I changed the name of the repository, as it no longer resembles anything like an awesome-list and won't move that direction any time soon. I also figured out how to run this as a directory off of my personal page...
For now, [**infominer.id/DIDecentralized**](https://infominer.id/DIDecentralized) will be the most up to date - and I will make every effort to optimize for that experience, including mobile; rather than for navigation through github.
**ATTN:** It would be really helpful to me, if you have a project in this ecosystem and want to make a page that highlights your best traits and includes your most valuable resources - or even personal page that describes who you are and what you do, history, as far as you want to go really- I can add it to the repository and build upon it, or simply add it to the collection, whatever works for everyone.
I'm open to collaboration.
## Contents
[[**T**](#contents)]witter • [[**G**](#contents)]ithub • [[**B**](#contents)]log • [[**wp**](#contents)] whitepaper • [[**D**](#contents)]ocumentation • [[**F**](#contents)]orums • [[**C**](#contents)]hat • [[**tele**](#contents)]gram • [[**web**](#contents)]site
• [[**ϟ**](#contents)] related resource • [[**>**](#contents)] related section • [[**>>**](#contents)] another page on site. • [[**^**](#contents)] back to the contents.
* [What is Decentralized ID?](#what-is-decentralized-id-)
* [Decentralized Identity History](#decentralized-identity-history-)
* [What is Self Sovereign Identity?](#self-sovereign-identity-)
* [DID Related Web Standards](#did-related-web-standards-)
* [OASIS XDI TC Technical Committee](#oasis-xdi-tc-technical-committee-)
* [W3C](#w3c-)
* [DID the Decentralized Identifier](#did-the-decentralized-identifier-)
* [Verifiable Claims](#verifiable-claims-)
* [Decentralized Key Managment DKMS](#decentralized-key-management-agents-)
* [DID Auth](#did-auth-)
* [Blockcerts](#blockcerts-)
* [Schema](#schema-)
* [DID Adoption](#did-adoption-)
* [Directory](#directory-) To other pages within this repository.
* [SSI\DID History](history.md) >>
* [Self Sovereign Identity](self-sovereign-identity) >>
* [GDPR](gdpr) >>
* [Humanitarian](humanitarian.md) >>
* [Identity Related GitHub Repositories](identity-github.md) >>
* [Literature](literature.md) >>
* [Rebooting Web of Trust](rebooting-web-of-trust.md) >>
* [Media](media.md) >> - Video, Podcasts and Slideshare
* [Decentralized Identity Foundation—DIF](identity-foundation.md) >>
* [Bitcoin](bitcoin.md) >>
* [Spidchain](bitcoin.md#spidchain-) >>
* [Ethereum](ethereum.md) >>
* [ERC-EIP](ethereum.md#erc-eip-) >>
* [ERC725-735](ethereum.md#erc725-735-)
* [uPort](ethereum.md#uport-) >>
* [Jolocom](ethereum.md#jolocom-) >>
* [Spidchain](ethereum.md#spidchain-) >>
* [Cryptonomica](ethereum.md#cryptonomica-) >>
* [Assorted Ethereum Apps](ethereum.md#assorted-ethereum-apps-) >>
* [Indy Ecosystem](indy-ecosystem/) >>
* [Adoption](indy-ecosystem/adoption.md) >>
* [Indy Github](indy-ecosystem/indy-github.md) >>
* [Literature](indy-ecosystem/literature.md) >>
* [Sovrin Foundation](indy-ecosystem/sovrin.foundation.md) >>
* [VON](indy-ecosystem/VON.md) >>
* [Hyperledger Global Forum](hgf-2018/) >>
* [State Sponsored](state-sponsored.md) >>
* [Microsoft](microsoft.md) >>
* [IBM](ibm.md) >>
* [Sources](#sources-)
* [Tips Jar](#tips-jar-)
* [github.com/infominer33/DIDecentralized](https://github.com/infominer33/DIDecentralized)
* [infominer.id](https://infominer.id)
*Pull Requests Welcome*
## What is Decentralized ID? [**^**](#contents)
That's a big question, and what follows are just some notes, until I work out a more thoughtful answer.
The essence of Decentralized-ID is in creating open standards for a privacy preserving internet-wide identity layer — not owned by any one particular organization, but interoperable between all.
It's impossible to have a conversation about decentralized-id without discussing blockchain and self sovereign identity:
* Self Sovereign Identity principles (with some help from the GDPR) have helped to shape the narrative around putting the identity owner in control over their personal information.
* Blockchain fueled longstanding efforts to create a privacy preserving internet-wide identity protocol, and inspired development of decentralized networks for online identification.
* The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have also helped to fueled efforts for a global and widely accessible identity solution.
