---
title: Bitcoin Identity Standards and Applications
layout: single
classes: wide
toc: false
permalink: blockchain/bitcoin/
canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/blockchain/bitcoin/'
redirect_from: 
  - blockchain/bitcoin
  - id-initiatives/bitcoin/
  - id-initiatives/bitcoin
categories: ["Blockchain"]
tags: ["Bitcoin"]
last_modified_at: 2019-07-11T11:22:33-23:00

---

![](https://i.imgur.com/q32lAXY.png)


## ION

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m excited to share with you an early look at our work on a scalable, open src, permissionless Layer 2 network for Decentralized Identifiers that runs atop Bitcoin, developed and supported by Microsoft as an open public infrastructure for all - meet ION: <a href="https://t.co/9TOl8oyEVB">https://t.co/9TOl8oyEVB</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Ƀ (@csuwildcat) <a href="https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1127926974054391809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/e4v6fZdFL5fdu3" width="595" height="485" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="//www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/introduction-to-ion-a-layer-2-network-for-decentralized-identifiers-with-bitcoin-daniel-buchner" title="Introduction to Ion – a layer 2 network for Decentralized Identifiers with Bitcoin - Daniel Buchner" target="_blank">Introduction to Ion – a layer 2 network for Decentralized Identifiers with Bitcoin - Daniel Buchner</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup" target="_blank">SSIMeetup</a></strong> </div>

{% include video id="agPVWVe0p3Q" provider="youtube" %}

* [decentralized-identity/ion](https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion)

<iframe src="https://castbox.fm/app/castbox/player/id1098037/id155192208?v=8.3.0&autoplay=0" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>

## BTCR

* <a href="https://github.com/w3c-ccg/didm-btcr" target="_blank">/w3c-ccg/didm-btcr</a> - WORK ITEM: BTCR DID Method Spec
* did:btcr:      - [BTCR DID Method](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/didm-btcr/) 
  * The Bitcoin Reference DID method (did:btcr) supports DIDs on the public Bitcoin blockchain. The Bitcoin Reference method has minimal design goals: a DID trust anchor based on the Bitcoin blockchain, updates publicly visible and auditable via Bitcoin transactions, and optionally, additional DID Document information referenced in the transaction OP_RETURN data field. No other Personal Identifiable Information (PII) would be placed on the immutable blockchain.
  * [btcr tx conversion playground](https://weboftrustinfo.github.io/btcr-tx-playground.github.io/) 
* <a href="https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-tx-playground.github.io" target="_blank">/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-tx-playground.github.io</a>
* <a href="https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-did-tools-js" target="_blank">/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-did-tools-js</a>
* <a href="https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-hackathon" target="_blank">/WebOfTrustInfo/btcr-hackathon</a> - Virtual hackathon to create spec and code for Bitcoin-based Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)


## Bitnation

* [Bitnation taps Blockchain tech to aid Refugees](https://www.newsbtc.com/2015/09/09/bitnation-taps-blockchain-tech-to-aid-refugees/)[[**^**](#Bitnation-and-the-United-Nations)]
* [BTCR DID Method](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/didm-btcr/) — The Bitcoin Reference DID method (did:btcr) supports DIDs on the public Bitcoin blockchain. The Bitcoin Reference method has minimal design goals: a DID trust anchor based on the Bitcoin blockchain, updates publicly visible and auditable via Bitcoin transactions, and optionally, additional DID Document information referenced in the transaction OP_RETURN data field. No other Personal Identifiable Information (PII) would be placed on the immutable blockchain.

## Spidchain

* [Spidchain](http://www.spidchain.com/) [[**wp**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B89WE3IIHmy1Z0ZSSWVmVEtaaG8/view)]
   * "offers a platform for self-sovereign identity, including desktop and mobile apps for end-users. It uses Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) - backed by optionally Bitcoin or Ethereum - to implement a marketplace for verifiable claims. The Spidchain applications allow individuals to create, recover, and revoke DIDs, to authenticate, to sign and verify files and claims, and more."
   
### Spidchain Bitcoin Repos
* <a href="https://github.com/SpidChain/spidchain-btcr" target="_blank">/SpidChain/spidchain-btcr</a> - An implementation of the btcr standard for self sovereign distributed digital identity
* <a href="https://github.com/SpidChain/electrumx" target="_blank">/SpidChain/electrumx</a> Forked from kyuupichan/electrumx
  - Alternative implementation of spesmilo/electrum-server
* <a href="https://github.com/SpidChain/btcr-spv" target="_blank">/SpidChain/btcr-spv</a> - Poc of an SPV implementation of BTCR
* <a href="https://github.com/SpidChain/satoshis-wheel-of-fortune" target="_blank">/SpidChain/satoshis-wheel-of-fortune</a> - Pick a name from a list randomly in a provably honest way
* <a href="https://github.com/SpidChain/txref-conversion-js" target="_blank">/SpidChain/txref-conversion-js</a> - Forked from WebOfTrustInfo/txref-conversion-js
  - Javascript library for converting txids to txrefs and back