“We will identify where there may be shared interest, duplication or overlap in intended policy outcomes over multiple portfolios. Where there is, we will look to develop a more effective and efficient cross-government solution.”
+* [MyDex is working with the Scotish Government](https://blogs.gov.scot/digital/2020/05/13/digital-identity-scotland-prototype-draws-to-a-close/)
+  > MyDex is a community interest corporation that has been working on building *real products in the real world*. They [wrote about the ongoing work](https://medium.com/mydex/proving-verified-attributes-work-3f9ca813d43f) enabling public sector organizations to give citizens verifiable attributes they keep in their own data stores and can prove to other parties without the issuing organization in the middle.
+* [MyDex CCI on working with the Scottish Government](https://medium.com/mydex/a-way-forward-for-personal-data-6251d1503bdd) 
+  > Over the past months Mydex CIC has been [working for the Scottish Government](https://blogs.gov.scot/digital/2020/10/01/digital-identity-scotland-a-beta-industry-event/) on a strategy for implementing and scaling a system of ‘smart entitlements’ for the citizens of Scotland.
+* [Design Principles for the Personal Data Economy](https://medium.com/mydex/design-principles-for-the-personal-data-economy-f63ffa93e382) MyDex ([whitepaper](https://mydex.org/resources/papers/)
+
+A key part of this is continuity and longevity: a personal data store is for life, so the institutions providing personal data stores should be designed for decades (centuries, even). Whatever particular corporate form they take, legal safeguards relating to continuity and longevity of purpose need to be built into how they operate.

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/procivis.md

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+# Procivis
+
+* [Self-Sovereign Identity and how we can get there](https://www.procivis.ch/post/self-sovereign-identity-and-how-we-can-get-there) 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.
+* [ISO/IEC 18013-5 vs Self-Sovereign Identity: A proposal for an mDL Verifiable Credential](https://www.procivis.ch/post/iso-iec-18013-5-vs-self-sovereign-identity-a-proposal-for-an-mdl-verifiable-credential) Procivis
+  > in the context of government identity programs we see it as useful to compare them on the following parameters – background, credential data model & trust anchor and transmission protocols.
+* [One step closer to self-sovereign identity - Procivis launches SSI+](https://www.procivis.ch/post/one-step-closer-to-self-sovereign-identity-procivis-launches-ssi)
+
+Composed of the desk, wallet and gateway, SSI+ offers a complete solution for issuers, holders and verifiers of verifiable credentials (VCs) to get started with self-sovereign identity projects today. After evaluation of the emerging SSI frameworks, we determined that Hyperledger Indy delivers today the strongest privacy guarantees, interoperability and maturity.
+
+* [The New Draft Law on eID Switzerland](https://www.procivis.ch/post/the-new-draft-law-on-eid-switzerland-en) Procivis
+
+Yesterday's [media conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DepW4xEqr3mw) and published [media release](https://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/de/home/aktuell/mm.msg-id-89515.html) opened the consultation process for the new E-ID law, which will last until October 20, 2022.
+
+The preliminary [draft of the federal law](https://www.bj.admin.ch/dam/bj/de/data/staat/gesetzgebung/staatliche-e-id/vorentw.pdf) declared the purpose of the E-ID to be to ensure "secure identification by means of E-ID among private individuals and with authorities". The protection of the personality and fundamental rights of individuals is to be provided by the following principles defined in the law:
+
+- Data protection through technology
+- Data security
+- Data economy
+- Decentralized data storage
+
+

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/EU/validatedid.md

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+# Validated ID
+
+* [Validated ID turns 10 years old! The best is yet to come](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-id-turns-10-years-old-the-best-is-yet-to-come) ValidatedID
+  > Today, we want to celebrate our ten years, reflecting on what we have accomplished and anticipating the future, because we are sure that there will be many more to come. As a result, we want to reaffirm our commitment to our objectives and mission. Moreover, we strive to improve our operations to ensure a prosperous future for our customers and partners.
+* [Validated ID raises € 2M in financing round](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-id-raises-eu-2m-in-financing-round-from-randstad-innovation-fund-caixa-capital-risc-and-cuatrecasas-ventures)
+
+The new financing is led by Randstad Innovation Fund, Caixa Capital Risc, and Cuatrecasas Ventures
+* [Digital signatures, a fast track to digital transformation in the real estate sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/digital-signatures-a-fast-track-to-digital-transformation-in-the-real-estate-sector)
+
+The implementation of the electronic signature was a major development in the development in management.
+
+99% of our documents are digitally signed digitally and we have eliminated many face-to-face meetings.
+
+* [​The time for the EIDAS bridge](http://validatedid.com/post-en/the-time-for-the-eidas-bridge)There’s an outstanding question, for us, around how this community explores and thinks about the theoretical underpinnings of a Community of Practice (CoP), but one thing is for sure, Keep Badges Weird is a CoP.
+
+22. [https://github.com/validatedid/eidas-bridge](https://github.com/validatedid/eidas-bridge)
+- [Infrastructure Development Winners](https://essif-lab.eu/meet-the-essif-labs-ecosystem-the-infrastructure-development-instrument-first-winners/) including SICPA, Jolocom, Evernym, ValidatedID
+* [The time for the eIDAS Bridge](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/the-time-for-the-eidas-bridge) ValidatedID
+
+if you wonder how many of us, users, can really take advantage of PKI for identifying ourselves on the internet, the answer is quite deceiving. This mature technology has been available for decades but has never become mainstream among the society for identifying end users.
+* [VIDchain is the first ID wallet to become EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/vidchain-is-the-first-id-wallet-to-become-ebsi-compliant)
+
+* [Validated ID](https://bit.ly/3ipgSzB) participates in a project to build the [European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)](https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/EBSI) for the support of cross-border public services, an initiative created by the European Commission. EBSI is developing a strong and mature ecosystem that Validated ID is proud to be part of.
+
+* [Congrats to the 11 wallet providers for being conformant to @EU_EBSI](https://mobile.twitter.com/IgrantIo/status/1532036324882104321/photo/1) @IgrantIo
+
+We are glad to be among the first few along with [@ValidatedID](https://mobile.twitter.com/ValidatedID) [@danube](https://mobile.twitter.com/danube) [@GATACA_ID](https://mobile.twitter.com/GATACA_ID) [@walt_id](https://mobile.twitter.com/walt_id) [@DXCTechnology](https://mobile.twitter.com/DXCTechnology) [@CIMEA_Naric](https://mobile.twitter.com/CIMEA_Naric) [@identyum](https://mobile.twitter.com/identyum) [@ThalesDigiSec](https://mobile.twitter.com/ThalesDigiSec) [@posteitaliane](https://mobile.twitter.com/posteitaliane)
+
+
+* [The time for the eIDAS Bridge](http://validatedid.com/post-en/the-time-for-the-eidas-bridge) ValidatedID
+
+The main goal of this new program was to provide an implementation of eIDAS bridge and to proof the interoperability between different provider implementations. Validated ID was selected to participate in part of the Call 1 of infrastructure. The results of this project are available as open source. If you are interested in digging into the code, you can find it all in the following repositories: [our open source version implementation](https://gitlab.grnet.gr/essif-lab/infrastructure/validated-id/seb) and the [SSI eIDAS Bridge interoperability](https://gitlab.grnet.gr/essif-lab/interoperability/ssi-eidas-bridge) performed with SICPA.
+
+* [Validated ID's journey to becoming EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-ids-journey-to-becoming-ebsi-compliant)
+
+We at Validated ID have been betting on EBSI since the beginning. We started working to become conformant wallet providers since the very first version of [Wallet Conformance Tests (WCT)](https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/wikis/display/EBSI/EBSI%2Bwallets) was published. The process of preparing our solution to become conformant has allowed us to appreciate how remarkable EBSI's work has been.
+* [The digital transformation of the education sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/the-digital-transformation-of-the-education-sector) ValidatedID
+
+For schools and universities, adopting the electronic signature as a tool not only implies an improvement in the experience for students and employees, but it also means a great improvement in administrative processes.
+* [The digital transformation of the education sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/the-digital-transformation-of-the-education-sector) ValidatedID
+
+The electronic signature improves the experience in education for students, teachers, parents, guardians and other school staff.
+
+* [Electronic signatures for hospitality](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/electronic-signatures-for-hospitality) ValidatedID
+
+Looking at the many developments that have happened lately, digitization has become the center of attention for all kinds of industries, and yet many of the typical processes within the hospitality industry remain paper-based.
+* [Digital signatures, a fast track to digital transformation in the real estate sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/digital-signatures-a-fast-track-to-digital-transformation-in-the-real-estate-sector)
+
+The latest real estate trend reports show how the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and the implementation of trends such as teleworking and digitisation of processes. Find out how digital signatures are revolutionising the industry.
+
+* [Digital signatures, a fast track to digital transformation in the real estate sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/digital-signatures-a-fast-track-to-digital-transformation-in-the-real-estate-sector) ValidatedID
+
+The report [Emerging Trends in Real Estate in Europe 2021](https://bit.ly/2Smqj8x), prepared by PwC and Urban Land Institute (ULI), presents a sector in full transformation. It also shows how the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and the implementation of trends such as remote working and the digitisation of processes.
+
+* [SportChain: a Decentralized Trust and Reputation Service for the Sports Industry](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/sportchain-a-decentralized-trust-and-reputation-service-for-the-sports-industry) ValidatedID
+
+Do you know the story of Carlos Kaiser? He was a professional Brazilian football player [that never played a single match](https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman) but managed to still have a professional football career. He wanted the lifestyle without having to do the work.
+
+* [A pilot project for interoperable decentralised identity between Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank and Validated ID](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/open-innovation-project-for-the-collaboration-between-large-companies-and-emerging-companies) ValidatedID
+
+the solution has allowed CaixaBank, at the request of a fictitious user, to issue an account ownership credential and, subsequently, this credential has been used to proceed with the direct debit of the invoices of Aigües de Barcelona
+
+* [Validated ID's journey to becoming EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-ids-journey-to-becoming-ebsi-compliant)
+  > [Wallet Conformance Tests] are designed to demonstrate that the wallet provider can onboard users safely, receive verifiable credentials from a trusted issuer, and present verifiable credentials to a verifier. All of these, using of course EBSI infrastructure.
+

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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Companies
 
+https://essif-lab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/essif-booklet-22a.pdf
+
 - Microsoft - Azure / Entra
 - EU SSI Startups
   - GATTCA
@@ -52,26 +54,86 @@
   - IDENTOS
 
 
-## Bloom
 
-* [Bloom Attestation Service migrating to Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/migration-from-attestation-service-to-verified-credentials/) Bloom
+### Exostar
-  > To transition fully to the W3C VC standard, Bloom decided to deprecate the proprietary attestation format and adopt the new open VC standard. The transition will fulfill the vision of giving Bloom users complete, secure control of their private data, while allowing interoperability with the rest of the VC ecosystem.
 
-## Applied Recognition
+* [Exostar Receives Kantara Initiative’s Identity Assurance Trust Framework Certification](https://www.exostar.com/press/exostar-receives-kantara-initiatives-identity-assurance-tKABNKABNrust-framework-certification-achieves-healthcare-and-life-science-community-milestones/) - Latest Recognition Further Demonstrates Company Protects Customers’ Identity and Personal Data by Complying with NIST 800-63 Standard
-* [Biometrics come to verifiable credentials with Applied Recognition and Sovrin Foundation](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202105/biometrics-come-to-verifiable-credentials-with-applied-recognition-and-sovrin-foundation)
-
-## Exostar
-
-* [Exostar Receives Kantara Initiative’s Identity Assurance Trust Framework Certification](https://www.exostar.com/press/exostar-receives-kantara-initiatives-identity-assurance-trust-framework-certification-achieves-healthcare-and-life-science-community-milestones/) - Latest Recognition Further Demonstrates Company Protects Customers’ Identity and Personal Data by Complying with NIST 800-63 Standard
   > “This is a significant achievement and market differentiator for Exostar. The Kantara assessment and review process is rigorous and approval demonstrates a company’s care and respect for its customers.”
   
 
-## Mattr
-* [Issuing credentials directly to the MATTR mobile wallet](https://medium.com/mattr-global/issuing-credentials-directly-to-the-mattr-mobile-wallet-8e8cab931e2e) Mattr
 
-If you’re already using a secure mechanism to authenticate your users, then setting up OIDC capability isn’t necessary. As we’ve explored, sending credentials using secure DID messaging directly or via a QR code or deep-link is safe, convenient and allows users to obtain their credentials directly.
 
-## Gimly
+
+
+---
+published: false
+---
+
+
+* [@open_measure](https://twitter.com/open_measure) · [44m](https://twitter.com/open_measure/status/1398540528090759170)
+
+Our #IAM #VendorManagement database just exceeded the 100 entries threshold! There's still a lot of work but it shows already how the IAM #market is a vibrant, diverse, and innovative industry - find out more and contribute at [https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VEN/pages/195133452/Vendor+Database](https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VEN/pages/195133452/Vendor%2BDatabase)
+
+
+* [5 Reasons Why Our NFMe ID is a Game Changer](https://itheum.medium.com/5-reasons-why-our-nfme-id-is-a-game-changer-6e07d704ebae) • [kabnItheum](https://www.itheum.io/)
+
+When “leased out”, the other party can access your personal data — in this manner, the NFMe ID acts as an “authorization key” that allows third parties to use your data in a fair way to generate a shared value between the third party and the owner of the data.
+
+
+
+Video: [#MARK Studio - Create tamper-proof, secure and globally verifiable digital credentials instantly](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZAbiQci1x9w) Dhiway Networks
+
+
+
+- [Proof ID and Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/proof-id-and-self-sovereign-identity) by [5ire](https://5ire.org/) we can’t find out much about them
+- [Daon Provides Biometric Authentication for African Blockchain Identity Platform](https://findbiometrics.com/daon-provides-biometric-authentication-african-blockchain-identity-platform-06100/)
+
+* [Verite: Growing a Decentralized Identity Ecosystem](https://www.centre.io/blog/verite-growing-a-decentralized-identity-ecosystem) Centre Consortium
+
+Developed last year and launched in Q1 of 2022, the [Verite standard](https://verite.id/verite) welcomes this flourishing of products and experiments with Verifiable Credentials and other privacy-preserving, data-minimizing patterns and principles.
+
+* [Introducing Verite](https://docs.centre.io/blog/introducing-verite) Justin Hunter, Pinata, Centre
+
+But as the world shifts to an increasingly digital native format, and as people take more ownership over their identity, how can the issuance of, presentation of, and verification of credentials be managed?
+
+### SICPA
+Short promo User Journey videos
+
+* [SICPA Digital Identity for Travel - Sharing and Validating Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DG_6d39R_Thk)
+
+* [SICPA Digital Identity for Refugees - Creating, Using and Validating Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DOoDZFEyRN8k)
+- [Infrastructure Development Winners](https://essif-lab.eu/meet-the-essif-labs-ecosystem-the-infrastructure-development-instrument-first-winners/) including SICPA, Jolocom, Evernym, ValidatedID
+
+
+### FuixLabs
+* [Demonstration of FuixLabs Self Sovereign Identity product Dominon to TownHall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DZqMInFHg-KA)
+
+
+
+### Sideos
+
+* [What’s new in sideos 2.0](https://www.sideos.io/media-hub/simple-data-management-suite-trustless-interactions) SideOS
+
+sideos is a simple data ecosystem backed by a new web standard: self-sovereign identity, or SSI.
+
+###  Wider Team
+* [Wider’s High Assurance Digital Identity Maturity Model](https://wider.team/2021/06/20/widers-high-assurance-digital-identity-maturity-model/) Wider Team
+
+It starts with IdentityOps embracing high assurance for connected devices. You’re bringing together internal stakeholders from your network management, security, procurement, legal, and device care teams. You’re bringing in clinical outcome quality professionals concerned with data provenance, from clinicians who touch your devices and authenticate through them and authorize them to provide services.
+
+### Gravity Earth
+* [Gravity, Tykn advance interoperability of two decentralized ID solutions for the humanitarian sector](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/gravity-tykn-advance-interoperability-of-two-decentralized-id-solutions-for-the-humanitarian-sector-899847099d0e)
+
+Gravity and Tykn are pleased to announce our continued collaboration to advance the interoperability of our two distinct decentralized identity solutions for improved identity management in the humanitarian sector.
+
+
+### Cardano
+
+* [Ethiopia: Innovation - Here's What Cardano (ADA) Has Been Up to With the Ethiopia Project](https://allafrica.com/stories/202108190100.html)
+
+"The vision of the company is to improve the systems of the world for everyone everywhere, and the places that need better systems aren't necessarily Berlin or New York City. So you have to go to places that are a little more difficult, and you have to be very careful as you do it."
+
+### Gimly
 
 * [Gimly ID: SSI with OpenID authentication](https://www.loom.com/share/d49e005bb32349d7950022e83d55b944)
 
@@ -81,24 +143,314 @@ Gimly ID is leading self-sovereign identity innovation, with the implementation
 
 * [SSI with OpenID authentication](https://www.loom.com/share/d49e005bb32349d7950022e83d55b944) Gimly ID
 
-## Indicio
 
-* [Indicio launches blockchain-enabled network for identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/indicio-launches-blockchain-enabled-network-for-identity/)
+### Mobix
-  > “Our clients asked for a stable, fully-staffed network based on Hyperledger Indy— one that could provide the  Service Level Agreements their customers need for mission-critical workloads,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. “Today, we are excited to announce that this MainNet is open for business.”
-  > 
-  > “This is the network we need to accelerate adoption of passwordless zero trust ecosystems for enterprise customers” said Mike Vesey, President of [IdRamp](https://idramp.com), a leader in decentralized identity and a Genesis Node Operator on the Network.
-* [Panel: Start Simple to Scale Decentralized Identity](https://hgf2021.sched.com/event/j3ej%23new_tab) HGF2021 • Indicio
-  > Liquid Avatar Technologies and Indicio.tech will share how together they are transitioning the current KABN ID solution to verifiable credentials by building the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credentials Ecosystem utilizing Hyperledger Aries, Ursa, and Indy.
-* [Become a Node Operator](https://indicio.tech/blog/be-a-part-of-the-most-dynamic-network-community-in-decentralized-identity/) Indicio
-  > we’ve seen a rapid rise in demand for robust, stable, and professionally maintained networks to support decentralized identity solutions. It’s not a surprise: decentralized identity’s moment has arrived. That’s why we’ve been hard at work creating Hyperledger Indy networks upon which developers all over the world are building, testing, and launching their solutions.
-* [Indicio completes Hyperledger Indy DID Method—A Milestone in the Evolution of DID Interop](https://indicio.tech/indicio-completes-hyperledger-indy-did-method-a-milestone-in-the-evolution-of-decentralized-identity-network-interoperability/)
-
-The Indy DID Method paves the way for Hyperledger Indy credentials to scale globally by allowing Indy networks to seamlessly interoperate and create a “network-of-networks” effect.
 
