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date: 2019-07-20
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>[SSI Meetup](https://ssimeetup.org) is an open, collaborative community to help SSI evangelists around the world, independent of company interests or standards. Our main mission is to help you connect with other SSI enthusiasts and create a dynamic, local, yet globally connected community.

...[Monthly webinars](https://ssimeetup.org/blog/), the [presentations](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup) and [video](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSqSTlKdbbCM1muGOhDa3Og) of which are invaluable resources.


### DIDs the Fundamental Building block of SSI

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs): The Fundamental Building Block of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)	Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer at Evernym, will explain in our second Webinar "Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) - Building Block of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)" giving us the background on how DIDs work, where they come from and why they are important for Blockchain based Digital Identity.	https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/decentralized-identifiers-dids-the-fundamental-building-block-of-selfsovereign-identity-ssi	2018-05-09


### DIDs and BTCR

* [Decentralized Identifiers DIDs and W3C with Manu Sporny and Drummond Reed](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/decentralized-identifiers-dids-and-w3c-with-manu-sporny-and-drummond-reed)
<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/DddAXKYTd9YBLL" 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> 



### Schema Definitions and Overlay - Paul Knowles

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[Schema Definitions and Overlays for Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) - Paul Knowles](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/schema-definitions-and-overlays-for-selfsovereign-identity-ssi-paul-knowles)


### DID Resolution - Markus Sabadello

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[DID Resolution: Given a DID how do I retrieve its document? – Markus Sabadello](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/did-resolution-given-a-did-how-do-i-retrieve-its-document-markus-sabadello)


### Verifiable Credentials 101 - Tyler Ruff

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/2FQiXCaqgTJvrQ" 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> 

[Verifiable Credentials 101 for SSI and Decentralized Digital Identity - Tyler Ruff](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/verifiable-credentials-101-for-ssi-and-decentralized-digital-identity-tyler-ruff)


### DID Auth - Markus Sabadello

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/CtcPSLkrTg5z2c" 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> 

[Introduction to DID Auth for SSI with Markus Sabadello](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/introduction-to-did-auth-with-markus-sabadello)


### Element DID Method - Orie Steele

<iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/2ct2imQLUnzp1j" 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> 

[The Element DID Method: Sidetree, Ethereum &amp; IPFS – Orie Steele](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/the-element-did-method-sidetree-ethereum-ipfs-orie-steele)


### ION - Bitcoin DIDs with Microsoft - Daniel Buchner

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[Introduction to Ion – a layer 2 network for Decentralized Identifiers with Bitcoin - Daniel Buchner](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/introduction-to-ion-a-layer-2-network-for-decentralized-identifiers-with-bitcoin-daniel-buchner)