 
-## Identos
+* [The Role of SSI in MOBIX’ Deep Parking](https://mobix.ai/2021/09/02/ssi-for-mobix-deep-parking/)
+* 
+### Digime
+* [Talking tech and discussing data on the ‘Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission’ Podcast](https://blog.digi.me/2021/10/06/talking-tech-and-discussing-data-on-the-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-podcast/) Digi.Me
+
+Julian describes digi.me’s mission of empowering people with their personal data, as individuals know where all their data is, while they also have “a right for that data”. By having that knowledge and ownership, only individuals have “unlimited usage rights” to unlock the potential data has to be a force for good.
+
+* [Businesses need to ‘mind the trust gap’ so users don’t need to sacrifice privacy, MEF Global Consumer Trust Survey finds](https://blog.digi.me/2021/05/20/businesses-need-to-mind-the-trust-gap-so-users-dont-need-to-sacrifice-privacy-mef-global-consumer-trust-survey-finds/) DigiMe
+
+Key findings from the report are:
+
+- Users sacrifice privacy and security for access to valued services
+- Smartphone users begin to sense improvement in the mobile environment
+- More and more users take protective steps, but remain exposed to harm
+- Protective actions do not necessarily drive confidence
+- Cost, knowledge and perceived complexity are key barriers
+- Transparency and control are key values for users
+
+
+###  Entrustient
+
+* [The First No Code Solution for Trusted Decentralized Digital Identity SSI on Redundant Blockchains](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/entrustient-launches-the-first-no-code-solution-for-trusted-decentralized-digital-identity-using-self-sovereign-identity-on-redundant-blockchains-301436112.html) Entrustient
+
+"When building product-market-fit for our platform, we listened constantly to frustrated customers who embraced the concept of SSI, Verifiable Credentials and Blockchains, but who gave up on piecemealing a solution. And the reasons were mostly due to the lack of specialized SSI developers, implementing complex SDK's and code builds, and trying to provision onto blockchain networks,"
+### Swisscom
+
+* [Swisscom partners with Orell Füssli for identity](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swisscom-identity/) Ledger Insights
+
+This isn’t Swisscom Blockchain’s first identity partnership. It also has a relationship with [Adresta](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swiss-watch-identity-startup-adresta-partners-with-swisscom-blockchain/), which developed a digital identity solution for watches.
+
+### Merit
+* [Merit grabs $50M Series B to expand digital credentials platform](https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/12/merit-grabs-50m-series-b-to-expand-digital-credentials-platform/) TechCrunch
+
+The company spent the last five years working with various governments to build connectors to these licensing databases to allow third parties to access the data and have it update automatically. So if you are a plumbing company, you can display your employees’ plumbing credentials on the company website and have them update automatically when the license is renewed (or show that it wasn’t).
+
+### IOTA
+
+* [IOTA and TradeMark East Africa partner to improve infrastructure & trade through technology](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DbnAfclXTaeI)
+
+The Trade Logistics Information Pipeline (TLIP) aims to create an interconnectivity technology highway for Eastern African businesses and governments’ agencies systems to communicate in a transparent and secure manner amongst themselves and with international counterparts.
+
+### Cryptalk
+
+* [CrypTalk](https://www.cryptalk.app/) is a messaging service designed to bring together verified projects and potential investors by creating a safe and secure crypto space. Crypto projects undergo thorough verifications and a number of security measures before being verified by CrypTalk.
+
+
+### Fujisu
+
+* [How the convergence of SSI and AI can give people back control over their identity](https://corporate-blog.global.fujitsu.com/fgb/2022-04-20/02/) FUJITSU BLOG
+
+As for the near future, Fujitsu envisions enhancing the distributed identity, data privacy, and consent management platform, which would open up all of the benefits described in this article on an as-a-Service basis to any player.
+* [Fujitsu declares success in trial of self-sovereign ID for students with university](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202204/fujitsu-declares-success-in-trial-of-self-sovereign-id-for-students-with-university) Biometric Updates
+
+To resolve the complications, Fujitsu says it collaborated with the Keio Research Institute at SFC on a digital identity technology in September 2021, which resulted in an identity conversion gateway that enables multiple identity infrastructures to be interconnected without using a unified protocol.
+
+### Civic
+
+* [Civic Secure Identity Users: Say Hello to Civic Wallet](https://www.civic.com/blog/civic-secure-identity-is-now-civic-wallet/) just this week they released a new wallet. 
+* [Introducing: Civic Pass Integration Guide](https://www.civic.com/blog/civic-pass-integration-guide/)
+
+Now, we’re making [Civic Pass available to developers everywhere](https://docs.civic.com/). The idea is that developers can plug Civic Pass into their platform and create an identity layer that allows for a permissioned dApp platform, be it a DEX, an NFT marketplace or mint, a metaverse, or who knows what else you’ll come up with.
+
+### Transmute Industries
+
+* [Transmute Closes $2M Seed Round](https://medium.com/transmute-techtalk/transmute-closes-2m-seed-round-a0a2e6c90467) this week. This is fantastic news for them and the whole ecosystem. Transmute is a great company developing products for supply chain use-cases and is collaborating with GS1. They also are part of the SVIP (Silicon Valley Innovation program) lead by Anil John.  *Full disclosure Kaliya has a formal advising relationship with Transmute.*
+
+### Forgerock
+
+* [ForgeRock goes public](https://ludopoitou.com/2021/09/16/we-did-it/)
+  > Today is an huge milestone for ForgeRock. We are becoming a public company, with our stock publicly traded under the “FORG” symbol, at the New York Stock Exchange.
+* [IAM 101 Series: What Are Directory Services?](https://www.forgerock.com/blog/iam-101-series-what-are-directory-services) Forgerock
+
+### Omidyar
+
+* [Corporations, Capital Markets, & the Common Good — How We’re Working to Reorient the Rules and Rebalance Power in Our Economy](https://omidyarnetwork.medium.com/corporations-capital-markets-the-common-good-how-were-working-to-reorient-the-rules-and-f54feeb9617d) Omidiyar
+  > as part of our commitment to [Reimagining Capitalism](https://omidyar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Guide-Design_V12_JTB05_interactive-1.pdf), Omidyar Network is committing $10 million to a new focus area: Corporations, Capital Markets, and the Common Good. The vision for this work is to reshape the rules that govern markets to incentivize corporations and their investors to contribute to the common good, curb the pressures that drive businesses to contribute to negative outcomes on people and the planet, and empower stakeholders to hold companies accountable for their impacts on society.
+* [Lessons in Good Leadership for Good ID](https://medium.com/omidyar-network/lessons-in-good-leadership-for-good-id-52a79dd69cf2) Omidyar Network
+
+Insights from a year-long evaluation of our Digital Identity program
+
+### Identos
 
 * [Identos builds Verifiable Credentials into updated federated digital ID API](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202209/identos-builds-verifiable-credentials-into-updated-federated-digital-id-api) Biometric Update
 
 The new FPX Junction cloud software suite is designed for fine-grained API authorization and user-centric digital identity management. The digital wallet and user-managed access 2.0 authorization server work together to enable single-sign on federation. An optional user interface SDK for the digital wallet provides native mobile and web support.
+* [IDENTOS puts developers first in its latest product release](https://www.identos.com/2022/09/07/identos-puts-developers-first-in-its-latest-product-release/)
 
+FPX Junction is a cloud-based set of software products which provide fine-grained API authorization and user centric identity management capabilities.
+
+Verifiable Credentials Support – Evolving to support Verifiable Credentials, FPX Junction includes an updated digital wallet API which enables the holding, receiving and presentation of [W3C Verifiable Credentials](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/) using W3C Decentralized Identifiers. FPX Junction meets requirements for [Aries Interop Profile 2.0](https://aries-interop.info/aries-interop-intro.html) and [DIDComm](https://identity.foundation/didcomm-messaging/spec/) based credential exchanges.
+
+### Bloom
+* [Bloom Attestation Service migrating to Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/migration-from-attestation-service-to-verified-credentials/) Bloom
+  > To transition fully to the W3C VC standard, Bloom decided to deprecate the proprietary attestation format and adopt the new open VC standard. The transition will fulfill the vision of giving Bloom users complete, secure control of their private data, while allowing interoperability with the rest of the VC ecosystem.
+* [Bloom Integrates with Plaid to Enable Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-integrates-with-plaid-to-enable-verifiable-credentials/)
+  > Bloom is excited to announce an integration with [Plaid](https://plaid.com/), a data network that powers the digital financial ecosystem. The Plaid integration gives Bloom the ability to offer consumer-permissioned, traditional financial data for better risk assessment through [OnRamp](https://onramp.co/).
+* [Bloom OnRamp Has Arrived](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-onramp-has-arrived/)
+
+Beyond OnRamp’s direct data integrations, the platform also supports the ability for third party credentials to enter the OnRamp platform via the WACI specification
+
+### Bonfii
+
+* [Bonifii and Entersekt Announce New Context-Aware Authentication Solution for Credit Unions](https://bonifii.com/2022/04/bonifii-and-entersekt-announce-new-context-aware-authentication-solution-for-credit-unions/)
+  > Bonifii and Entersekt today announced a new partnership bringing context-aware authentication technology to credit unions through MemberPass Express, powered by Entersekt. MemberPass is the first KYC-compliant member-controlled digital identity issued by credit union cooperatives.
+* [Equifax Launches Digital Identity as a Service](https://bonifii.com/2021/10/equifax-launches-digital-identity-as-a-service/) CU Ledger
+  > Equifax Digital Identity as a Service gives credit union members more control over their information and will help to facilitate faster and easier user experiences for previously onboarded users. Functionality from Equifax’s suite of identity protection products including [Digital Identity Trust](https://www.equifax.com/business/digital-authentication/), Document Verification and the recently acquired [Kount Identity Trust Global Network](https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fkount.com%252f%26c%3DE,1,P0Lh3syJAhSnb3ckebQ1p8C29xvkkJ94klUQn8bpJ0Dl1XUoFwXkyPWAlTmWqD3i3bv6IWqRyqfz7_JzzpwIpG4zrWtxyIfflytpAkuFg7nn_Q,,%26typo%3D1) are incorporated into the new holistic solution.
+* [Liquid Avatar Technologies and Bonifii Make VCs Accessible for People and Financial Institutions in the Metaverse](https://bonifii.com/2021/11/liquid-avatar-technologies-and-bonifii-make-verifiable-credentials-accessible-for-people-and-financial-institutions-in-the-metaverse/) Bonifii
+  > “The metaverse and Web 3.0 are here, and we are building the infrastructure to manage how we’re going to live, work, and play in the intersection of the real and the digital,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indico. “Bonifii and Liquid Avatar get it, they’re on it and we’re excited to help them realize their vision.“
+
+### Block
+
+
+* [Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block](https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-changes-name-to-block)
+
+Block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same.
+
+* [Daniel Ƀrrr @csuwildcat](https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1457766409233059841)
+
+5 years after establishing Decentralized Identity at Microsoft, where I had the opportunity to work with great folks developing open source DID infrastructure (e.g. ION), standards, and products, I am joining Square to lead Decentralized Identity.
+
+### Energy Web
+
+* [Energy Web Quarterly Update](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/energy-web-quarterly-update-855feb5878b6)
+
+Switchboards, our enterprise-grade self sovereign identity and access management solution built on the W3C administered decentralized identifier standard. Examples include [Stedin’s identity and access management solution](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/stedin-the-dutch-distribution-system-operator-announces-partnership-with-energy-web-to-explore-cd278623809b), [CAISO flex alert](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/california-grid-operator-launches-new-demand-flexibility-platform-enhancements-to-flex-alert-system-e01ae8030da0), [and our work with Vodafone](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/energy-web-announces-development-of-renewable-energy-ev-charging-with-vodafone-and-mastercard-94e1ac4c4aa1), [Kigen, and KORE wireless](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/kore-collaborates-with-kigen-and-energy-web-to-provide-integrated-esim-based-trusted-identity-b22854958851).
+
+### Ping
+
+* [Ping to Target IAM Startups With New $50 Million Venture Fund](https://findbiometrics.com/ping-target-iam-startups-with-new-50-million-venture-fund-062205/)
+
+That includes companies that are trying to prevent digital fraud, as well as companies that are engaged in identity verification and decentralized identity projects. However, the list is not exhaustive [...] [Allthenticate](https://www.allthenticate.com/) will be the recipient of its first investment.
+
+* [Thoma Bravo to acquire Ping Identity for $2.8B](https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252523468/Thoma-Bravo-to-acquire-Ping-Identity-for-28B) TechTarget
+
+* [Ping Identity to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 Billion](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/ping-newsroom/press-releases/2022/ping-identity-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-for-2-billion.html) Ping Identity
+
+
+### Authenteq
+
+* [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!
+
+### Lissi
+
+* [Lissi demonstrates authentication for Gaia-X Federation Services](https://lissi-id.medium.com/lissi-demonstrates-authentication-for-gaia-x-federation-services-819e9bbe70ad) Lissi ID
+  > Gaia-X creates an open, federated digital ecosystem for data infrastructure for decentralized cloud and edge workloads and data sharing capabilities. As part of the core services, the so-called Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS) are targeting the areas of Identity & Trust, Federated Catalogue, Sovereign Data Exchange and Compliance as open-source reference implementations.
+Centre - Verite
+* [Lissi Connect Demo](https://lissi-id.medium.com/lissi-connect-demo-d6db29db7755) <- in German
+  > The login is only the start of the mutual customer relationship users do not want to monitor and maintain dozens of communication interfaces, but prefer a solution that brings these aspects together. This includes not only login services, but also newsletters, information letters from the bank, digital proof of any kind and other relevant personal information. The media break and the fragmentation of the current systems poses a major challenge for users and organizations. However, once stored in the user's wallet, this information can be easily managed, sorted and presented as needed.
+* [The Lissi Wallet is now available in 12 languages!](https://lissi-id.medium.com/the-lissi-wallet-is-now-available-in-12-languages-f88e56b04e19)
+  > Lanugauges supported: Arabic • English • French • German • Italian • Korean • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Romanian • Spanish • Turkish
+
+> the language is only a small part of the whole user experience. The task is to design a universal cockpit, which people can navigate regardless of their social background. Similar to a dashboard in a car, which doesn’t look too different wherever you go. In order to achieve this, we have to standardize the icons, colours and user-flows to a certain degree. However, on the other hand, they need to be adjusted to the target audience.
+
+### Walt ID
+
+* [The SSI Kit](https://walt.id/blog/p/ssi-kit) Walt ID
+  > The SSI Kit bundles three components, one for each functionality profile:
+  > 
+  > - Signatory ™ for Issuers enables organisations to transform any identity-related information into digital credentials in order to replace paper documents and automate data provision to stakeholders.
+  > - Custodian ™ for Holders enables individuals and organisations to securely store, manage and share keys and identity data via data hubs (“wallets”). (Web-Based wallet)
+  > - Auditor ™ for Verifiers enables organisations to verify identity data in order to authenticate or identify stakeholders and offer frictionless access to services or products.
+* [The Wallet](https://walt.id/blog/p/wallet) Walt
+  > This post introduces our new open source product: the Wallet, which enables developers and organisations to put Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) into the hands and pockets of the people via easy-to-use applications.
+* [Me, myself and (SS)I Why everybody must have a Self-Sovereign Identity in 5 years](https://web-assets.bcg.com/6b/6d/84e00cad4c939c870d833b96321c/white-paper-me-myself-ssi.pdf)
+* [Open Policy Agent: Credential validation powered by the Open Policy Agent](https://docs.walt.id/v/ssikit/ssi-kit/open-policy-agent) Walt ID
+  > The Open Policy Agent ([https://www.openpolicyagent.org](https://www.openpolicyagent.org)) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine that unifies policy enforcement. OPA provides a high-level declarative language called [Rego](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/%23rego) that lets you specify policy as code in order to offload policy decision-making from your business logic.
+
+### darkmatterlabs
+
+* [DM Note #6 — Building the Spatial Justice Mission](https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/dm-note-6-building-the-spatial-justice-mission-3b3fc6b11db5) DarkMatter Labs
+
+Self-sovereign objects are are self-executing and self-owning; capable of determining their own lifecycle to maximise material utility and performance whilst minimizing negative environmental impacts. Augmented by sensing capabilities and the ability to autonomously execute smart contracts, material objects could continuously monitor their own performance and contract for their maintenance, repair or recycling.
+
+### Ubisecure
+
+* [Digital identity in the UK in 2021 with TrueProfile.io’s René Seifert](https://www.ubisecure.com/podcast/digital-identity-uk-2021-ssi-trueprofile-rene-seifert/)
+
+“I think it’s interesting if we overlay this utopia of a self-sovereign identity that sounds maybe like science fiction today, and where these UK digital initiatives are geared, and my best guess is we can and will land somewhere in the middle.”
+
+### Elastos
+* [Elastos DID: What’s Ahead for 2021](https://news.elastos.org/elastos-did-whats-ahead-for-2021/)
+  > Tuum Tech is working on an Elastos DID-based application called Profile, a rising competitor to LinkedIn – in large part by leveraging Elastos DIDs. Unlike in conventional applications where data and identities are managed and controlled by centralized systems, users will retain full ownership of their data when using Profile.
+
+### Tru
+* [Tru.net](https://www.tru.net/) is live and ready for communities/users
+  > If you are looking for an alternative to Facebook that uses DIDs as its foundation and other protocols that are free to use ([JLINC](https://www.jlinc.com/) Kaliya highly recommend Tru.net
+
+### IDPro
+
+
+* [CIDPRO™ – Certified Identity Professional – program](https://idpro.org/cidpro/)
+  > - Basic elements of an identity solution
+  > - Identifiers, identity lifecycle, and identity proofing
+  > - Security for identity
+  > - Rules and standards
+  > - Operational considerations
+
+### Onfido
+* [Remittances Specialist Leverages Biometric Onboarding Via Onfido](https://findbiometrics.com/remittances-specialist-leverages-biometric-onboarding-via-onfido-050604/) Find Biometrics
+
+Chipper Cash has become the latest financial institution to adopt Onfido’s identity verification technology. The company currently operates one of the largest money transfer platforms in Africa, and is hoping
+
+### KYC CHain
+
+* [KYC-Chain & CrypTalk Join Hands](https://kyc-chain.com/kyc-chain-cryptalk-join-hands/)
+
+### IDWorks
+
+* [IDWorks turned to Tarmac to help accelerate their mobile app and backend development](https://www.tarmac.io/case-study/idworks.html)
+  > Having decided to build their "Envoy" solution on the R3 Corda platform, finding affordable development resources with the right technical skills was proving difficult. Corda certified developers are extremely thin-on-the-ground and if you find a qualified engineer, they can be difficult and costly to recruit
+
+### GAIA-X
+
+* [Building towards a decentralized European Data Economy: A Minimal Viable Gaia-X (MVG)](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/building-towards-a-decentralized-european-data-economy-a-minimal-viable-gaia-x-mvg-powered-by-43a853101d) Ocean Protocol
+* [EU digital sovereignty project Gaia-X hands out ID tech contracts](https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/gaia_x_ssi/)
+
+* [https://www.gaia-x.eu/pdf/Gaia-X_Architecture_Document_2103.pdf](https://www.gaia-x.eu/pdf/Gaia-X_Architecture_Document_2103.pdf)
+Gaia-X is the cradle of an open, transparent, decentralized digital ecosystem, where data and services can be made available, collated, shared, and monetized in an environment of trust. [More than 300 organizations](https://www.gaia-x.eu/members) and over 2500 contributors are already supporting Gaia-X.
+
+### ShareRing 
+
+* [Blockchain platform enables users to pay for Viator experiences with crypto](https://cointelegraph.com/news/you-can-now-pay-for-400-000-viator-tourism-experiences-with-crypto)
+  > The ShareRing platform, built on Tendermint, will allow users to book, register, and pay for Viator’s 395,000 global activities and experiences, using local fiat currencies or major crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and its native SharePay token (SHRP).
+  > 
+  > The platform uses the ShareRing ID system to ensure that sensitive personal and financial information is securely handled, and has contact tracing features to help with tourism safety during the pandemic.
+
+* [ShareRing Unites with China’s International Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN)](https://blog.sharering.network/sharering-unites-with-chinas-international-blockchain-based-service-network-bsn/)
+  > BSN aggregates their technology partners’ services into their cloud-based ecosystem to make them all accessible to any company or developer that wishes to use them, with very low monthly access fees starting at just $20. Their “plug and play” approach eliminates the need for hiring or outsourcing highly specialized developers, who are in short supply due to high demand in this industry.
+  > 
+  > One of the most exciting benefits of ShareRing’s integration with BSN’s global ecosystem is how effortless it will be for companies to incorporate our products and services without requiring ShareRing’s assistance with development and integration.
+
+### Gluu
+
+* [Gluu vs. Keycloak](https://www.gluu.org/blog/gluu-vs-keycloak/) Mike Swartz talks about the difference between his product Gluu and Keycloak, which he describes as a less stable project that shouldn’t be used in production environments.
+
+
+### Talao
+
+* [Talao, the brand new Self-Sovereign Identity Wallet](https://www.mcryptoz.com/blockchain-news/talao-the-new-self-sovereign-identity-wallet-gives-consumers-control-over-their-personal-digital-data-blockchain-news-opinion-tv-and-jobs.html) MCryptoZ
+
+Blockchain-based Digital Identity specialist Talao, a Paris-based startup which focuses on Self-Sovereign Identity options and blockchain-based options is the developer of the primary French smartphone pockets for Self-Sovereign Identity. The firm simply introduced the provision of its new id pockets for all cellular customers in Europe.
+
+* [Talao SSI wallet now available on Apple AppStore and Google Play](https://medium.com/@talao_io/talao-ssi-wallet-now-available-on-apple-appstore-and-google-play-1435b4a01b1c)
+
+- Work on Android and iOS
+- Wallet DID: did: tz, did: key (curve Ed25519)
+- Issuer DID supported: did: tz, did: web, did: key; did: ethr, did: pkh.
+- Revocation of VCs: RevocationList2020
+- SDK development environment: PHP, Python, NodeJS, java, C, Flutter,…
+- Wallet templates: employer certificate, experience certificate, skills certificate, company pass , proof of email, proof of telephone, certificate of residence, loyalty card, diplomas, student card
+
+
+### Shyft
+
+
+* [Shyft Network- Solving The Internet’s Identity Problem](https://shyftnetwork.medium.com/shyft-network-solving-the-internets-identity-problem-dc8e2fe9f58)
+
+Identity has been a contentious point for humanity ever since we evolved societies. How are we sure that someone is who they say they are?
+
+### FLexID
+
+
+
+* [FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked](https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/26/zimbabwe-flexid-algorand-funding-decentralized-identity/) TechCrunch
+
+FlexID is giving users a blockchain wallet that stores their verificable credentials. Verification is done on-chain through Algorand, which bills itself as a solution to the [blockchain trilemma](https://www.google.com/search?q%3Dalgorand%2Btrilemma%26oq%3Dalgorand%2Btrilem%26aqs%3Dchrome.0.0i512j69i57j0i390.2391j0j9%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26ie%3DUTF-8) of security, scalability and decentralization. FlexID will also be integrating with other Algorand decentralized apps (dApps).
+
+* [Local digital identity startup FlexID receives funding from Algorand Foundation](https://www.techzim.co.zw/2022/05/local-digital-identity-startup-flexid-receives-funding-from-algorand-foundation/) TechZim
+
+Zimbabwean founded blockchain start-up, [FlexID Technologies](https://www.flexfintx.com/) (formerly FlexFinTx), has signed a Simple Agreement For Equity (SAFE) with the [Algorand Foundation](https://www.algorand.com/), to further develop and scale their Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) platform
+
+### IAMX
+* [Interview with IAMX -Self-Sovereign Identity SSI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D9-5WL6FuOlA) Spicy Dumpling Show
+
+insights on what IAMX does, how can users and telcos can benefit from it, and why would users be interested in and trust IAMX. Later we talked about the recording and securing of biometric information. IAMX is having an ISPO
+
+### Zetrix
+* [Zetrix Paving the Way with Recent W3C Recommendation of Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) as the New Identity Standard](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/278724/20220802/zetrix-paving-the-way-with-recent-w3c-recommendation-of-decentralised-identifiers-dids-as-the-new-identity-standard.htm) TechTimes
+  > Zetrix recently announced their [partnership with Xinghuo BIF](https://beincrypto.com/xinghuo-bif-and-zetrix-jointly-introduce-web3-services/), the national blockchain of China that is supported by all levels of the Chinese government. Xinghuo BIF is already running at a scale that allows it to process 94 million identifiers daily, and ZID will act as the international extension of Xinghuo's on-chain signing service known as Spark.
+
+### Vereign
+
+* [The open source companies Vereign and DAASI International will lay the cornerstone for the use of state-of-the-art SSI technology in the Gaia-X sub-project GXFS.](https://daasi.de/en/2022/02/04/ssi_gaia-x/)
+
+For the realisation of the three projects, Self-Sovereign Identity will be a quintessential technology. A decentralised identity is supposed to allow users more self-determination in regards to identity data by putting the user in charge of the storage and transfer of their data. The data is only stored in a so-called wallet which belongs to the user. The wallet also contains digital keys for the authentication with services – making individual profiles for each service obsolete. State-of-the-art Blockchain technology ensures the reliability of the used data. Vereign AG, the head of the consortium, has been working with and on this technology for quite a while already. DAASI International will lend their expertise in the development of innovative open source software, as well as in classic identity management authentication technologies, and help with the development and overall realisation of the project.
+
+[AyanWorks](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech/status/1488841615217098754): [@ayanworkstech](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech) is excited to announce that we, along with our partners Vereign and [@DAASI_Int](https://twitter.com/DAASI_Int), have won 3 tenders from [@gaiax_aisbl](https://twitter.com/gaiax_aisbl) to build SSI solutions
+
+### AyanWorks
+
+[AyanWorks](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech/status/1488841615217098754): [@ayanworkstech](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech) is excited to announce that we, along with our partners Vereign and [@DAASI_Int](https://twitter.com/DAASI_Int), have won 3 tenders from [@gaiax_aisbl](https://twitter.com/gaiax_aisbl) to build SSI solutions
+* [Aries Mobile Agent SDK for Google Flutter](https://ayanworks.medium.com/announcing-arnima-fl-open-source-aries-flutter-mobile-agent-sdk-d3483744ffc8)
+  > Exactly a year ago in Jan 2020, we announced ARNIMA — first ever Aries React Native Mobile Agent SDK that we made open source for the Self-Sovereign Identity ecosystem.
+  > 
+  > [...] We are very excited to announce [one more small open-source contribution](https://github.com/ayanworks/ARNIMA-flutter-sdk) from AyanWorks to the Aries community.
+
+
+### Publish
+
+* [PUBLISH pitches world’s first decentralized identity solution for journalists to International Federation of Journalists](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-pitches-worlds-first-decentralized-identity-solution-for-journalists-to-international-abaaad0362a5)
+
+PUBLISH CEO Sonny Kwon gave an overview of a press ID app PUBLISH is building in collaboration with the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK). He explained that the mobile application, which leverages decentralized identity (DID) technology to manage press credentials, would help the JAK combat misinformation and reduce administrative costs associated with its current press credentialing process.
+
+* [PUBLISH to launch ‘PUBLISHiD’, blockchain-based authentication application, in September](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-to-launch-publishid-blockchain-based-authentication-application-in-september-6b0394852fb3)
+
+PUBLISHiD users will further be able to assemble collections of verifiable credentials from one or more issuers into a single [verifiable presentation](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/%23dfn-verifiable-presentations). Other features include DAuth-based authentication, single-sign on (SSO), and an agent ID service capable of handling the management of and security between credential issuers and verifiers.

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+# Animo
+
+* [https://demo.animo.id/](https://demo.animo.id/)
+
+It allows people to experience SSI first-hand by choosing a character and 'playing' through their unique use cases. The student can enrol in college, visit a club or join a gym, while the business woman can attend a conference and check into a hotel for example. It was built with Aries Framework JavaScript's REST API and supports the Lissi and the Trinsic wallet
+8/ Animo ([@AnimoSolutions](https://twitter.com/AnimoSolutions) is DID/VC provider working on systems and infrastructure for SSI. They built this Aries CLI so you can play around and create invitations, schemas, and credentials.
+
+* [https://agent-cli.animo.id/](https://agent-cli.animo.id/)
+
+* [Why the SSI community should embrace million dollar apes](https://medium.com/coinmonks/why-the-ssi-community-should-embrace-million-dollar-apes-61d119f20331)* [BBS+ Credential Exchange in Hyperledger Aries](https://iiw.idcommons.net/11E/_BBS%252B_Credential_Exchange_in_Hyperledger_Aries) [[presentation](https://iiw.animo.id)]
+* [Advanced DIDComm Messaging](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot11-the-hague/blob/master/advance-readings/advanced-didcomm-messaging.md) By: Karim Stekelenburg (Animo Solutions) -- karim@animo.id Date: 18-07-2022 Version: 0.1
+  > in order for DIDComm to provide a potential replacement for commonly used chat protocols like WhatsApp (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)), Telegram (MTProto), or Signal (Signal Protocol), it needs to support modern chat features we use everyday
+* [BBS+ Signatures 2020](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/ldp-bbs2020/)
+
+- What’s next for BBS+ LD-Proofs?
+- Implementation in Aries ([https://iiw.animo.id/](https://iiw.animo.id/), Used in SVIP Plugfest

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-# Anonyome
+# Anonoyome - MySudo
 
 - [We’ve Introduced the Sudo Platform Decentralized Identity Relay](https://anonyome.com/2022/06/weve-introduced-the-sudo-platform-decentralized-identity-relay/)
 * [Whitepaper – Innovating Identity and Access Management with Decentralized Identity](https://anonyome.com/2022/08/whitepaper-innovating-identity-and-access-management-with-decentralized-identity/)

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-
+# GlobalID
 
 * [GlobalID Introduces Trustees for Key Recovery](https://medium.com/global-id/introducing-globalid-trustees-account-recovery-without-a-private-key-66142a21cba6)
   > Trustees can be friends or family members from your contact list. Once selected, each Trustee is granted a shard of your private key. Restoring your lost Identity requires approval from the majority of your Trustees.
@@ -27,3 +27,31 @@ how ID wallets work within the digital identity ecosystem, briefly explains the
 * [The future of COVID credentials on GlobaliD](https://medium.com/global-id/the-future-of-covid-credentials-on-globalid-7a19a882cf90)
 
 With our new platform, we’ll also be releasing a brand new COVID credential. Users will be able to validate the authenticity of their digital vaccine record from around the world and store the proof of the validation as a credential in their GlobaliD app.
+* [Why self-sovereign identity matters](https://medium.com/global-id/why-self-sovereign-identity-matters-8fd2c982ca2e) 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.
+* [How to decentralize identity and empower individuals](https://medium.com/global-id/episode-10-how-to-decentralize-identity-and-empower-individuals-3e154612a85) GID
+
+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.
+* [The Sovereignty Stack: Re-thinking Digital Identity for Web3.0 w/ Greg KIDD [METACO TALKS #23]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DCyGggZ2pT1I)
+
+Greg is a serial entrepreneur who is probably best known for founding and taking public Dispatch Management Services Corp, the world’s largest on demand dispatch network for urgent deliveries. In a highly interesting career so far, Greg was also Chief Risk Officer at Ripple Labs and a senior analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington. In his latest venture Global ID, Greg is acting on his long-held belief that people’s identity should be truly portable and owned by individuals themselves rather than corporations or governments.
+* [GlobaliD 101: What is the trust triangle?](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-what-is-the-trust-triangle-260e85e1c640)
+- [GlobaliD 101: ID wallets](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-id-wallets-68fa77e6d0d7) GlobalID
+
+● [GlobaliD 101: Bring Your Own Identity](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-bring-your-own-identity-5b9927008190)
+
+● [Part 1:](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-how-digital-identity-should-work-fc53ede7b86f) What a smart and humanistic approach to digital identity would like
+
+● [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:](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-id-wallets-68fa77e6d0d7) Why the ID Wallet is the first step toward achieving a new vision for digital identity
+
+● [Part 4](https://medium.com/global-id/globalid-101-every-company-is-an-identity-company-a851beed999d): Why every company is an identity company
+
+* [...]
+
+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.
+* [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.

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+# Hyland Creds
+
+* [Hyland, Dataswift and Case Western Reserve University partner to advance web-based verifiable credential storage](https://news.hyland.com/hyland-dataswift-and-case-western-reserve-university--partner-to-advance-web-based-verifiable-credential-storage/) Hyland Credentials
+
+The initial phase of the partnership involved building a web-based interface that enables users to easily store and manage their verifiable credentials by uploading them to a user-owned, encrypted personal data account (PDA), an innovative privacy-preserving solution developed by Dataswift, another strategic partner of xLab. That account is the storage system of a personal data server legally owned by users themselves and comes with a Data Passporting function that can be called upon by any application, allowing users to license their data on demand, quickly and securely, with any relevant party.
+* [Blockcerts v3 release, a Verifiable Credentials implementation](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Dec/0051.html)  Julien Fraichot (Monday, 13 December)
+
+I am excited to share with you today the release of [Blockcerts](https://www.blockcerts.org/) V3. As you may already know the earlier versions of Blockcerts were architected by Kim H. Duffy through Learning Machine and leveraged the Open Badge standard.
+
+We have followed through with the initial [ideas established at RWOT 9 in Prague in December 2019, to align Blockcerts with the Verifiable Credential specification](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot9-prague/blob/master/final-documents/BlockcertsV3.md).
+
+The main change is the alignment with the [W3C Verifiable Credentials specification 3](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/).
+
+Regarding the standard itself metadata and display are entering the default standard. metadata comes in replacement of metadataJson and remains a stringified JSON that will allow consumers to register specific data which are too unique for issuances to be defined in the context.
+
+display brings in [a little bit of novelty 2](https://github.com/blockchain-certificates/cert-schema/blob/master/cert_schema/3.0/displaySchema.json%23L6) images or pdfs, in addition to the more classic HTML.
+

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/USA/idramp.md

@@ -23,3 +23,21 @@ New Companies we aren’t sure about:
   > Trust Stamp (Nasdaq: IDAI, Euronext Growth: AIID ID), the Privacy-First Identity CompanyTM providing AI-powered trust and identity services used globally across multiple sectors, announces a partnership with IdRamp, a leader in decentralized identity orchestration products and services. Together, they will launch an innovative biometric multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) offering that can be augmented with a range of leading access management, social sign-on, and bring-your-own identity services, all through IdRamp’s no-code platform.
 * [Passwordless Credential Orchestration Manager is Now Available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace](https://idramp.com/idramp-passwordless-credential-orchestration-manager-is-now-available-in-the-oracle-cloud-marketplace/) idRamp
   > This new service offers password elimination, identity proofing, and orchestration capabilities for any Oracle ecosystem.
+* [IdRamp Identity Solutions – Reality 2.0 Podcast](https://idramp.com/idramp-and-identity-solutions-reality-2-0-podcast/)
+
+Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Mike Vesey, CEO of IdRamp, about verifiable credentials, decentralization, and real-world identity solutions.
+* [IdRamp and QiqoChat Announce Verifiable Credentials for Online Collaboration](https://talkcmo.com/news/idramp-and-qiqochat-announce-verifiable-credentials-for-online-collaboration/)
+
+QiqoChat has really stepped up in this time of need to provide an incredible online event user-experience, enabling a re-creation of the IIW experience throughout our Covid travel restrictions. This week they announced the launch of a Verifiable Credentials integration with the QiqoChat platform.
+
+> The community of professionals working on data privacy & consumer protection has been an early adopter of QiqoChat. During regional and global conferences, they have used the platform to share ideas and deliberate about the future of user-centric identity. Through these conferences, we’ve learned how solutions like IdRamp can be tremendously empowering for Internet users.
+* [IdRamp Joins Linux Foundation Public Health Cardea Project Steering Committee](https://idramp.com/idramp-joins-linux-foundation-public-health-cardea-project-steering-committee/)
+
+The Cardea and GCCN projects are both excellent examples of breakthrough innovations that can take shape when companies and projects come together to solve real-world problems, using open source tools available to everyone
+* [21 Industry leaders from five continents join Indicio Network consortium to drive global adoption of decentralized identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/21-industry-leaders-from-five-continents-join-indicio-network-consortium-to-drive-global-adoption-of-decentralized-identity/)
+
+* [GlobaliD](https://global.id/), USA; [Uphold](https://uphold.com/), Portugal; [ID Ramp](https://idramp.com/), USA; [Cynjatech](https://www.cynja.com/), USA; [Finclusive](https://finclusive.com/), USA; [Xertify](https://xertify.co/), Colombia; [Snowbridge Inc.](https://www.snowbridge.se/), Taiwan; Entrustient, USA; [Bot Ventures, Inc](https://botventures.io/)., Canada; [BlockSpaces](https://blockspaces.io/), USA; [Blockster Labs](https://blockster.global/), [Anonyome Labs](https://anonyome.com/), Australia; [Selfd.id](https://selfd.id/), Romania; [Liquid Avatar Technologies](https://liquidavatar.com/), Canada; [Snapper Future Tech](https://snapperfuturetech.com/), India; [Lorica Identity](https://loricaidentity.com/), USA; [BizSecure](https://bizsecure.com/), USA; [Networks Synergy](https://www.synergy.kz/), Kazakhstan; Absolutely Zero Cyber, USA; [Cysecure](https://cysecure.us/), USA; [VERSES Labs](https://www.verses.io/), USA
+* [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/)
+
+IdRamp presented with Oracle at [Hyperledger Global Forum](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/hyperledger-global-forum/) June 2021. The event focused on enterprise use of blockchain technologies using the 15 projects that fall under the Hyperledger “greenhouse”. Keynotes and speakers shared their insights on the current state of enterprise blockchain adoption across several hot topics including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), non fungible tokens (NFTs), and most importantly– identity.
+

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/USA/indicio.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Indicio Tech
 
+
+* [One woman’s open-source journey to decentralized identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/one-womans-open-source-journey-to-decentralized-identity-with-the-help-of-indicio-tech/) Indicio
+  > Noha Abuaesh, a Bahrain-based computer scientist, has been exploring decentralized identity for the last year, often with assistance from Indicio.tech’s open-source tools and free communications channels.
+
 * [Indicio expands workshops and introduces a new certification program](https://indicio.tech/blog/indicio-expands-decentralized-identity-workshops-and-introduces-new-certification-program/)
 
 Looking to get up to speed in decentralized digital identity and verifiable credentials? Our custom trainings and workshops are designed to provide key insights into fundamental use cases, dive deep into the impact of the technology, and offer both technical and nontechnical audiences the opportunity to ask the questions they need to continue their education in decentralized identity. Because nothing beats learning by doing.
@@ -50,6 +54,15 @@ We’ve completed what we set out to do two years ago: finish the technology’s
 Our [new funding](https://apnews.com/press-release/accesswire/technology-business-4dbf651613d76693bc479321f7b041f5) will be used to refine the open-source, decentralized-identity technology stack. We have the basic technology for a functional ecosystem, now we improve that functionality by adding all the features, user interfaces, and management tools that make it easier to deploy, use, and monitor.* [Indicio Launches Proven, A Complete Trusted Digital Ecosystem For Sharing Actionable, Trustworthy Data](https://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id%3D708970)
 
 "Indicio Proven is how you get actionable data without sacrificing privacy or security," said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. "What makes data actionable is that it can be trusted. You can prove its source. You can prove it hasn't been faked or tampered with. Decentralized identity has long been seen as the solution to the interconnected problems of verification, privacy, and security. With Indicio Proven, the marketplace now has a range of ready-to-use products to implement that solution and create Trusted Digital Ecosystems for sharing and verifying data at any scale."
+* [Indicio launches blockchain-enabled network for identity](https://indicio.tech/blog/indicio-launches-blockchain-enabled-network-for-identity/)
+  > “Our clients asked for a stable, fully-staffed network based on Hyperledger Indy— one that could provide the  Service Level Agreements their customers need for mission-critical workloads,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. “Today, we are excited to announce that this MainNet is open for business.”
+  > 
+  > “This is the network we need to accelerate adoption of passwordless zero trust ecosystems for enterprise customers” said Mike Vesey, President of [IdRamp](https://idramp.com), a leader in decentralized identity and a Genesis Node Operator on the Network.
+* [Become a Node Operator](https://indicio.tech/blog/be-a-part-of-the-most-dynamic-network-community-in-decentralized-identity/) Indicio
+  > we’ve seen a rapid rise in demand for robust, stable, and professionally maintained networks to support decentralized identity solutions. It’s not a surprise: decentralized identity’s moment has arrived. That’s why we’ve been hard at work creating Hyperledger Indy networks upon which developers all over the world are building, testing, and launching their solutions.
+* [Indicio completes Hyperledger Indy DID Method—A Milestone in the Evolution of DID Interop](https://indicio.tech/indicio-completes-hyperledger-indy-did-method-a-milestone-in-the-evolution-of-decentralized-identity-network-interoperability/)
+
+The Indy DID Method paves the way for Hyperledger Indy credentials to scale globally by allowing Indy networks to seamlessly interoperate and create a “network-of-networks” effect.
 
 * [Prove it all with Indicio Proven](https://indicio.tech/prove-it-all-with-indicio-proven/) Indicio
 
@@ -69,3 +82,32 @@ how new identity-based technology can help people, governments and companies dev
 Indicio worked with SITA and the Aruban government to develop a decentralized identity solution for managing Covid testing and vaccination for travelers to the tourism-dependent island.
 
 
+## Code
+
+* [Why the Indicio TestNet is the Best Way to Explore Decentralized Identity](https://indicio.tech/why-the-indicio-testnet-is-the-best-way-to-explore-decentralized-identity/)
+
+Indicio Thought Leadership
+* [Introducing the Indicio DemoNet—a new decentralized network for product demonstration](https://indicio.tech/blog/introducing-the-indicio-demonet-a-new-decentralized-network-for-product-demonstration/) Indicio
+
+The Indicio DemoNet joins the [Indicio TestNet](https://indicio.tech/indicio-testnet/), which is used for developing new technology releases, and the [Indicio MainNet](https://indicio.tech/indicio-mainnet/), which hosts mission-critical products and services. With the DemoNet, Indicio now provides a full suite of networks for decentralized identity development and deployment.
+* [Scale Your Decentralized Identity Solution by Upgrading to the Indy DID Method](https://indicio.tech/scale-your-decentralized-identity-solution-by-upgrading-to-the-indy-did-method/) Indicio
+
+Again, the Indy DID Method is not an optional upgrade. It’s a major development that delivers interoperability.
+* [Identity Blockchains and Energy Consumption](https://indicio.tech/identity-blockchains-and-energy-consumption/) 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.
+* [Houston we have a Problem – An Identity Problem in the Oil and Gas industry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DIat3GYRyfpE) Indicio
+  > - President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order
+  > - The security landscape for global enterprises
+  > - Decentralized identity, what it is and how it fortifies existing data infrastructure
+  > - Case study: applying zero trust and decentralized identity to energy
+* [Bonifii increases financial inclusion with GlobaliD digital wallet and Indicio Network](https://bonifii.com/2021/10/bonifii-increases-financial-inclusion-with-globalid-digital-wallet-and-indicio-network/)
+
+CULedger is now [Bonifii](https://bonifii.com/)! Delivering a trusted peer-to-peer services network of verifiable exchange for financial cooperatives.
+* [Trust Registry or Machine-Readable Governance?](https://indicio.tech/trust-registry-or-machine-readable-governance/) Indicio Tech
+
+The world will move towards decentralized identity if we make it easy for them to do so—and easy means, above all, fast. The solution is machine readable governance—a smart way of implementing rules for how to manage trust.
+* [Decentralized Identity opens the doors for safe travel and tourism](https://indicio.tech/blog/decentralized-identity-opens-the-doors-for-safe-travel-and-tourism/) Indicio
+
+Machine readable governance enabled businesses and venues to trust that tourists had been tested on arrival by Aruba’s health department. Visitors using the digital Aruba Happy Traveler Card could be swiftly and reliably verified with a phone app. This freed both businesses and the government from the burden of mechanically collecting data with the attendant risk of error or fraud.
+
+* [Paving the way to safer travel](https://indicio.tech/blog/paving-the-way-to-safer-travel/) Indicio

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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Liquid Avatar - KABN
+
+* [Panel: Start Simple to Scale Decentralized Identity](https://hgf2021.sched.com/event/j3ej%23new_tab) HGF2021 • Indicio
+  > Liquid Avatar Technologies and Indicio.tech will share how together they are transitioning the current KABN ID solution to verifiable credentials by building the Liquid Avatar Verifiable Credentials Ecosystem utilizing Hyperledger Aries, Ursa, and Indy.
+* [Liquid Avatar Technologies and Bonifii Make VCs Accessible for People and Financial Institutions in the Metaverse](https://bonifii.com/2021/11/liquid-avatar-technologies-and-bonifii-make-verifiable-credentials-accessible-for-people-and-financial-institutions-in-the-metaverse/) Bonifii
+  > “The metaverse and Web 3.0 are here, and we are building the infrastructure to manage how we’re going to live, work, and play in the intersection of the real and the digital,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indico. “Bonifii and Liquid Avatar get it, they’re on it and we’re excited to help them realize their vision.“
+* [Indicio and Liquid Avatar Technologies Launch Canada’s First Privacy-Preserving Decentralized Technology for Sharing Health Data](https://indicio.tech/indicio-and-liquid-avatar-technologies-launch-canadas-first-privacy-preserving-decentralized-technology-for-sharing-health-data/) Indicio
+
+“Liquid Avatar Technologies shares Indicio’s vision—the world needs technology that works for people by delivering real privacy and security,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. “When we launched the Indicio Network, we saw the need for a space for innovative companies to collaborate on changing how we manage identity, enable verification, and create trust. Our partnership with Liquid Avatar Technologies, one of many, shows what can happen when innovators solve pressing problems with ground-breaking technology.”
+* [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%23new_tab)
+
+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.
+* [Indicio and Liquid Avatar Technologies Launch Canada’s First Privacy-Preserving Decentralized Technology for Sharing Health Data](https://indicio.tech/indicio-and-liquid-avatar-technologies-launch-canadas-first-privacy-preserving-decentralized-technology-for-sharing-health-data/) Indicio
+
+“Liquid Avatar Technologies shares Indicio’s vision—the world needs technology that works for people by delivering real privacy and security,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. “When we launched the Indicio Network, we saw the need for a space for innovative companies to collaborate on changing how we manage identity, enable verification, and create trust. Our partnership with Liquid Avatar Technologies, one of many, shows what can happen when innovators solve pressing problems with ground-breaking technology.”
+* [KABN Network Joins the Trust Over IP Foundation](https://www.accesswire.com/616265/KABN-Network-Joins-the-Trust-Over-IP-Foundation)
+  > KABN aims to use proven bank-grade identity verification processes to allow Holders (who use a credential), Verifiers (who confirm the validity of a credential) and Issuers (who produce the credential) to complete transactions of many kinds including financial services, eCommerce transactions, organization, building and visitor access badges among others.

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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Magic Labs
+* [Magic Product Updates: December Edition](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-product-updates-december-edition-7a24a3dcd4e4) MagicLabs
+
+Since our last product update, we’ve launched a multifaceted set of capabilities that enable you to do more with Magic.
+
+* [Building a low-code, opinionated approach to plug & play login](https://medium.com/magiclabs/building-a-low-code-opinionated-approach-to-plug-and-play-login-21bb30dca9a4) Magic Labs
+
+Magic Login Form represents a new onboarding experience for end-users, so we wanted to revamp our own onboarding experience for developers to match. Learning about auth can quickly derail any developer’s good day. Striking the balance between good UX and good security can just boggle the mind.
+* [Magic at HackOn2.0](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-at-hackon2-0-9187d0e24d86)
+
+At Magic, we love to be where developers hang out. As a Developer Advocate, it’s especially fun to connect with devs dreaming up big ideas and hacking them into reality. Back in April, the HackOn2.0 team reached out to me to talk about getting Magic involved in their next hackathon. We jumped at the opportunity and were so glad to support the HackOn2.0’s vibrant community.
+* [Developers: SMS Authentication is Challenging](https://medium.com/magiclabs/building-sms-authentication-c2cabccbd5f8) Magic Labs
+  > SMS (Short Message Service) messaging¹, despite a number of material challenges, has broad adoption, international regulations, and support across platforms.
+
+* [3 Types of Passwordless Authentication for Web 3.0](https://medium.com/magiclabs/types-of-passwordless-authentication-for-web-3-958062e9d265) MagicLabs
+
+Passwordless authentication is a fundamental shift in how people will access their tools and information online, and it will provide more security, prevent billions in losses, and create greater transparency.
+
+* [Decrypt trusts Magic to onboard record new user growth with the launch of reader tokens and rewards](https://medium.com/magiclabs/decrypt-trusts-magic-to-onboard-record-new-user-growth-with-the-launch-of-reader-tokens-and-rewards-14d791e582d5)
+
+I’ll cover how the Decrypt team streamlined development and onboarding to launch Decrypt Tokens and Drops — along with how crypto DNA and a leading product and team drove their trust in Magic.
+
+
+* [Magic: A Key-Based Authentication System For Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.dropbox.com/s/3flqaszoigwis5b/Magic%2520Whitepaper.pdf?dl%3D0)
+
+Since Magic’s authentication protocol is based on key pairs provided by decentralized blockchain networks, it is platform-independent and thus able to provide authentication service without having to rely on centralized identity providers.
+
+* [Magic Raises $27M to Future-Proof Authentication](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-raises-27m-to-future-proof-authentication-79d8c63b2813)
+
+Magic makes it plug and play for developers to add secure, passwordless login, like magic links and WebAuthn, to their applications. Users are no longer exposed to password-related risks from the very start.

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-
-
-* [5 Reasons Why Our NFMe ID is a Game Changer](https://itheum.medium.com/5-reasons-why-our-nfme-id-is-a-game-changer-6e07d704ebae) • [Itheum](https://www.itheum.io/)
-
-When “leased out”, the other party can access your personal data — in this manner, the NFMe ID acts as an “authorization key” that allows third parties to use your data in a fair way to generate a shared value between the third party and the owner of the data.
-
-
-
-Video: [#MARK Studio - Create tamper-proof, secure and globally verifiable digital credentials instantly](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZAbiQci1x9w) Dhiway Networks
-
-
-* [FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked](https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/26/zimbabwe-flexid-algorand-funding-decentralized-identity/) TechCrunch
-
-FlexID is giving users a blockchain wallet that stores their verificable credentials. Verification is done on-chain through Algorand, which bills itself as a solution to the [blockchain trilemma](https://www.google.com/search?q%3Dalgorand%2Btrilemma%26oq%3Dalgorand%2Btrilem%26aqs%3Dchrome.0.0i512j69i57j0i390.2391j0j9%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26ie%3DUTF-8) of security, scalability and decentralization. FlexID will also be integrating with other Algorand decentralized apps (dApps).
-
-* [Local digital identity startup FlexID receives funding from Algorand Foundation](https://www.techzim.co.zw/2022/05/local-digital-identity-startup-flexid-receives-funding-from-algorand-foundation/) TechZim
-
-Zimbabwean founded blockchain start-up, [FlexID Technologies](https://www.flexfintx.com/) (formerly FlexFinTx), has signed a Simple Agreement For Equity (SAFE) with the [Algorand Foundation](https://www.algorand.com/), to further develop and scale their Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) platform
-
-
-
-- [Proof ID and Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/proof-id-and-self-sovereign-identity) by [5ire](https://5ire.org/) we can’t find out much about them
-- [Daon Provides Biometric Authentication for African Blockchain Identity Platform](https://findbiometrics.com/daon-provides-biometric-authentication-african-blockchain-identity-platform-06100/)
-
-* [Verite: Growing a Decentralized Identity Ecosystem](https://www.centre.io/blog/verite-growing-a-decentralized-identity-ecosystem) Centre Consortium
-
-Developed last year and launched in Q1 of 2022, the [Verite standard](https://verite.id/verite) welcomes this flourishing of products and experiments with Verifiable Credentials and other privacy-preserving, data-minimizing patterns and principles.
-
-* [Introducing Verite](https://docs.centre.io/blog/introducing-verite) Justin Hunter, Pinata, Centre
-
-But as the world shifts to an increasingly digital native format, and as people take more ownership over their identity, how can the issuance of, presentation of, and verification of credentials be managed?
-
-Short promo User Journey videos
-
-* [SICPA Digital Identity for Travel - Sharing and Validating Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DG_6d39R_Thk)
-
-* [SICPA Digital Identity for Refugees - Creating, Using and Validating Credentials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DOoDZFEyRN8k)
-
-* [Filecoin Explorer Awards](https://explorerawards.org/) first round of applications is due July 15th and the second round is due August 15th
-
-
-
-* [The Future of Digital Identity: Separating the digital from the individual](https://www.finextra.com/the-long-read/421/the-future-of-digital-identity-separating-the-digital-from-the-individual) ([Report](https://www.finextra.com/finextra-downloads/research/documents/245/the-future-of-digital-identity-2022.pdf)
-
-While biometrics are now part and parcel of life in 2022 – with the prevalence of mobile payments with Face ID and Touch ID – the concept of real-time and frictionless processes is what is driving the future of digital identity forward.
-* [Gitcoin Passport To Make Fundraising, Governance More Fair](https://blockworks.co/gitcoin-passport-to-make-fundraising-governance-more-fair/) Blockworks
-
-Gitcoin isn’t the only project trying to solve decentralized identification (DID), but it does have a leg-up on the so-called “cold start” problem, Owocki said.
-
-“What everyone else is missing is usage.” Today there are few if any dApps using DID, thus few users care about having an effective DID system, and decentralized apps have no incentive to prioritize it.
-
-New Podcast: [The Week in Identity](https://anchor.fm/the-cyber-hut/)
-
-"The Week in Identity" is focused on providing a weekly analyst briefing on the latest identity and access management news events, funding rounds, conference updates and more. Identity is now foundational for all employee, consumer and device based security and usability projects and is changing rapidly. Hosts Simon Moffatt (Founder at The Cyber Hut) and David Mahdi (ex-Gartner Analyst and CISO Advisor) provide impartial analyst comment and opinion on some of the most exciting trends within the IAM landscape.
-
-* [Age-Verification Solution TruAge to be Deployed by CDE Services, Inc., Expanding Access to Convenience Stores Nationwide](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/age-verification-solution-truage-to-be-deployed-by-cde-services-inc-expanding-access-to-convenience-stores-nationwide-301597284.html) PRNewswire
-
-"The convenience retailing industry conducts 165 million transactions a day and 50 million of them involve an age-restricted product. It is exciting to announce that TruAge will be implemented into thousands of stores that conduct age-restricted transactions," said TruAge CEO Kyle McKeen.
-
-* [Zetrix Paving the Way with Recent W3C Recommendation of Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) as the New Identity Standard](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/278724/20220802/zetrix-paving-the-way-with-recent-w3c-recommendation-of-decentralised-identifiers-dids-as-the-new-identity-standard.htm) TechTimes
-  > Zetrix recently announced their [partnership with Xinghuo BIF](https://beincrypto.com/xinghuo-bif-and-zetrix-jointly-introduce-web3-services/), the national blockchain of China that is supported by all levels of the Chinese government. Xinghuo BIF is already running at a scale that allows it to process 94 million identifiers daily, and ZID will act as the international extension of Xinghuo's on-chain signing service known as Spark.
-
-* [Demonstration of FuixLabs Self Sovereign Identity product Dominon to TownHall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DZqMInFHg-KA)
-* [Cerebrum Launches Identity Pittsburgh Initiative in Partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's ETIM Program](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cerebrum-launches-identity-pittsburgh-initiative-in-partnership-with-carnegie-mellon-universitys-etim-program-301616404.html) PRNewswire
-
-One example use case is medical records, which are often stored in central repositories and are hard for patients to access or share. Verifiable credentials offer an alternative — have patients store their medical records in digital wallets they control — which solves issues with interoperability, data ownership, and data access.
-* [@ProtoResearch](https://twitter.com/ProtoResearch) [Protocol Labs Research](https://twitter.com/ProtoResearch)
-
-Looking to improve the DWeb? Take a look at our RFP-013: "Cryptonet Network Grants" and how you can be awarded up to $35,000 USD for solving research problems regarding cryptography: [https://grants.protocol.ai/prog/rfp-013_cryptonet_network_grants/](https://grants.protocol.ai/prog/rfp-013_cryptonet_network_grants/)
-
-* [What’s new in sideos 2.0](https://www.sideos.io/media-hub/simple-data-management-suite-trustless-interactions) SideOS
-
-sideos is a simple data ecosystem backed by a new web standard: self-sovereign identity, or SSI.
-
-* [@open_measure](https://twitter.com/open_measure) · [44m](https://twitter.com/open_measure/status/1398540528090759170)
-
-Our #IAM #VendorManagement database just exceeded the 100 entries threshold! There's still a lot of work but it shows already how the IAM #market is a vibrant, diverse, and innovative industry - find out more and contribute at [https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VEN/pages/195133452/Vendor+Database](https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VEN/pages/195133452/Vendor%2BDatabase)
-
-* [Wider’s High Assurance Digital Identity Maturity Model](https://wider.team/2021/06/20/widers-high-assurance-digital-identity-maturity-model/) Wider Team
-
-It starts with IdentityOps embracing high assurance for connected devices. You’re bringing together internal stakeholders from your network management, security, procurement, legal, and device care teams. You’re bringing in clinical outcome quality professionals concerned with data provenance, from clinicians who touch your devices and authenticate through them and authorize them to provide services.
-* [Gravity, Tykn advance interoperability of two decentralized ID solutions for the humanitarian sector](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/gravity-tykn-advance-interoperability-of-two-decentralized-id-solutions-for-the-humanitarian-sector-899847099d0e)
-
-Gravity and Tykn are pleased to announce our continued collaboration to advance the interoperability of our two distinct decentralized identity solutions for improved identity management in the humanitarian sector.
-
-* [We are now officially live in Myanmar!](https://zada.io/we-are-now-officially-live-in-myanmar/)
-
-ZADA apps are all launched and our first digital ID – a COVIDPASS – is being issued by Pun Hlaing Hospitals to everyone who gets vaccinated.
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-* [Ethiopia: Innovation - Here's What Cardano (ADA) Has Been Up to With the Ethiopia Project](https://allafrica.com/stories/202108190100.html)
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-"The vision of the company is to improve the systems of the world for everyone everywhere, and the places that need better systems aren't necessarily Berlin or New York City. So you have to go to places that are a little more difficult, and you have to be very careful as you do it."
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-* [PUBLISH to launch ‘PUBLISHiD’, blockchain-based authentication application, in September](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-to-launch-publishid-blockchain-based-authentication-application-in-september-6b0394852fb3)
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-PUBLISHiD users will further be able to assemble collections of verifiable credentials from one or more issuers into a single [verifiable presentation](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/%23dfn-verifiable-presentations). Other features include DAuth-based authentication, single-sign on (SSO), and an agent ID service capable of handling the management of and security between credential issuers and verifiers.
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-* [Digitizing the 1st Mile with Blockchain, AI, and Self Sovereign Identity Connecting Coffee Farmers from Field to 1st Sip in Sustainable Supply Chains with Farmer Connect](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supply-chain-revolution/id1496899179?i%3D1000507363757) Supply Chain Revolution
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-Think about the journey of a coffee bean from East Africa to the consumer. Thousands of miles away in the 1 sip to field wrapped in a complex, and often unsustainable, inequitable supply chain. There are 25 million people living in the coffee ecosystem, and 2.5 billion coffee drinkers worldwide, and that number is expected to 2-3X in coming years.
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-* [The Role of SSI in MOBIX’ Deep Parking](https://mobix.ai/2021/09/02/ssi-for-mobix-deep-parking/)
-* [Talking tech and discussing data on the ‘Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission’ Podcast](https://blog.digi.me/2021/10/06/talking-tech-and-discussing-data-on-the-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-podcast/) Digi.Me
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-Julian describes digi.me’s mission of empowering people with their personal data, as individuals know where all their data is, while they also have “a right for that data”. By having that knowledge and ownership, only individuals have “unlimited usage rights” to unlock the potential data has to be a force for good.
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-* [XSL Labs: Your Data Belongs to You](https://www.xsl-labs.io/whitepaper/white_paper_en.pdf)
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-The SDI technology constitutes a very important example of decentralized counter-power to the web giants. The SDI maintains to keep the practicality of a unique identifier while guaranteeing the security of the data and the user's sovereignty over it.
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-* [There’s No Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in X-Road](https://www.niis.org/blog/2021/10/3/theres-no-distributed-ledger-technology-dlt-in-x-road)
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-X-Road and distributed ledgers are both based on decentralized architecture. Distributed ledgers don't typically have central administration, which means that they're entirely decentralized. Instead, X-Road is technically decentralized, but an X-Road ecosystem is always built around a centralized governance model managed by the X-Road operator.
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-* [PUBLISH pitches world’s first decentralized identity solution for journalists to International Federation of Journalists](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-pitches-worlds-first-decentralized-identity-solution-for-journalists-to-international-abaaad0362a5)
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-PUBLISH CEO Sonny Kwon gave an overview of a press ID app PUBLISH is building in collaboration with the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK). He explained that the mobile application, which leverages decentralized identity (DID) technology to manage press credentials, would help the JAK combat misinformation and reduce administrative costs associated with its current press credentialing process.
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-* [Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) – user-focused concept for data-efficient identity management](https://assets.bosch.com/media/global/research/eot/bosch-eot-ssi-principle_en.pdf) Bosch
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-“Since offering users control and sovereignty over their own data is a highly desirable goal, we are working with innovation partners to establish an identity system that works without any central data collector and is operated equally by many participants,” says Dr. Nik Scharmann, Project Director of the “Economy of Things” (EoT) strategic advance engineering project at Bosch Research.
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-* [The First No Code Solution for Trusted Decentralized Digital Identity SSI on Redundant Blockchains](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/entrustient-launches-the-first-no-code-solution-for-trusted-decentralized-digital-identity-using-self-sovereign-identity-on-redundant-blockchains-301436112.html) Entrustient
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-"When building product-market-fit for our platform, we listened constantly to frustrated customers who embraced the concept of SSI, Verifiable Credentials and Blockchains, but who gave up on piecemealing a solution. And the reasons were mostly due to the lack of specialized SSI developers, implementing complex SDK's and code builds, and trying to provision onto blockchain networks,"
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-* [Swisscom partners with Orell Füssli for identity](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swisscom-identity/) Ledger Insights
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-This isn’t Swisscom Blockchain’s first identity partnership. It also has a relationship with [Adresta](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swiss-watch-identity-startup-adresta-partners-with-swisscom-blockchain/), which developed a digital identity solution for watches.
-* [Merit grabs $50M Series B to expand digital credentials platform](https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/12/merit-grabs-50m-series-b-to-expand-digital-credentials-platform/) TechCrunch
-
-The company spent the last five years working with various governments to build connectors to these licensing databases to allow third parties to access the data and have it update automatically. So if you are a plumbing company, you can display your employees’ plumbing credentials on the company website and have them update automatically when the license is renewed (or show that it wasn’t).
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-* [The open source companies Vereign and DAASI International will lay the cornerstone for the use of state-of-the-art SSI technology in the Gaia-X sub-project GXFS.](https://daasi.de/en/2022/02/04/ssi_gaia-x/)
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-For the realisation of the three projects, Self-Sovereign Identity will be a quintessential technology. A decentralised identity is supposed to allow users more self-determination in regards to identity data by putting the user in charge of the storage and transfer of their data. The data is only stored in a so-called wallet which belongs to the user. The wallet also contains digital keys for the authentication with services – making individual profiles for each service obsolete. State-of-the-art Blockchain technology ensures the reliability of the used data. Vereign AG, the head of the consortium, has been working with and on this technology for quite a while already. DAASI International will lend their expertise in the development of innovative open source software, as well as in classic identity management authentication technologies, and help with the development and overall realisation of the project.
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-* [IOTA and TradeMark East Africa partner to improve infrastructure & trade through technology](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DbnAfclXTaeI)
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-The Trade Logistics Information Pipeline (TLIP) aims to create an interconnectivity technology highway for Eastern African businesses and governments’ agencies systems to communicate in a transparent and secure manner amongst themselves and with international counterparts.
-
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-* [Interview with IAMX -Self-Sovereign Identity SSI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D9-5WL6FuOlA) Spicy Dumpling Show
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-insights on what IAMX does, how can users and telcos can benefit from it, and why would users be interested in and trust IAMX. Later we talked about the recording and securing of biometric information. IAMX is having an ISPO
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-* [CrypTalk](https://www.cryptalk.app/) is a messaging service designed to bring together verified projects and potential investors by creating a safe and secure crypto space. Crypto projects undergo thorough verifications and a number of security measures before being verified by CrypTalk.
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-* [Digital Catapult](https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/) and [Sellafield Ltd](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd) have selected two innovative startups, [Condatis](https://condatis.com/), and [Jitsuin](https://jitsuin.com/), to implement advanced digital technology solutions to support the nuclear industry to continue to monitor skills within the sector, and to provide a trusted and secure record for tracking hazardous waste and materials.
-
-## Company Posts
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-### Fujisu
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-* [How the convergence of SSI and AI can give people back control over their identity](https://corporate-blog.global.fujitsu.com/fgb/2022-04-20/02/) FUJITSU BLOG
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-As for the near future, Fujitsu envisions enhancing the distributed identity, data privacy, and consent management platform, which would open up all of the benefits described in this article on an as-a-Service basis to any player.
-* [Fujitsu declares success in trial of self-sovereign ID for students with university](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202204/fujitsu-declares-success-in-trial-of-self-sovereign-id-for-students-with-university) Biometric Updates
-
-To resolve the complications, Fujitsu says it collaborated with the Keio Research Institute at SFC on a digital identity technology in September 2021, which resulted in an identity conversion gateway that enables multiple identity infrastructures to be interconnected without using a unified protocol.
-
-### Civic
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-* [Civic Secure Identity Users: Say Hello to Civic Wallet](https://www.civic.com/blog/civic-secure-identity-is-now-civic-wallet/) just this week they released a new wallet. 
-* [Introducing: Civic Pass Integration Guide](https://www.civic.com/blog/civic-pass-integration-guide/)
-
-Now, we’re making [Civic Pass available to developers everywhere](https://docs.civic.com/). The idea is that developers can plug Civic Pass into their platform and create an identity layer that allows for a permissioned dApp platform, be it a DEX, an NFT marketplace or mint, a metaverse, or who knows what else you’ll come up with.
-
-Acquisition of the Week
-
-
-### Magic Labs
-* [Magic Product Updates: December Edition](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-product-updates-december-edition-7a24a3dcd4e4) MagicLabs
-
-Since our last product update, we’ve launched a multifaceted set of capabilities that enable you to do more with Magic.
-
-* [Building a low-code, opinionated approach to plug & play login](https://medium.com/magiclabs/building-a-low-code-opinionated-approach-to-plug-and-play-login-21bb30dca9a4) Magic Labs
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-Magic Login Form represents a new onboarding experience for end-users, so we wanted to revamp our own onboarding experience for developers to match. Learning about auth can quickly derail any developer’s good day. Striking the balance between good UX and good security can just boggle the mind.
-* [Magic at HackOn2.0](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-at-hackon2-0-9187d0e24d86)
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-At Magic, we love to be where developers hang out. As a Developer Advocate, it’s especially fun to connect with devs dreaming up big ideas and hacking them into reality. Back in April, the HackOn2.0 team reached out to me to talk about getting Magic involved in their next hackathon. We jumped at the opportunity and were so glad to support the HackOn2.0’s vibrant community.
-
-### Transmute Industries
-
-* [Transmute Closes $2M Seed Round](https://medium.com/transmute-techtalk/transmute-closes-2m-seed-round-a0a2e6c90467) this week. This is fantastic news for them and the whole ecosystem. Transmute is a great company developing products for supply chain use-cases and is collaborating with GS1. They also are part of the SVIP (Silicon Valley Innovation program) lead by Anil John.  *Full disclosure Kaliya has a formal advising relationship with Transmute.*
-
-### Forgerock
-
-* [ForgeRock goes public](https://ludopoitou.com/2021/09/16/we-did-it/)
-  > Today is an huge milestone for ForgeRock. We are becoming a public company, with our stock publicly traded under the “FORG” symbol, at the New York Stock Exchange.
-* [IAM 101 Series: What Are Directory Services?](https://www.forgerock.com/blog/iam-101-series-what-are-directory-services) Forgerock
-
-### Omidyar
-
-* [Corporations, Capital Markets, & the Common Good — How We’re Working to Reorient the Rules and Rebalance Power in Our Economy](https://omidyarnetwork.medium.com/corporations-capital-markets-the-common-good-how-were-working-to-reorient-the-rules-and-f54feeb9617d) Omidiyar
-  > as part of our commitment to [Reimagining Capitalism](https://omidyar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Guide-Design_V12_JTB05_interactive-1.pdf), Omidyar Network is committing $10 million to a new focus area: Corporations, Capital Markets, and the Common Good. The vision for this work is to reshape the rules that govern markets to incentivize corporations and their investors to contribute to the common good, curb the pressures that drive businesses to contribute to negative outcomes on people and the planet, and empower stakeholders to hold companies accountable for their impacts on society.
-* [Lessons in Good Leadership for Good ID](https://medium.com/omidyar-network/lessons-in-good-leadership-for-good-id-52a79dd69cf2) Omidyar Network
-
-Insights from a year-long evaluation of our Digital Identity program
-
-### Identos 
-
-* [IDENTOS puts developers first in its latest product release](https://www.identos.com/2022/09/07/identos-puts-developers-first-in-its-latest-product-release/)
-
-FPX Junction is a cloud-based set of software products which provide fine-grained API authorization and user centric identity management capabilities.
-
-Verifiable Credentials Support – Evolving to support Verifiable Credentials, FPX Junction includes an updated digital wallet API which enables the holding, receiving and presentation of [W3C Verifiable Credentials](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/) using W3C Decentralized Identifiers. FPX Junction meets requirements for [Aries Interop Profile 2.0](https://aries-interop.info/aries-interop-intro.html) and [DIDComm](https://identity.foundation/didcomm-messaging/spec/) based credential exchanges.
-
-### Bloom
-* [Bloom Integrates with Plaid to Enable Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-integrates-with-plaid-to-enable-verifiable-credentials/)
-  > Bloom is excited to announce an integration with [Plaid](https://plaid.com/), a data network that powers the digital financial ecosystem. The Plaid integration gives Bloom the ability to offer consumer-permissioned, traditional financial data for better risk assessment through [OnRamp](https://onramp.co/).
-* [Bloom OnRamp Has Arrived](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-onramp-has-arrived/)
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-Beyond OnRamp’s direct data integrations, the platform also supports the ability for third party credentials to enter the OnRamp platform via the WACI specification
-
-### Bonfii
-
-* [Bonifii and Entersekt Announce New Context-Aware Authentication Solution for Credit Unions](https://bonifii.com/2022/04/bonifii-and-entersekt-announce-new-context-aware-authentication-solution-for-credit-unions/)
-  > Bonifii and Entersekt today announced a new partnership bringing context-aware authentication technology to credit unions through MemberPass Express, powered by Entersekt. MemberPass is the first KYC-compliant member-controlled digital identity issued by credit union cooperatives.
-* [Equifax Launches Digital Identity as a Service](https://bonifii.com/2021/10/equifax-launches-digital-identity-as-a-service/) CU Ledger
-  > Equifax Digital Identity as a Service gives credit union members more control over their information and will help to facilitate faster and easier user experiences for previously onboarded users. Functionality from Equifax’s suite of identity protection products including [Digital Identity Trust](https://www.equifax.com/business/digital-authentication/), Document Verification and the recently acquired [Kount Identity Trust Global Network](https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fkount.com%252f%26c%3DE,1,P0Lh3syJAhSnb3ckebQ1p8C29xvkkJ94klUQn8bpJ0Dl1XUoFwXkyPWAlTmWqD3i3bv6IWqRyqfz7_JzzpwIpG4zrWtxyIfflytpAkuFg7nn_Q,,%26typo%3D1) are incorporated into the new holistic solution.
-* [Liquid Avatar Technologies and Bonifii Make VCs Accessible for People and Financial Institutions in the Metaverse](https://bonifii.com/2021/11/liquid-avatar-technologies-and-bonifii-make-verifiable-credentials-accessible-for-people-and-financial-institutions-in-the-metaverse/) Bonifii
-  > “The metaverse and Web 3.0 are here, and we are building the infrastructure to manage how we’re going to live, work, and play in the intersection of the real and the digital,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indico. “Bonifii and Liquid Avatar get it, they’re on it and we’re excited to help them realize their vision.“
-
-### Hyland Creds
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-* [Hyland, Dataswift and Case Western Reserve University partner to advance web-based verifiable credential storage](https://news.hyland.com/hyland-dataswift-and-case-western-reserve-university--partner-to-advance-web-based-verifiable-credential-storage/) Hyland Credentials
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-The initial phase of the partnership involved building a web-based interface that enables users to easily store and manage their verifiable credentials by uploading them to a user-owned, encrypted personal data account (PDA), an innovative privacy-preserving solution developed by Dataswift, another strategic partner of xLab. That account is the storage system of a personal data server legally owned by users themselves and comes with a Data Passporting function that can be called upon by any application, allowing users to license their data on demand, quickly and securely, with any relevant party.
-
-### Block
-
-
-* [Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block](https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-changes-name-to-block)
-
-Block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same.
-
-* [Daniel Ƀrrr @csuwildcat](https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1457766409233059841)
-
-5 years after establishing Decentralized Identity at Microsoft, where I had the opportunity to work with great folks developing open source DID infrastructure (e.g. ION), standards, and products, I am joining Square to lead Decentralized Identity.
-
-### Energy Web
-
-* [Energy Web Quarterly Update](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/energy-web-quarterly-update-855feb5878b6)
-
-Switchboards, our enterprise-grade self sovereign identity and access management solution built on the W3C administered decentralized identifier standard. Examples include [Stedin’s identity and access management solution](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/stedin-the-dutch-distribution-system-operator-announces-partnership-with-energy-web-to-explore-cd278623809b), [CAISO flex alert](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/california-grid-operator-launches-new-demand-flexibility-platform-enhancements-to-flex-alert-system-e01ae8030da0), [and our work with Vodafone](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/energy-web-announces-development-of-renewable-energy-ev-charging-with-vodafone-and-mastercard-94e1ac4c4aa1), [Kigen, and KORE wireless](https://medium.com/energy-web-insights/kore-collaborates-with-kigen-and-energy-web-to-provide-integrated-esim-based-trusted-identity-b22854958851).
-
-### Ping
-
-* [Ping to Target IAM Startups With New $50 Million Venture Fund](https://findbiometrics.com/ping-target-iam-startups-with-new-50-million-venture-fund-062205/)
-
-That includes companies that are trying to prevent digital fraud, as well as companies that are engaged in identity verification and decentralized identity projects. However, the list is not exhaustive [...] [Allthenticate](https://www.allthenticate.com/) will be the recipient of its first investment.
-
-* [Thoma Bravo to acquire Ping Identity for $2.8B](https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252523468/Thoma-Bravo-to-acquire-Ping-Identity-for-28B) TechTarget
-
-* [Ping Identity to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 Billion](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/ping-newsroom/press-releases/2022/ping-identity-to-be-acquired-by-thoma-bravo-for-2-billion.html) Ping Identity
-
-
-### Authenteq
-
-* [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!
-
-### Lissi
-
-* [Lissi demonstrates authentication for Gaia-X Federation Services](https://lissi-id.medium.com/lissi-demonstrates-authentication-for-gaia-x-federation-services-819e9bbe70ad) Lissi ID
-  > Gaia-X creates an open, federated digital ecosystem for data infrastructure for decentralized cloud and edge workloads and data sharing capabilities. As part of the core services, the so-called Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS) are targeting the areas of Identity & Trust, Federated Catalogue, Sovereign Data Exchange and Compliance as open-source reference implementations.
-Centre - Verite
-* [Lissi Connect Demo](https://lissi-id.medium.com/lissi-connect-demo-d6db29db7755) <- in German
-  > The login is only the start of the mutual customer relationship users do not want to monitor and maintain dozens of communication interfaces, but prefer a solution that brings these aspects together. This includes not only login services, but also newsletters, information letters from the bank, digital proof of any kind and other relevant personal information. The media break and the fragmentation of the current systems poses a major challenge for users and organizations. However, once stored in the user's wallet, this information can be easily managed, sorted and presented as needed.
-* [The Lissi Wallet is now available in 12 languages!](https://lissi-id.medium.com/the-lissi-wallet-is-now-available-in-12-languages-f88e56b04e19)
-  > Lanugauges supported: Arabic • English • French • German • Italian • Korean • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Romanian • Spanish • Turkish
-
-> the language is only a small part of the whole user experience. The task is to design a universal cockpit, which people can navigate regardless of their social background. Similar to a dashboard in a car, which doesn’t look too different wherever you go. In order to achieve this, we have to standardize the icons, colours and user-flows to a certain degree. However, on the other hand, they need to be adjusted to the target audience.
-
-## Validated ID
-
-* [Validated ID turns 10 years old! The best is yet to come](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-id-turns-10-years-old-the-best-is-yet-to-come) ValidatedID
-  > Today, we want to celebrate our ten years, reflecting on what we have accomplished and anticipating the future, because we are sure that there will be many more to come. As a result, we want to reaffirm our commitment to our objectives and mission. Moreover, we strive to improve our operations to ensure a prosperous future for our customers and partners.
-* [Validated ID raises € 2M in financing round](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-id-raises-eu-2m-in-financing-round-from-randstad-innovation-fund-caixa-capital-risc-and-cuatrecasas-ventures)
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-The new financing is led by Randstad Innovation Fund, Caixa Capital Risc, and Cuatrecasas Ventures
-
-### Walt ID
-
-* [The SSI Kit](https://walt.id/blog/p/ssi-kit) Walt ID
-  > The SSI Kit bundles three components, one for each functionality profile:
-  > 
-  > - Signatory ™ for Issuers enables organisations to transform any identity-related information into digital credentials in order to replace paper documents and automate data provision to stakeholders.
-  > - Custodian ™ for Holders enables individuals and organisations to securely store, manage and share keys and identity data via data hubs (“wallets”). (Web-Based wallet)
-  > - Auditor ™ for Verifiers enables organisations to verify identity data in order to authenticate or identify stakeholders and offer frictionless access to services or products.
-* [The Wallet](https://walt.id/blog/p/wallet) Walt
-  > This post introduces our new open source product: the Wallet, which enables developers and organisations to put Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) into the hands and pockets of the people via easy-to-use applications.
-* [Me, myself and (SS)I Why everybody must have a Self-Sovereign Identity in 5 years](https://web-assets.bcg.com/6b/6d/84e00cad4c939c870d833b96321c/white-paper-me-myself-ssi.pdf)
-* [Open Policy Agent: Credential validation powered by the Open Policy Agent](https://docs.walt.id/v/ssikit/ssi-kit/open-policy-agent) Walt ID
-  > The Open Policy Agent ([https://www.openpolicyagent.org](https://www.openpolicyagent.org)) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine that unifies policy enforcement. OPA provides a high-level declarative language called [Rego](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/%23rego) that lets you specify policy as code in order to offload policy decision-making from your business logic.
-
-### Animo
-
-* [https://demo.animo.id/](https://demo.animo.id/)
-
-It allows people to experience SSI first-hand by choosing a character and 'playing' through their unique use cases. The student can enrol in college, visit a club or join a gym, while the business woman can attend a conference and check into a hotel for example. It was built with Aries Framework JavaScript's REST API and supports the Lissi and the Trinsic wallet
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-### darkmatterlabs
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-* [DM Note #6 — Building the Spatial Justice Mission](https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/dm-note-6-building-the-spatial-justice-mission-3b3fc6b11db5) DarkMatter Labs
-
-Self-sovereign objects are are self-executing and self-owning; capable of determining their own lifecycle to maximise material utility and performance whilst minimizing negative environmental impacts. Augmented by sensing capabilities and the ability to autonomously execute smart contracts, material objects could continuously monitor their own performance and contract for their maintenance, repair or recycling.
-
-### Ubisecure
-
-* [Digital identity in the UK in 2021 with TrueProfile.io’s René Seifert](https://www.ubisecure.com/podcast/digital-identity-uk-2021-ssi-trueprofile-rene-seifert/)
-
-“I think it’s interesting if we overlay this utopia of a self-sovereign identity that sounds maybe like science fiction today, and where these UK digital initiatives are geared, and my best guess is we can and will land somewhere in the middle.”
-
-### Elastos
-* [Elastos DID: What’s Ahead for 2021](https://news.elastos.org/elastos-did-whats-ahead-for-2021/)
-  > Tuum Tech is working on an Elastos DID-based application called Profile, a rising competitor to LinkedIn – in large part by leveraging Elastos DIDs. Unlike in conventional applications where data and identities are managed and controlled by centralized systems, users will retain full ownership of their data when using Profile.
-
-### Tru
-* [Tru.net](https://www.tru.net/) is live and ready for communities/users
-  > If you are looking for an alternative to Facebook that uses DIDs as its foundation and other protocols that are free to use ([JLINC](https://www.jlinc.com/) Kaliya highly recommend Tru.net
-
-### IDPro
-
-
-* [CIDPRO™ – Certified Identity Professional – program](https://idpro.org/cidpro/)
-  > - Basic elements of an identity solution
-  > - Identifiers, identity lifecycle, and identity proofing
-  > - Security for identity
-  > - Rules and standards
-  > - Operational considerations
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-### Onfido
-* [Remittances Specialist Leverages Biometric Onboarding Via Onfido](https://findbiometrics.com/remittances-specialist-leverages-biometric-onboarding-via-onfido-050604/) Find Biometrics
-
-Chipper Cash has become the latest financial institution to adopt Onfido’s identity verification technology. The company currently operates one of the largest money transfer platforms in Africa, and is hoping
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-### KYC CHain
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-* [KYC-Chain & CrypTalk Join Hands](https://kyc-chain.com/kyc-chain-cryptalk-join-hands/)
-
-### Gataca
-
-* [Jose San Juan, GATACA: “blockchain technology has become the protagonist of the world we live in”](https://cybernews.com/security/jose-san-juan-gataca-blockchain-technology-has-become-the-protagonist-of-the-world-we-live-in/) Cybernews
-
-For the past 4 years, GATACA has focused the majority of its efforts on building an interoperable, secure, and user-friendly product for the European region. We not only plan to continue to focus on the needs of our clients and regulatory, as well as standardization demands from the market but to take our SSI tech to the next level.
-
-### IDWorks
-
-* [IDWorks turned to Tarmac to help accelerate their mobile app and backend development](https://www.tarmac.io/case-study/idworks.html)
-  > Having decided to build their "Envoy" solution on the R3 Corda platform, finding affordable development resources with the right technical skills was proving difficult. Corda certified developers are extremely thin-on-the-ground and if you find a qualified engineer, they can be difficult and costly to recruit
-
-### GAIA-X
-
-* [Building towards a decentralized European Data Economy: A Minimal Viable Gaia-X (MVG)](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/building-towards-a-decentralized-european-data-economy-a-minimal-viable-gaia-x-mvg-powered-by-43a853101d) Ocean Protocol
-* [EU digital sovereignty project Gaia-X hands out ID tech contracts](https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/gaia_x_ssi/)
-
-* [https://www.gaia-x.eu/pdf/Gaia-X_Architecture_Document_2103.pdf](https://www.gaia-x.eu/pdf/Gaia-X_Architecture_Document_2103.pdf)
-Gaia-X is the cradle of an open, transparent, decentralized digital ecosystem, where data and services can be made available, collated, shared, and monetized in an environment of trust. [More than 300 organizations](https://www.gaia-x.eu/members) and over 2500 contributors are already supporting Gaia-X.
-
-### ShareRing 
-
-* [Blockchain platform enables users to pay for Viator experiences with crypto](https://cointelegraph.com/news/you-can-now-pay-for-400-000-viator-tourism-experiences-with-crypto)
-  > The ShareRing platform, built on Tendermint, will allow users to book, register, and pay for Viator’s 395,000 global activities and experiences, using local fiat currencies or major crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and its native SharePay token (SHRP).
-  > 
-  > The platform uses the ShareRing ID system to ensure that sensitive personal and financial information is securely handled, and has contact tracing features to help with tourism safety during the pandemic.
-
-* [ShareRing Unites with China’s International Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN)](https://blog.sharering.network/sharering-unites-with-chinas-international-blockchain-based-service-network-bsn/)
-  > BSN aggregates their technology partners’ services into their cloud-based ecosystem to make them all accessible to any company or developer that wishes to use them, with very low monthly access fees starting at just $20. Their “plug and play” approach eliminates the need for hiring or outsourcing highly specialized developers, who are in short supply due to high demand in this industry.
-  > 
-  > One of the most exciting benefits of ShareRing’s integration with BSN’s global ecosystem is how effortless it will be for companies to incorporate our products and services without requiring ShareRing’s assistance with development and integration.
-
-### Gluu
-
-* [Gluu vs. Keycloak](https://www.gluu.org/blog/gluu-vs-keycloak/) Mike Swartz talks about the difference between his product Gluu and Keycloak, which he describes as a less stable project that shouldn’t be used in production environments.
-
-
-### Talao
-
-* [Talao, the brand new Self-Sovereign Identity Wallet](https://www.mcryptoz.com/blockchain-news/talao-the-new-self-sovereign-identity-wallet-gives-consumers-control-over-their-personal-digital-data-blockchain-news-opinion-tv-and-jobs.html) MCryptoZ
-
-Blockchain-based Digital Identity specialist Talao, a Paris-based startup which focuses on Self-Sovereign Identity options and blockchain-based options is the developer of the primary French smartphone pockets for Self-Sovereign Identity. The firm simply introduced the provision of its new id pockets for all cellular customers in Europe.
-
-* [Talao SSI wallet now available on Apple AppStore and Google Play](https://medium.com/@talao_io/talao-ssi-wallet-now-available-on-apple-appstore-and-google-play-1435b4a01b1c)
-
-- Work on Android and iOS
-- Wallet DID: did: tz, did: key (curve Ed25519)
-- Issuer DID supported: did: tz, did: web, did: key; did: ethr, did: pkh.
-- Revocation of VCs: RevocationList2020
-- SDK development environment: PHP, Python, NodeJS, java, C, Flutter,…
-- Wallet templates: employer certificate, experience certificate, skills certificate, company pass , proof of email, proof of telephone, certificate of residence, loyalty card, diplomas, student card
-
-
-### Shyft
-
-
-* [Shyft Network- Solving The Internet’s Identity Problem](https://shyftnetwork.medium.com/shyft-network-solving-the-internets-identity-problem-dc8e2fe9f58)
-
-Identity has been a contentious point for humanity ever since we evolved societies. How are we sure that someone is who they say they are?

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/mattr.md

@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ These two international organizations are combining their talents to deliver SSI
 * [ARUCC is pleased to announce a partnership between Digitary, its service partner, and MATTR, a friend of MyCreds™](https://mycreds.ca/2021/04/14/bridging-today-and-tomorrow-ensuring-self-sovereignty-for-learners-through-aruccs-mycreds/).
 
 These two international organizations are combining their talents to deliver SSI (self-sovereign identity) and Verifiable Credentials for the ARUCC [MyCreds™](https://mycreds.ca/) virtual wallet. This groundbreaking work means the Canadian [MyCreds™](https://mycreds.ca/) credential wallet along with other international members of the Digitary global network will be able to reach an even higher bar of service delivery for mobile learners, creating a triangle of trust that includes them and the Canadian colleges and universities.
+* [Issuing credentials directly to the MATTR mobile wallet](https://medium.com/mattr-global/issuing-credentials-directly-to-the-mattr-mobile-wallet-8e8cab931e2e) Mattr
+
+If you’re already using a secure mechanism to authenticate your users, then setting up OIDC capability isn’t necessary. As we’ve explored, sending credentials using secure DID messaging directly or via a QR code or deep-link is safe, convenient and allows users to obtain their credentials directly.

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/meeco.md

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Meeco
-
-* [Meeco expands UX and Design team along with a new office in Adelaide](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-expands-ux-and-design-team-along-with-a-new-office-in-adelaide/)
-  > Meeco now has illustrious neighbours such as the Australian Space Agency, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre and coming soon, Amazon and MIT.
-* [Meeco announced as Finnies 2021 finalist](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-announced-as-finnies-2021-finalist/)
-
-Meeco’s submission results from our work in collaboration with with [eftpos](https://www.eftposaustralia.com.au) and [Hedera Hashgraph](https://hedera.com/). The Australian payments giant eftpos recently announced joining the Hedera Governing Council after successfully conducting tests to determine the [feasibility of a digital Australian dollar stablecoin for micropayments](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/37360/australias-eftpos-to-set-up-hedera-hashgraph-node-for-micropayments). Meeco plays an important part in this world-leading initiative as the wallet provider for the proof-of-technology.
-* [Support Centre for Data Sharing interview with Meeco](https://blog.meeco.me/support-centre-for-data-sharing-interview-with-meeco/)
-
-Meeco’s inception, its work so far and recent growth. Some of the the exciting projects discussed include [mIKs-it, the safe multimedia app for children](https://miks-it.com/), developing a decentralised identity and verifiable credentials wallet and how innovators like [VELA Solutions](https://vela.solutions/) are transforming workforce management and [My Life Capsule](https://mylifecapsule.com/) are helping their customers be prepared for a family emergency.
-* [Meeco Terms & Conditions Update - Feedback Welcome](https://blog.meeco.me/meeco-terms-conditions-update-feedback-welcome/).
-  > Over the next fourteen days, we would love your feedback or questions on any of the changes.
-
-* [Meeco announces VELA Solutions partnership](https://www.meeco.me/blog/meeco-announces-vela-solutions-partnership)
-  > Together, Meeco and VELA have created a secure digital credentialing platform to help individuals and businesses adapt to the changing work environment and modernise their HR practices.

_posts/identosphere-dump/companies/okta.md

@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ Working here is an absolute dream, and joining forces with [@okta](https://twitt
 
 Here's a🧵with a compilation of my favorite projects - the ones I can talk about in public anyway 😜
 
+* [Okta CEO: Here’s where cloud identity management is headed](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3607350/okta-ceo-here-s-where-cloud-identity-management-is-headed.html) CSO
+  > CSO: Do you have an opinion on self-sovereign identity?McKinnon: I do. I think that it’s the future. We’ve got to get it done. The problem is: How does it get bootstrapped? How does it get useful in enough places so that enough people use it to make it useful? Where is it going to come from?

_posts/identosphere-dump/educational-resources/biometrics.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ published: false
 * [Face Recognition Isn’t Just Face Identification and Verification: It’s Also Photo Clustering, Race Analysis, Real-time Tracking, and More](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/face-recognition-isnt-just-face-identification-and-verification) EFF
 
 All forms of face recognition are a menace to privacy, free speech, and racial justice. This post explores many of the various kinds of face recognition, and explains why all must be addressed by laws.
+* [The Future of Digital Identity: Separating the digital from the individual](https://www.finextra.com/the-long-read/421/the-future-of-digital-identity-separating-the-digital-from-the-individual) ([Report](https://www.finextra.com/finextra-downloads/research/documents/245/the-future-of-digital-identity-2022.pdf)
+
+While biometrics are now part and parcel of life in 2022 – with the prevalence of mobile payments with Face ID and Touch ID – the concept of real-time and frictionless processes is what is driving the future of digital identity forward.
+* [Biometrics come to verifiable credentials with Applied Recognition and Sovrin Foundation](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202105/biometrics-come-to-verifiable-credentials-with-applied-recognition-and-sovrin-foundation)
 
 * [Veridium Advocates for Use of NIST-approved Contactless Fingerprint Technologies](https://findbiometrics.com/veridium-advocates-use-nist-approved-contactless-fingerprint-technologies-090305/)
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/educational-resources/business.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ published: false
 * [Decentralized Business Model](https://sgershuni.medium.com/decentralized-business-model-4c540ea5b769) Stepan Gershuni
   > How reduction in transaction costs influence evolution in digital business models
 
+
 * [Businesses need to ‘mind the trust gap’ so users don’t need to sacrifice privacy, MEF Global Consumer Trust Survey finds](https://blog.digi.me/2021/05/20/businesses-need-to-mind-the-trust-gap-so-users-dont-need-to-sacrifice-privacy-mef-global-consumer-trust-survey-finds/) DigiMe
 
 Key findings from the report are:

_posts/identosphere-dump/educational-resources/explainer.md

@@ -394,8 +394,6 @@ This problem was first explored by MIT researchers Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Mica
 
 Listen to this episode for an entertaining deep dive into the topic of badges and credentials, as Donald Taylor sits down with Dr. Doug Belshaw to discuss the importance, various fields of application
 
-* [SSI Essentials: What are Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) & Verifiable Credentials (VCs)?](https://gataca.io/blog/self-sovereign-identity-ssi-101-decentralized-identifiers-dids-verifiable-credentials-vcs) Gataca
-
 * [Evolution of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)](https://lionsgate.io/evolution-of-self-sovereign-identity-ssi/)
 
 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.

_posts/identosphere-dump/educational-resources/future.md

@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ A comprehensive Article on CoinDesk about the future and what SSI looks like in
   > The conversation details the 'three pillars of SSI' (verifiable credentials, decentralised identifiers and blockchain), how SSI fits with existing processes, what it should appear as to end users (and what level of education they need around the technology), the importance of accessibility for inclusivity, and what's next for Tykn. "In 5 years, people should take [SSI] for granted" Khalid Maliki
 * [5 identity priorities for 2021—strengthening security for the hybrid work era and beyond](https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/01/28/5-identity-priorities-for-2021-strengthening-security-for-the-hybrid-work-era-and-beyond/) Microsoft
   > In this paradigm, individuals can verify a credential with an ID verification partner once, then add it to Microsoft Authenticator (and other compatible wallets) and use it everywhere in a trustworthy manner.
-* ['When you invent the ship, you invent the shipwreck'](https://datasovereigntynow.org/2021/01/18/when-you-invent-the-ship-you-invent-the-shipwreck/) Katryna Dow, founder and CEO of Meeco [VIDEO]
-  > Katryna believes that it is vital for the future of the internet that people and organisations obtain control of their data. This concept is called ‘data sovereignty’, but achieving that means rethinking the digital infrastructure the current internet is built upon. She calls for a soft infrastructure that consists of agreements between public and private-sector parties about the access to data.
 
-* [Okta CEO: Here’s where cloud identity management is headed](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3607350/okta-ceo-here-s-where-cloud-identity-management-is-headed.html) CSO
-  > CSO: Do you have an opinion on self-sovereign identity?McKinnon: I do. I think that it’s the future. We’ve got to get it done. The problem is: How does it get bootstrapped? How does it get useful in enough places so that enough people use it to make it useful? Where is it going to come from?
 
 * [The Past, Present and Future of Identity](https://www.thinkdigitalpartners.com/guest-blog/2021/02/15/the-past-present-and-future-of-identity/)
   > Susan Morrow, considers the ‘digital identity journey’ to date and the important opportunity for the government to make use of the lessons learned when creating tomorrows digital identity ecosystem.

_posts/identosphere-dump/educational-resources/podcasts.md

@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ Founded by Glen Weyl, [RadicalxChange (RxC) is a global movement for next-genera
 
 Featuring: *Matt Prewitt*, president of RadicalxChange Foundation; *Nick Vincent*, Ph.D. student in Northwestern University's Technology and Social Behavior program and is part of the People, Space, and Algorithms Research Group, our very own, *Kaliya Young*; moderated by *Jennifer Morone* is the CEO of RadicalxChange Foundation.
 
+
+New Podcast: [The Week in Identity](https://anchor.fm/the-cyber-hut/)
+
+"The Week in Identity" is focused on providing a weekly analyst briefing on the latest identity and access management news events, funding rounds, conference updates and more. Identity is now foundational for all employee, consumer and device based security and usability projects and is changing rapidly. Hosts Simon Moffatt (Founder at The Cyber Hut) and David Mahdi (ex-Gartner Analyst and CISO Advisor) provide impartial analyst comment and opinion on some of the most exciting trends within the IAM landscape.

_posts/identosphere-dump/literature/research.md

@@ -340,3 +340,7 @@ In circles of identity management scholars and practitioners, the general consen
 
 According to World Bank gospel northern Europe’s frivolity about national IDs must mean big trouble.
 
+
+* [Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) – user-focused concept for data-efficient identity management](https://assets.bosch.com/media/global/research/eot/bosch-eot-ssi-principle_en.pdf) Bosch
+
+“Since offering users control and sovereignty over their own data is a highly desirable goal, we are working with innovation partners to establish an identity system that works without any central data collector and is operated equally by many participants,” says Dr. Nik Scharmann, Project Director of the “Economy of Things” (EoT) strategic advance engineering project at Bosch Research.

_posts/identosphere-dump/open-source-projects/tools-code.md

@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ The 3Box Labs team recently published a new standard for creating capability con
 This new standard is currently in development for use on Ceramic. Once deployed in a future version of the protocol, it will allow Ceramic to be fully compatible with the new Sign-in with Ethereum (SIWE) specification as well as provide advanced data flow control features for resources stored on the Ceramic network.
 * [Create Verifiable Credentials Without Writing a Single Line of Code](https://blog.dock.io/verifiable-credentials-without-code/) Dock
 
-* [Why the Indicio TestNet is the Best Way to Explore Decentralized Identity](https://indicio.tech/why-the-indicio-testnet-is-the-best-way-to-explore-decentralized-identity/)
-
-Indicio Thought Leadership
-
 * [The SSI Kit](https://walt.id/blog/p/ssi-kit) Walt ID
 
 Introducing the SSI Kit, which offers developers and organisations an easy and fast way to use Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
@@ -196,9 +192,6 @@ Learn how APIs can accelerate software development and delivery.
 - @bloomprotocol/presentation-exchange
 - @bloomprotocol/credential-manifest
 
-* [Introducing the Indicio DemoNet—a new decentralized network for product demonstration](https://indicio.tech/blog/introducing-the-indicio-demonet-a-new-decentralized-network-for-product-demonstration/) Indicio
-
-The Indicio DemoNet joins the [Indicio TestNet](https://indicio.tech/indicio-testnet/), which is used for developing new technology releases, and the [Indicio MainNet](https://indicio.tech/indicio-mainnet/), which hosts mission-critical products and services. With the DemoNet, Indicio now provides a full suite of networks for decentralized identity development and deployment.
 * [How to write verifiable credentials in golang](https://ringaile.medium.com/how-to-write-verifiable-credentials-in-golang-7447234d5c16)
 Note: the code is written following the 
 [Verifiable Credentials Data Model 1.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/)
@@ -303,9 +296,6 @@ This weekend I worked on making a [github action](https://github.com/features/ac
 * [@mfosterio · Apr 29](https://twitter.com/mfosterio/status/1520130657468440576) Twitter
 
 I created a DID at [http://GoDiddy.com](https://t.co/QhwQhqUz0k) did:key:z6MkfxFPD3vwny367HZVQoqUnKatH4RTHEitcbEdvxst3nZm#z6MkfxFPD3vwny367HZVQoqUnKatH4RTHEitcbEdvxst3nZm DIDs are important in Self Sovereign Identity. You can learn about DIDs [@bluesky_commons](https://twitter.com/bluesky_commons)
-* [Scale Your Decentralized Identity Solution by Upgrading to the Indy DID Method](https://indicio.tech/scale-your-decentralized-identity-solution-by-upgrading-to-the-indy-did-method/) Indicio
-
-Again, the Indy DID Method is not an optional upgrade. It’s a major development that delivers interoperability.
 
 * [Semantic Overlay Architecture](https://www.ownyourdata.eu/en/semantic-overlay-architecture/) Own Your Data
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/open-standards/iso.md

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ in the context of government identity programs we see it as useful to compare th
 
 * [Verifiable Driver's Licenses and ISO-18013-5 (mDL)](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Nov/0105.html) Manu Sporny (Monday, 29 November)
   > Spruce, MATTR, and Digital Bazaar have collaborated on creating an interoperability test suite for something we're calling the "Verifiable Driver's License" (temporary name):
-* [ISO/IEC 18013-5 vs Self-Sovereign Identity: A proposal for an mDL Verifiable Credential](https://www.procivis.ch/post/iso-iec-18013-5-vs-self-sovereign-identity-a-proposal-for-an-mdl-verifiable-credential) Procivis
-  > in the context of government identity programs we see it as useful to compare them on the following parameters – background, credential data model & trust anchor and transmission protocols.
 * [ISO/IEC 29100:2011 - Information technology — Security techniques — Privacy framework](https://www.iso.org/standard/45123.html)
 * [What Is ISO 27018:2019? Everything Executives Need to Know](https://auth0.com/blog/what-is-iso-27018-2019-everything-executives-need-to-know/)
   > ISO 27018 is part of the ISO 27000 family of standards, which define best practices for information security management. ISO 27018 adds new guidelines, enhancements, and security controls to the ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002 standards, which help cloud service providers better manage the data security risks unique to PII in cloud computing.

_posts/identosphere-dump/open-standards/standards.md

@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ display brings in [a little bit of novelty 2](https://github.com/blockchain-cert
 
 
 
+* [XSL Labs: Your Data Belongs to You](https://www.xsl-labs.io/whitepaper/white_paper_en.pdf)
+
+The SDI technology constitutes a very important example of decentralized counter-power to the web giants. The SDI maintains to keep the practicality of a unique identifier while guaranteeing the security of the data and the user's sovereignty over it.
+
+
 
 
 * [Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) in Ocean Protocol](https://port.oceanprotocol.com/t/proposal-walt-id-bringing-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-and-verifiable-credentials-vc-to-ocean-protocol-proof-of-concept/976)

_posts/identosphere-dump/organizations/mydata.md

@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ published: false
 # MyData
 * [Crossing the Chasm for Privacy respecting Identity, MyData 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ol_XO2ZIc) *Presenters: Nat Sakimura, Sheila Warren. Host: Kristina Yasuda.
   > 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
-* [Why we need new, nationwide personal data infrastructure](https://medium.com/mydex/why-we-need-new-nationwide-personal-data-infrastructure-56513fb6daf4)
-
-The central plank of Mydex CIC’s consultation response is that the UK needs to build a new layer of data logistics infrastructure that:
-
-- Includes citizens in the workings of the data economy, empowering them with the ability to collect, store, use and share data about themselves independently of any data controllers they may have data relationships with.
-- To achieve this, the Government needs to ensure that every citizen is provided with their own personal data store, which enables citizens to collect, store, share and use their own data, under their own control, for their own purposes, independently of any organisation that may have collected data about them.
-- These personal data stores should be designed to act as neutral, enabling nodes in a vibrant data sharing network, whereby citizens can obtain copies of their data held by organisations and can forward relevant elements of this data (such as Verified Attributes) to other data users under their control, as and when beneficial and necessary.
 * [MyData Online Demo "Keep a Lifelog with Personium"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWm2j7AF6aU)
 
 - Before: Your personal data stored separately in the silos of various domain services…
@@ -22,25 +15,11 @@ The central plank of Mydex CIC’s consultation response is that the UK needs to
 
 * [Why 2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Regtech and data exchange](https://blog.digi.me/2021/03/16/why-2021-is-shaping-up-to-be-an-exciting-year-for-regtech-and-data-exchange/)
   > Joanne stated the company’s aim is to extol the benefits of giving app developers rapid ability to create hyper-personalised services built on ethical data with ingrained consent controls and privacy-by-design principles. Crucially, a lot of ADX’s efforts are going into making it clear to fintechs and innovators that fundamental backend system services already exist, and are ready to be utilised to fast track new products and services into the market today, not in some mythical future.
-
-* [Achieving Change At Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/transforming-the-system-a-roadmap-for-practical-implementation-411e8821ed19)
-  > This is the third in a series of blogs providing edited extracts from Mydex CIC’s response to the UK Government [consultation around a new National Data Strategy](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-national-data-strategy-nds-consultation).
-
-The first focused on [how to unleash the full potential of personal data](https://medium.com/mydex/how-to-unleash-the-full-potential-of-data-3676db8d7c03), the second on why [every citizen should be provided with their own personal data store](https://medium.com/mydex/how-to-unleash-the-full-potential-of-data-3676db8d7c03). This blog explains why this strategy can be quick and easy to implement.
-
-To catch up on progress on our Macmillan My Data Store Pilot [click here](https://medium.com/macmillan-my-data-store-pilot).
-* [Misconceptions that Kill Progress in Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/misconceptions-that-kill-progress-in-personal-data-4736b1d883c6)
-  > It is not possible to make good policy decisions about priorities for investments, grants, innovation and research projects or rules and regulations if the grounds for these decisions are faulty. Currently, effective policy making is hampered by widespread misunderstandings about where the biggest economic opportunities lie, the nature of issues such as control, and the role of citizens in the workings of the data economy.
 * [MyData Weekly Digest for January 22nd, 2021](https://weekly-digest.ownyourdata.eu/en/weekly/2021-01-22)
   > Welcome to the MyData Weekly Digest, a news site dedicated to producing the best coverage from within the human centred approach in personal data management. It provides information retrieved mainly from the MyData Global Slack Channel since June 2019.
 
 * [Me2BA Claims Victory in Contest Over California Privacy Regulations](https://me2ba.org/me2ba-claims-victory-in-contest-over-california-privacy-regulations/)
   > On March 15th, the AG’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved additional CCPA regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice. Notably, the Department withdrew its original language mandating the “Privacy Options” icon. In its place is new language making commercial use of the icons optional only.  In other words, our stated concerns about the icons were well received, and ultimately adopted.
-
-* [Not Just Personal Data Stores](https://medium.com/mydex/not-just-personal-data-stores-f2070eada6be) Alan Mitchell
-  > This is the fifth in a series of blogs which provide edited extracts of key points made by Mydex CIC in its response to the UK Government [consultation around a new National Data Strategy](https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-national-data-strategy-nds-consultation).
-
-This blog focuses on the main ingredients needed to unleash the full potential of personal data — in addition to personal data stores.
 * [Here are five key takeaways – described in detail in the State of MyData 2021](https://mydata.org/2021/05/10/the-state-of-mydata-2021/)
 
 1. MyData is highly relevant to the “big conversations” of our time.
@@ -64,13 +43,6 @@ Johannes Ernst, CEO of Indie Computing and co-founder of MyData Silicon Valley,
 Yorz has partnerships with leading European payment processors and uses patented technology to automatically capture and make available till receipt data for users to share and monetise. They can also gather other valuable data from across their lives, including finance, health and social media, using digi.me’s personal data exchange platform. The Yorz marketplace enables consumers to choose to receive cash, discounts or tailored offers based on the data access they offer brands, leaving them firmly in control.
 * [Shedding Light on Dark Patterns](https://me2ba.org/shedding-light-on-dark-patterns/)
 * [The Me2B Alliance announces: Digital Harms Dictionary 2.0](https://me2ba.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/Marketing/EeYWAV1wqqNNj77iE86ijZUBBPtlpg2uHQwQ22vzDfXSgA?rtime%3DRewrj0Qu2Ug)
-* [Can I trust you?](https://medium.com/mydex/can-i-trust-you-6771a6ca0e35) MyDex
-  > This is the second of two blogs on our new White Paper: [Achieving Transform At Scale](https://mydex.org/resources/papers/AchievingTransformationatScaleMydexCIC-2021-04-14.pdf). The [first blog](https://medium.com/mydex/our-new-white-paper-achieving-transformation-at-scale-f97320f8447e) focused on the infrastructure challenge. This blog focuses on the parallel need for institutional innovation.
-
-* [Our New White Paper: Achieving Transformation At Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/our-new-white-paper-achieving-transformation-at-scale-f97320f8447e)
-
-Link to [White paper](https://mydex.org/resources/papers/AchievingTransformationatScaleMydexCIC-2021-04-14.pdf) “It’s not enough to identify what’s wrong with how things work today.“
-
 ## MyData 2020 Online good sessions continued…
 
 * [MyData4Children-OpenSpace2020](https://bit.ly/MyData4Children-OpenSpace2020-Memo)
@@ -135,10 +107,6 @@ Ian Henderson talks about leading the application process for two MyData Operato
 > 2. Clear and comprehensive scope
 > 3. Moderate requirements
 > 4. Interoperability between the data sharing services
-
-* [Revolutionising healthy ageing](https://medium.com/mydex/revolutionising-healthy-ageing-200a7edd1016)
-
-Mydex’s role will be to provide the data sharing infrastructure to enable individuals and service providers to safely and efficiently share the right data at the right times, in ways that protects individuals’ privacy and puts them in control of their data at all times and enable two way engagement and feedback throughout the project.
 * [How digi.me and DTACT’s partnership is opening up a bright future for user centricity](https://blog.digi.me/2021/07/06/how-digi-me-and-dtacts-partnership-is-opening-up-a-bright-future-for-user-centricity/) Digi.me
 
 Sander Swinkels, DTACT CEO, explains that a common vision of securely enabling – and safeguarding – the sharing of personal data with consent is what drew the two companies together. And they have been working to build something unique, frictionless and fast with users firmly at the centre, based on an open framework which is easily scalable.
@@ -153,9 +121,6 @@ MyLog/LogBoard pulls together health information on temperature, sleep, heart ra
 
 Several committees promote the MyData movement in Japan in specific thematic areas. One of the most active committees is the Public Policy Committee, which has submitted expert opinions from the MyData Japan community to the Japanese government’s Public Comments.
 
-* [Designed for Integrity](https://medium.com/mydex/designed-for-integrity-13a69bcda0b2) MyDEX
-
-Below are some of the design principles that underpin our infrastructure and services — principles designed to ensure that what we do truly does serve citizens, today and into the future.
 * [MyData and the European Union’s Latest Data Developments](https://mydata.org/2021/10/28/mydata-and-the-european-unions-latest-data-developments/)
 
 The development of the Data Governance Act (DGA) is exciting for MyData because it shows a clear link to the [MyData Operators white paper](https://mydata.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/04/Understanding-Mydata-Operators-pages.pdf), which describes the operations and functions of what the EU terms as “data intermediaries”.
@@ -164,9 +129,6 @@ The development of the Data Governance Act (DGA) is exciting for MyData because
 As highlighted by the ongoing Facebook Files scandal, transparency and accountability in personal data are increasingly acknowledged as critical for safety online.  To show their commitment to ethical personal data management, participating organisations are required to disclose information about their operations. The MyData Operator Award shows that ethical alternatives exist and provide value for companies and users alike.
 The [Internet Society Foundation recently granted the Me2B Alliance $100,000](https://me2ba.org/me2b-alliance-awarded-100k-grant-for-us-pre-k-12-benchmark-to-research-school-utility-apps-data-sharing/) to complete its “U.S. EdTech Industry Benchmark: Data Sharing in Primary & Secondary School Mobile Utility Apps.” The benchmark will build on previous findings about harmful data sharing practices by uncovering how sensitive student information is being treated by school utility apps in grades pre-k through 12 in schools across the nation.
 
-* [AI: The Emperor’s New Clothes?](https://medium.com/mydex/ai-the-emperors-new-clothes-91de9eed3650) Mydex
-
-One reason the UK Government wants to abolish citizens’ rights to data protection is to create conditions for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to blossom. This, it says, will “bring incredible benefits to our lives”.
 * [My Data Community Looks Outward and to the Future](https://mydata.org/2021/11/26/mydata-netherlands-meeting-mydata-community-looks-outward-and-to-the-future/) MyData Netherlands
 
 Highlights include the keynote from Amsterdam’s chief technology officer, Ger Baron and the awarding of the MyData Operator 2021 Awards to 22 companies and organisations.
@@ -174,13 +136,6 @@ Highlights include the keynote from Amsterdam’s chief technology officer, Ger
 * [Co-managing My Data](https://www.jlinc.com/post/co-managing-my-data) JLinc
 
 This post sets out a vision for what could become a sustainable set of human-centric processes around the sourcing, management and use of personal data. Our context for doing so is that the current model for personal data management on The Internet is badly broken and has architectural limitations that are largely un-resolvable.
-* [Deploying Personal Data Stores at Scale](https://medium.com/mydex/deploying-personal-data-stores-at-scale-ad35fb205e73)
-
-The big question now is how to enable this to happen at scale, safely, securely and efficiently. One key element of this is useful, easy-to-use interfaces, the taps and switches that mean people can use the infrastructure without having to think much about it. .
-
-* [Flicking the Switch of Personal Data](https://medium.com/mydex/flicking-the-switch-of-personal-data-4c5d0d368a31) MyDex
-
-Over the last 14 years we have built the infrastructure needed to make citizen data empowerment possible — infrastructure capable of providing every individual with their own personal data store, where they can safely and securely collect their own data, use it and share it under their own control. This infrastructure is now live and operational, officially recognised as a supplier to public services on procurement platforms in both England and Scotland and independently accredited for data management security under ISO 27001.
 
 * [Data Co-Operatives through Data Sovereignty](https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62)
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/public_sector/europe.md

@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ Let’s examine how SSI meets each of the articles from #13 to #22.
 
 * [Introducing the SSI eIDAS Legal Report](https://ssimeetup.org/introducing-ssi-eidas-legal-report-ignacio-alamillo-webinar-55/) – Ignacio Alamillo – Webinar 55
   > The European Commission developed the [SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) eIDAS bridge](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/ssi-eidas-bridge), an ISA2 funded initiative, to promote eIDAS as a trust framework for the SSI ecosystem. It assists a VC (Verifiable Credential) issuer in the signing process, and helps the verifier to automate the identification of the organization behind the issuer’s DID (Decentralized Identifier)
+* [Validated ID's journey to becoming EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-ids-journey-to-becoming-ebsi-compliant)
+
+We at Validated ID have been betting on EBSI since the beginning. We started working to become conformant wallet providers since the very first version of [Wallet Conformance Tests (WCT)](https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/wikis/display/EBSI/EBSI%2Bwallets) was published. The process of preparing our solution to become conformant has allowed us to appreciate how remarkable EBSI's work has been.
+
+
 * [The time for the eIDAS Bridge](http://validatedid.com/post-en/the-time-for-the-eidas-bridge) ValidatedID
 
 The main goal of this new program was to provide an implementation of eIDAS bridge and to proof the interoperability between different provider implementations. Validated ID was selected to participate in part of the Call 1 of infrastructure. The results of this project are available as open source. If you are interested in digging into the code, you can find it all in the following repositories: [our open source version implementation](https://gitlab.grnet.gr/essif-lab/infrastructure/validated-id/seb) and the [SSI eIDAS Bridge interoperability](https://gitlab.grnet.gr/essif-lab/interoperability/ssi-eidas-bridge) performed with SICPA.
@@ -458,11 +463,3 @@ Opportunity 4: Secure messaging.
   > Europe’s digital transformation of the economy and society is framed by the European strategy for data through the establishment of a common European data space based on domain-specific data spaces in strategic sectors such as environment, agriculture, industry, health and transportation.
 
 * [Joining forces towards European digital credentials](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey%3D%2521ADoEGcIwiKDydcg%26cid%3DF7FF746DED29F767%26id%3DF7FF746DED29F767%252183805%26parId%3DF7FF746DED29F767%252183804%26o%3DOneUp) European Commission
-* [final phase eSSIF-Lab and maximum funding by the European Commission](https://medium.com/@WorkX/announcing-selection-final-phase-essif-lab-and-maximum-funding-by-the-european-commission-80e4ef8912db) Work X
-
-our team has been selected to enter the third and final phase of the European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework Lab. [...] to let employees regain control over their career-related data. Therefore receiving the maximum development grant of €106.000
-* [BLOQZONE RECEIVES €155K EU GRANT FROM ESSIF-LAB FOR PROJECT SSICOMMS](https://bloqzone.com/ssicomms/)
-
-We don’t know what this is… is it DIDComm? if not what is it?
-
-The project SSIComms adds SSI to internet communications by adding SSI wallets to the renowned SYLK Suite, an award winning ensemble of communications solutions with the SIP protocol at its core. This enables users to respond to presentation requests for credentials entirely voluntarily and according to SSI principles during communications sessions.

_posts/identosphere-dump/public_sector/public-sector.md

@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ As a general concept, the privacy-friendly nature of SSI, end-user control over
 
 * [SSI initiative open to new players](https://www.adnovum.ch/en/company/blog/exploring_the_potential_of_self-sovereign_identity_with_representative_use_cases.html) adnovum
 
-* [One step closer to self-sovereign identity - Procivis launches SSI+](https://www.procivis.ch/post/one-step-closer-to-self-sovereign-identity-procivis-launches-ssi)
-
-Composed of the desk, wallet and gateway, SSI+ offers a complete solution for issuers, holders and verifiers of verifiable credentials (VCs) to get started with self-sovereign identity projects today. After evaluation of the emerging SSI frameworks, we determined that Hyperledger Indy delivers today the strongest privacy guarantees, interoperability and maturity.
-
 * [Hello, User: Episode 13 with Katryna Dow](https://hellouser.libsyn.com/episode-13-with-katryna-dow)
 
 Welcome to lucky episode number 13! Your new host Aubrey Turner, Executive Advisor at Ping, is thrilled to welcome Katryna Dow, CEO & Founder of the award-winning data platform Meeco. Katryna discusses Meeco’s mission to enable everyone on the planet access to equity and value in exchange for the data and information they share. She talks about why she saw a need for Meeco’s services, what we need to know as we approach a more “physigital”world, and how her vision all started with a Tom Cruise film.
@@ -392,10 +388,6 @@ The concept of digital identification is already well established, and using a s
 
 * [eIDAS](https://www.biometricupdate.com/tag/eidas) 2.0 is fast approaching. By September 2023, European Union citizens will have the right to download and populate a digital identity wallet on a smart device. In less than 18 months, Europeans may no longer need physical credentials to travel, work and live anywhere else in the bloc. But are they ready?
 
-* [Validated ID's journey to becoming EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-ids-journey-to-becoming-ebsi-compliant)
-
-We at Validated ID have been betting on EBSI since the beginning. We started working to become conformant wallet providers since the very first version of [Wallet Conformance Tests (WCT)](https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/wikis/display/EBSI/EBSI%2Bwallets) was published. The process of preparing our solution to become conformant has allowed us to appreciate how remarkable EBSI's work has been.
-
 
 * [Principal Authority – new article on Wyoming law defining Digital Identity](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Sep/0083.html) Christopher Allen (Thursday, 16 September)
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/real-world/README.md

@@ -22,3 +22,16 @@ Epic Post
 
 You might think that I have lost my mind. We have just reported that our Indy SDK based DID agency is [AIP 1.0](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/blob/main/concepts/0302-aries-interop-profile/README.md) compatible, and everything is wonderful. What’s going on?
 * [Innovative Startups join forces to create a trusted training record and build a secure and safe waste data tracking system](https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/news-and-insights/press/digital-catapult-and-sellafield-ltd-join-forces-with-two-innovative-startups)
+* [Digital Catapult](https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/) and [Sellafield Ltd](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd) have selected two innovative startups, [Condatis](https://condatis.com/), and [Jitsuin](https://jitsuin.com/), to implement advanced digital technology solutions to support the nuclear industry to continue to monitor skills within the sector, and to provide a trusted and secure record for tracking hazardous waste and materials.
+
+* [Digitizing the 1st Mile with Blockchain, AI, and Self Sovereign Identity Connecting Coffee Farmers from Field to 1st Sip in Sustainable Supply Chains with Farmer Connect](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supply-chain-revolution/id1496899179?i%3D1000507363757) Supply Chain Revolution
+
+Think about the journey of a coffee bean from East Africa to the consumer. Thousands of miles away in the 1 sip to field wrapped in a complex, and often unsustainable, inequitable supply chain. There are 25 million people living in the coffee ecosystem, and 2.5 billion coffee drinkers worldwide, and that number is expected to 2-3X in coming years.
+## Cerebrum
+* [Cerebrum Launches Identity Pittsburgh Initiative in Partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's ETIM Program](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cerebrum-launches-identity-pittsburgh-initiative-in-partnership-with-carnegie-mellon-universitys-etim-program-301616404.html) PRNewswire
+
+One example use case is medical records, which are often stored in central repositories and are hard for patients to access or share. Verifiable credentials offer an alternative — have patients store their medical records in digital wallets they control — which solves issues with interoperability, data ownership, and data access.
+### CDE Services
+* [Age-Verification Solution TruAge to be Deployed by CDE Services, Inc., Expanding Access to Convenience Stores Nationwide](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/age-verification-solution-truage-to-be-deployed-by-cde-services-inc-expanding-access-to-convenience-stores-nationwide-301597284.html) PRNewswire
+
+"The convenience retailing industry conducts 165 million transactions a day and 50 million of them involve an age-restricted product. It is exciting to announce that TruAge will be implemented into thousands of stores that conduct age-restricted transactions," said TruAge CEO Kyle McKeen.

_posts/identosphere-dump/real-world/covid-coronavirus.md

@@ -489,4 +489,11 @@ Highlights from Ping Identity’s Andre Durand, and Richard Bird on an episode o
 > - Takeaway #2: Third parties have much more control over digital identity than individuals.
 > - Takeaway #3: We’re on the cusp of a tectonic shift in the notion of digital identity.
 > - Takeaway #4: The pandemic has accelerated the changes needed to shape the future of digital identity security.
-> - Takeaway #5: Moving control of digital identity to the individual will dramatically change our current identity and access management systems.
+> - Takeaway #5: Moving control of digital identity to the individual will dramatically change our current identity and access management systems.
+>
+
+## Zada
+
+* [We are now officially live in Myanmar!](https://zada.io/we-are-now-officially-live-in-myanmar/)
+
+ZADA apps are all launched and our first digital ID – a COVIDPASS – is being issued by Pun Hlaing Hospitals to everyone who gets vaccinated.

_posts/identosphere-dump/real-world/healthcare.md

@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ There are five agents main agents in the cardia ecosystem. The health enterprise
 * [Advances in health "must ensure self-sovereign identity"](https://healthcareglobal.com/digital-healthcare/advances-health-must-ensure-self-sovereign-identity) HealthCareGlobal.com
 
 “I wholeheartedly agree that individuals should not be required to share their own personal health information with unknown third parties or with anyone in authority who demands it" Shaw adds. "But I strongly disagree with the suggestion that ‘events and businesses are either safe to open for everyone, or no one’. It creates a false dichotomy that either everyone is safe, or nobody is safe
-* [Indicio and Liquid Avatar Technologies Launch Canada’s First Privacy-Preserving Decentralized Technology for Sharing Health Data](https://indicio.tech/indicio-and-liquid-avatar-technologies-launch-canadas-first-privacy-preserving-decentralized-technology-for-sharing-health-data/) Indicio
-
-“Liquid Avatar Technologies shares Indicio’s vision—the world needs technology that works for people by delivering real privacy and security,” said Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio. “When we launched the Indicio Network, we saw the need for a space for innovative companies to collaborate on changing how we manage identity, enable verification, and create trust. Our partnership with Liquid Avatar Technologies, one of many, shows what can happen when innovators solve pressing problems with ground-breaking technology.”
 * [What SMART on FHIR Means for the Future of Healthcare](https://auth0.com/blog/what-smart-on-fhir-means-for-the-future-of-healthcare/) Auth0
 
 The Substitutable Medical Applications and Reusable Technologies (SMART) platform promises to solve these data fragmentation challenges by standardizing how patient data is accessed and shared. And given SMART’s inclusion in the [21st Century Cures Act](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/01/2020-07419/21st-century-cures-act-interoperability-information-blocking-and-the-onc-health-it-certification), the platform will become the standard protocol for accessing electronic health records (EHRs) in the near future.

_posts/identosphere-dump/real-world/travel.md

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Essentially, the TSA wants a CAT2 system that confirms and displays passenger in
 * [You’ll soon be able to use your iPhone as ID at the airport: Apple Wallet is also getting support for hotel keys](https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522864/apple-wallet-iphone-airport-ids-hotel-key-card-ios-15-wwdc)
 
 Apple has announced a forthcoming update to its Wallet app that will allow you to use your iPhone as digital identification in select US airports. The company showed how you’ll be able to scan your driver’s license or state ID in participating US states, which will then be encrypted and stored in the iPhone’s secure enclave. The company says it’s working with the TSA to enable the iPhone to be used as identification at airport security checkpoints.
-* [Paving the way to safer travel](https://indicio.tech/blog/paving-the-way-to-safer-travel/) Indicio
 * [World's Airports And Leading Airlines Join CommonTrust Network And Begin Roll-out Of CommonPass](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-airports-and-leading-airlines-join-commontrust-network-and-begin-roll-out-of-commonpass-in-december-in-support-of-safer-border-reopening-301179752.html) 
   > The CommonTrust Network is enabled by a global network of labs, vaccine distributors, and health care providers that agree to provide individuals with digital access to their own health information using open, globally-interoperable standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR, W3C verifiable credentials).  The network includes hundreds of health systems covering thousands of locations in the United States and a growing network of labs and health care providers around the world.
 * [IATA unveils key design elements of travel pass](https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/iata-unveils-key-design-elements-of-travel-pass)
@@ -66,6 +65,3 @@ The IATA Travel Pass three critical design elements:
 - The IATA Travel Pass stores encrypted data including verified test or vaccination results on the mobile device of the traveler. The traveler controls what information is shared from their phone with airlines and authorities. No central database or data repository is storing the information. By keeping travelers 100% in control of their information, the highest standards for data privacy are ensured. IATA Travel Pass is also built on the highest standards of data protection laws, including General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).
 - Global standards recognized by governments to ensure verified identity and test/vaccine information.
 - Convenience and biosafety will be enhanced with integration into contactless travel processes. The ICAO CART recommendations for biosafety include the use of contactless travel processes to reduce the risk of virus transmission when documents need to be exchanged in the travel process.
-* [Decentralized Identity opens the doors for safe travel and tourism](https://indicio.tech/blog/decentralized-identity-opens-the-doors-for-safe-travel-and-tourism/) Indicio
-
-Machine readable governance enabled businesses and venues to trust that tourists had been tested on arrival by Aruba’s health department. Visitors using the digital Aruba Happy Traveler Card could be swiftly and reliably verified with a phone app. This freed both businesses and the government from the burden of mechanically collecting data with the attendant risk of error or fraud.

_posts/identosphere-dump/real-world/use-cases.md

@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ published: false
 
 * [Can SSI Safeguard your Information from Hackers?](https://academy.affinidi.com/can-ssi-safeguard-your-information-from-hackers-1b256d3eb6cd) Affinidi
   > The cryptography used is called the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that comprises a pair of public and private keys where the holder keeps the private keys, but shares the public keys.
-* [Houston we have a Problem – An Identity Problem in the Oil and Gas industry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DIat3GYRyfpE) Indicio
-  > - President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order
-  > - The security landscape for global enterprises
-  > - Decentralized identity, what it is and how it fortifies existing data infrastructure
-  > - Case study: applying zero trust and decentralized identity to energy
 
 * [Can SSI Disrupt Surveillance Capitalism?](https://academy.affinidi.com/can-ssi-disrupt-surveillance-capitalism-5c8cd6b50278) Affinidi
   Are these advantages enough to disrupt surveillance capitalism? Do you think SSI is the antidote for today’s Internet identity problems and surveillance capitalism? Please share your thoughts with us.
@@ -189,9 +184,6 @@ At the root of the problem is the fact that uniquely identifying a person is har
 * [Trusted Career Credentials](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trusted-career-credentials-dr-gordon-jones/) Dr Gordon Jones
 
 Today, even in this digital world that has expanded over the past two years, the job market still relies on self-reported attributes, records, resumes, and/or LinkedIn profiles, that individuals share with employers or recruiters as the source for applicants and employee data.
-* [IdRamp Identity Solutions – Reality 2.0 Podcast](https://idramp.com/idramp-and-identity-solutions-reality-2-0-podcast/)
-
-Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Mike Vesey, CEO of IdRamp, about verifiable credentials, decentralization, and real-world identity solutions.
 
 * [Leveraging Self-Sovereign Identity, Blockchain, and Zero-Knowledge Proof to Build a Privacy-Preserving Vaccination Pass](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.09207.pdf) Maurício Barrosa, Frederico Schardong, Ricardo Felipe Custódio
 
@@ -287,14 +279,14 @@ Learn how Bonifii is using Verifiable Credentials as a Digital Transformation me
 
 The latest real estate trend reports show how the pandemic has accelerated the use of technology and the implementation of trends such as teleworking and digitisation of processes. Find out how digital signatures are revolutionising the industry.
 
+* [Building an SSI Ecosystem: MemberPass and Credit Unions](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/06/building_an_ssi_ecosystem_memberpass_and_credit_unions.shtml)
+
+Credit unions and their members face the threat of fraud on all sides. And credit unions employ lots of tools to fight it. But ultimately, the problem comes down to the member and credit union authenticating each other. The problem is that doing this securely annoys people.
 * [IdRamp and QiqoChat Announce Verifiable Credentials for Online Collaboration](https://talkcmo.com/news/idramp-and-qiqochat-announce-verifiable-credentials-for-online-collaboration/)
 
 QiqoChat has really stepped up in this time of need to provide an incredible online event user-experience, enabling a re-creation of the IIW experience throughout our Covid travel restrictions. This week they announced the launch of a Verifiable Credentials integration with the QiqoChat platform.
 
 > The community of professionals working on data privacy & consumer protection has been an early adopter of QiqoChat. During regional and global conferences, they have used the platform to share ideas and deliberate about the future of user-centric identity. Through these conferences, we’ve learned how solutions like IdRamp can be tremendously empowering for Internet users.
-* [Building an SSI Ecosystem: MemberPass and Credit Unions](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/06/building_an_ssi_ecosystem_memberpass_and_credit_unions.shtml)
-
-Credit unions and their members face the threat of fraud on all sides. And credit unions employ lots of tools to fight it. But ultimately, the problem comes down to the member and credit union authenticating each other. The problem is that doing this securely annoys people.
 
 * [Simplify medical supply orders with SSI: Techruption innovation project](https://www.brightlands.com/en/brightlands-smart-services-campus/brightlands-techruption-SSI-simplifies-medical-supply-orders)
 
@@ -523,11 +515,6 @@ I had a stab at why Cardspace failed, in “[Identities Evolve: Why Federated Id
 
 Why does digital identity turn out to be such a hard problem? People are social animals with deep seated intuitions and conventions around identity, but exercising our identities online has been hugely problematic.
 
-
-* [Trust Registry or Machine-Readable Governance?](https://indicio.tech/trust-registry-or-machine-readable-governance/) Indicio Tech
-
-The world will move towards decentralized identity if we make it easy for them to do so—and easy means, above all, fast. The solution is machine readable governance—a smart way of implementing rules for how to manage trust.
-
 * [Sandeep Shukla · Professor, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6924705964537389056/) Linkedin
 
 IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) had their convocation today and they issued more than 60000 degrees and certificates as Self-Sovereign Identity document (Cryptographically verifiable Credential) on [National Blockchain Project](https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-blockchain-project/) and [CRUBN](https://www.linkedin.com/company/crubn/)'s SSI blockchain.

_posts/identosphere-dump/user-experience/wallets.md

@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ The biggest disadvantage of non-custodial wallets is their inaccessibility when
 
 There's plenty of talk of super apps around at the moment as a variety of players attempt to become the western equivalent of the Asian app giants such as Alipay, Gojek and Kakao. But how do you get from a digital wallet to a super app?
 * [Validated ID's journey to becoming EBSI compliant](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/validated-ids-journey-to-becoming-ebsi-compliant)
-
+  > [Wallet Conformance Tests] are designed to demonstrate that the wallet provider can onboard users safely, receive verifiable credentials from a trusted issuer, and present verifiable credentials to a verifier. All of these, using of course EBSI infrastructure.
-* [Wallet Conformance Tests] are designed to demonstrate that the wallet provider can onboard users safely, receive verifiable credentials from a trusted issuer, and present verifiable credentials to a verifier. All of these, using of course EBSI infrastructure.
 
 * [Custodial vs Non-custodial Wallets](https://academy.affinidi.com/custodial-vs-non-custodial-wallets-813f071de0b9) Affinidi
 

_posts/identosphere-dump/web3-and-decentralized-identity/defi.md

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Decentralized Identity & DeFi are Disconnected ← trueDecentralized Identity is
 - Health Data Passes
 - Employment Information
 - Credit, Income, KYC
-* [Decentralized Finance & Self-sovereign Identity: A tale of decentralization, a new paradigm of trust](https://gataca.io/insights/decentralized-finance-self-sovereign-identity-a-tale-of-decentralization-a-new-paradigm-of-trust)
 * [Circle and Industry Leaders Have Built the First Decentralized Identity Proof-of-Concept for Crypto Finance using Verite Credentials](https://www.circle.com/en/pressroom/circle-and-industry-leaders-have-built-the-first-decentralized-identity-proof-of-concept-for-crypto-finance-using-verite-credentials) Circle
   > Circle joined other crypto and blockchain companies in February 2022 to introduce Verite as a open-source framework for decentralized identity credential issuance, custody and verification. Verite is designed to help make it safer, easier and more efficient to do business across the transformative worlds of DeFi and Web3 commerce.
 * [Roadmap to Institutional Adoption of DeFi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DbkOQHcVVGoE) RSK - Coinfirm

_posts/identosphere-dump/web3-and-decentralized-identity/dweb.md

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ published: false
 It’s time to start implementing it and testing it out with applications of all stripes, and I invite all of you to join me in doing just that.
 * [Simon Wilson writes about using IndieAuth with Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2020/Nov/18/indieauth/)
   > IndieAuth is a spiritual successor to OpenID, developed and maintained by the IndieWeb community and based on OAuth 2. This weekend I attended IndieWebCamp East Coast and was inspired to try my hand at an imPplementation. datasette-indieauth is the result, a new plugin which enables IndieAuth logins to a Datasette instance.
+
+* [@ProtoResearch](https://twitter.com/ProtoResearch) [Protocol Labs Research](https://twitter.com/ProtoResearch)
+
+Looking to improve the DWeb? Take a look at our RFP-013: "Cryptonet Network Grants" and how you can be awarded up to $35,000 USD for solving research problems regarding cryptography: [https://grants.protocol.ai/prog/rfp-013_cryptonet_network_grants/](https://grants.protocol.ai/prog/rfp-013_cryptonet_network_grants/)
+
 * [Social.Network, a decentralized alternative to traditional social media that gives its users ownership of their identity and digital assets, to launch first phase of its protocol on April 22nd](https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/social-technologies-announces-launch-of-the-social-network-a-decentralized-platform-designed-to-transform-the-future-of-social-media-social-network-a-decentralized-alternative-to-traditional-social)
   > interested users will be able to create a self-sovereign identity on the platform by following the steps on the [social.network](https://t.co/xRbWzSrZQf) landing page (h/t [@SelfSovID](https://twitter.com/SelfSovID)
 * [How to Sign Users In with IndieAuth](https://aaronparecki.com/2021/04/13/26/indieauth) Aaron Parecki

_posts/identosphere-dump/web3-and-decentralized-identity/web3.md

@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ a16z, the famous venture capital company, is entering the DAO field through inve
 
 Passwordless authentication is a fundamental shift in how people will access their tools and information online, and it will provide more security, prevent billions in losses, and create greater transparency.
 
-The dark side of COVID vaccine
-
 
 
 * [Web3, Coherence, and Platform Sovereignty](https://www.windley.com/archives/2022/01/web3_coherence_and_platform_sovereignty.shtml) Phil Windley
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ The technical name for the model at work here is called the Direct Presentation
 
 Tweets with Annoucements:
 
-* [AyanWorks](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech/status/1488841615217098754): [@ayanworkstech](https://twitter.com/ayanworkstech) is excited to announce that we, along with our partners Vereign and [@DAASI_Int](https://twitter.com/DAASI_Int), have won 3 tenders from [@gaiax_aisbl](https://twitter.com/gaiax_aisbl) to build SSI solutions
 * [Web3, entangled: Holochain: a marlinspike to undo the knots](https://blog.holochain.org/web3-entangled/)
 
 Moxie argues that protocols evolve slowly, while platforms evolve quickly. That’s because a platform can make decisions without waiting for a whole crowd of others to reach consensus. But here’s the thing — some protocols don’t need to evolve quickly. As long as a ‘base protocol’ is versatile enough to let people create and express things in an unlimited range of fit-for-purpose application protocols, it can be as stale and boring as it likes. And it’s precisely the decentralisation, versatility, and stability of these base protocols — HTTP, email, and yes, Bitcoin and Ethereum — that allow platforms to innovate so quickly on top of them.
@@ -236,10 +233,6 @@ We encourage users to start creating and launching their profiles as we begin in
 
 Constantin Kogan joins Fabian Vogelsteller, Ethereum developer, LUKSO founder, creator of Mist browser, web3.js, Feindura (CMS), ERC20, and ERC-725 protocols, and author of Meteor.js.
 
-* [Magic Raises $27M to Future-Proof Authentication](https://medium.com/magiclabs/magic-raises-27m-to-future-proof-authentication-79d8c63b2813)
-
-Magic makes it plug and play for developers to add secure, passwordless login, like magic links and WebAuthn, to their applications. Users are no longer exposed to password-related risks from the very start.
-
 * [How Your Bank Can Custody Crypto and Remain Compliant](https://www.elliptic.co/blog/how-your-bank-can-custody-crypto-and-remain-compliant)
 
 Recent regulatory guidance has clarified that banks may serve as custodians of virtual assets. In response, the banking industry has rushed to understand how it can seize this new business opportunity, without creating an untenable amount of AML and regulatory risk
@@ -273,10 +266,6 @@ Panel speakers: - Jesus Ruiz, Member of the Board and CTO, Alastria - Jun Li, Fo
 
 Ian Grigg is one of the most influential builders in the crypto space, having built digital asset systems since the nineties. We discuss his invention of the Ricardian contract framework, what makes cryptonetworks successful, identity as communal phenomenon, and the importance of building positive-sum systems.
 
-* [Magic: A Key-Based Authentication System For Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.dropbox.com/s/3flqaszoigwis5b/Magic%2520Whitepaper.pdf?dl%3D0)
-
-Since Magic’s authentication protocol is based on key pairs provided by decentralized blockchain networks, it is platform-independent and thus able to provide authentication service without having to rely on centralized identity providers.
-
 * [Self-Sovereign Identity, smart contracts and Web 3.0](https://hackernoon.com/self-sovereign-identity-smart-contracts-and-web-30-4dm375d) Hackernoon
 
 Public blockchain and smart contracts are a convenient and viable cloud for security-critical information and allow to implement more complex schemes. For example, your service requires that the user's identity be confirmed by some external KYC provider, or there must be an always available master public key to distribute software updates in the network (relevant for IoT).
@@ -297,10 +286,6 @@ verim’s initial product suite can be broken down into three parts.
 
 * [Social KYC, an Alternate Form of Identity Verification for Web3, with Ingo Rübe](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/15-social-kyc-alternate-form-identity-verification/id1552622325?i%3D1000525817275) @KILTProtocol.
 
-* [Decrypt trusts Magic to onboard record new user growth with the launch of reader tokens and rewards](https://medium.com/magiclabs/decrypt-trusts-magic-to-onboard-record-new-user-growth-with-the-launch-of-reader-tokens-and-rewards-14d791e582d5)
-
-I’ll cover how the Decrypt team streamlined development and onboarding to launch Decrypt Tokens and Drops — along with how crypto DNA and a leading product and team drove their trust in Magic.
-
 * [On the thermodynamics of Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and Holochain](https://blog.holochain.org/satoshi-nakamoto-and-the-fate-of-our-planet-2/)
 
 Holochain makes a bold claim: Consensus is unnecessary for most of the things blockchain is interested in doing.
@@ -659,7 +644,7 @@ The convergence of multiple rapidly maturing technologies, such as AI, IoT, and
 
 Now is the key moment to bring the ethos, technology and ambition of web3 to the real world to solve human problems.
 
-* [Why the SSI community should embrace million dollar apes](https://medium.com/coinmonks/why-the-ssi-community-should-embrace-million-dollar-apes-61d119f20331) [Animo Solutions](https://medium.com/@AnimoSolutions)
+* [Why the SSI community should embrace million dollar apes](https://medium.com/coinmonks/why-the-ssi-community-should-embrace-million-dollar-apes-61d119f20331) Animo
 
 someone [opened his door using Ethereum](https://www.reddit.com/r/theinternetofshit/comments/r5n9pj/man_unlocks_door_using_eth_by_verifying_a_nft_ens/). As a self-sovereign identity developer [...] this is hilarious. I can think of ten ways to open your door that are more secure. But I believe there’s more to these stories. These people are coming up with solutions that are in line with most of the core values we in the SSI space have been working on for years.
 
@@ -968,3 +953,8 @@ Together with Archblock, the team behind the TrueFi protocol, MetaMask Instituti
 Musings from, amongst other places, Unfinished Live and DWeb Camp all written up in the Atlantic.
 
 Long before the NFT boom or the Web3 backlash, an unglamorous movement was under way. Where does it stand now?
+* [Gitcoin Passport To Make Fundraising, Governance More Fair](https://blockworks.co/gitcoin-passport-to-make-fundraising-governance-more-fair/) Blockworks
+
+Gitcoin isn’t the only project trying to solve decentralized identification (DID), but it does have a leg-up on the so-called “cold start” problem, Owocki said.
+
+“What everyone else is missing is usage.” Today there are few if any dApps using DID, thus few users care about having an effective DID system, and decentralized apps have no incentive to prioritize it.