## Decentralized Identity History [**^**](#contents)
* [Losing Control over our Personal Information >>](history.md#losing-control-over-our-personal-information) '80s
* [PGP - Web of Trust >>](#pgp---web-of-trust-) '91
* [International Planetwork Conference >>](history.md#international-planetwork-conference-) '00s
* [XNS Public Trust Organization >>](history.md#xns-public-trust-organization-)
* [The Augmented Social Network >>](history.md#the-augmented-social-network-) '03
* [IDCommons >>](history.md#idcommons-) '01
* [Identity Gang >>](history.md#identity-gang-) '04
* [Kim Cameron - Laws of Identity >>](history.md#kim-cameron---laws-of-identity)
* [Internet Identity Workshop—IIW >>](history.md#internet-identity-workshop-) '05
* [W3C Credentials Community Group >>](history.md#w3c-credentials-community-group-) '14
* [Bitnation >>](history.md#bitnation-) '15
* [The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals >>](history.md#the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals-) '15
* [history.md#Rebooting-Web-of-Trust (RWoT) >>](history.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-)
* [Evernym >>](history.md#evernym-)
* [ID2020 and the GDPR >>](history.md#id2020-and-the-gdpr-) '16
* [The End of 2016 >>](history.md#the-end-of-2016-)
* [Decentralized Identity Foundation >>](history.md#decentralized-identity-foundation-) '17
* [Standards History >>](history.md#standards-history-)
* [Resources >>](history.md#resources-)
## Self Sovereign Identity [**^**](#contents)
* [Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/)[[**info**](https://christophera.info/)] details the overarching history of internet idenitity standards and outlines [10 Principles of Self Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md) in his seminal work [The Path to Self-Soverereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html)[[**ϟ**](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)]
* A Technlogy-Free Definition of Self-Sovereign Identity is a continuation of the discussion started by Allen, offering 3 "Core Characteristics of Sovereign Identity".
* [7 Myths of Self Sovereign Identity](https://medium.com/evernym/7-myths-of-self-sovereign-identity-67aea7416b1)
* [Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Inevitable-Rise-of-Self-Sovereign-Identity.pdf)
* [SSIMeetup](http://ssimeetup.org/) [[**S**](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/presentations)] [[**V**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSqSTlKdbbCM1muGOhDa3Og)] [[**tele**](https://t.me/SSIMeetup)]
\- SSI Meetup is an open, collaborative community to help SSI evangelists around the world, independent of company interests or standards.
* [SSI: A Roadmap for Adoption](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/final-documents/a-roadmap-for-ssi.md)
* **[/DIDecentralized/self-sovereign-identity](self-sovereign-identity)** SSI documentation is still under development. This directory is to organize existing thought on SSI in one place for ease of study, and the development of new documentation.
* [Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self Sovereign Identity Solutions](https://www.slideshare.net/TommyKoens/matching-identity-management-solutions-to-selfsovereign-identity-principles)
## DID Related Web Standards [**^**](#contents) ### OASIS XDI TC Technical Committee [**^**](#contents) * /OASIS-XDI-Technical-Committee/xdi-spec-docbook - XDI Specifications (Docbook) * /OASIS-XDI-Technical-Committee/xdi-developers-guide - XDI Developer's Guide * /OASIS-XDI-Technical-Committee/xdi-spec-openoffice - XDI Specifications (Open Office) * /OASIS-XDI-Technical-Committee/xdi-spec-dita - XDI Specifications (DITA) ### W3C [**^**](#contents)  * [World Wide Web Consortium(W3C)](https://www.w3.org/) [[**T**](https://twitter.com/w3c)] [[**G**](https://github.com/w3c)] >The [World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor and Director Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential. * Verifiable Claims WG - Mailing List (and archives) * [Credentials Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/credentials/)[[**B**](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/)] * Public mailing list for the Credentials Community Group (and archives) - Anyone may read or write to this list. * /opencreds/website * [opencreds.org — Identity Credentials 1.0](https://opencreds.org/specs/source/identity-credentials/) * /w3c-dvcg/w3c-dvcg.github.io - Landing site for W3C Digital Verification Community Group. [**W**] * [JSON-LD 1.0, W3C Recommendation](https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/) \ The Story of Open SSI Standards - Drummond Reed/Evernym SSIMeetup.org[ϟ] #### DID the Decentralized Identifier [**^**](#contents)0/ “Self-Sovereign Identity: A Progress Report”…
— Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA) April 25, 2018
* [DID Whitepaper](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot2-id2020/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/DID-Whitepaper.md)
> A DID architecture should focus on the set of components that Mr. Gupta refers to as "the minimum required for people to be able to do business (or other critical functions) together".
>
>**A Decentralized Identifier (DID) Registry and Discovery Service**
>
> This "minimum required" is defined by a union of the proposed requirements identified by the W3C Credential Community Group, the XDI.org Registry Working Group, and the Rebooting the Web of Trust group. It consists of three functions that can be addressed by a combination of blockchain and DHT technology:
>
> * A DID registration function
> * A discovery function that enables looking up a registered DID in the blockchain
> * A master key recovery function
* [A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt) <-DID's modeled after
* [All you need to know about sequential UUID generators](https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/sequential-uuid-generators/)
* [w3c- Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v0.11](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/)
* Authors:
* [Drummond Reed](https://equalsdrummond.name/) [[**T**](https://twitter.com/drummondreed)] ([Evernym](https://www.evernym.com/))
* [Manu Sporney](http://manu.sporny.org/)[[**T**](https://twitter.com/manusporny)] ([Digital Bazaar](https://digitalbazaar.com))
* Dave Longley ([Digital Bazaar](https://digitalbazaar.com))
* [Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/) [[**info**](https://github.com/ChristopherA/info)] ([Blockstream](https://blockstream.com/))
* Ryan Grant
* [Markus Sabadello (Peacekeeper)](http://mydata2016.org/speaker/markus-sabadello/) [[**T**](https://twitter.com/peacekeeper)] [[**G**](https://github.com/peacekeeper)] [[**B**](https://medium.com/@markus.sabadello)] ([Danube Tech](https://github.com/projectdanube))
* [Understanding Decentralized IDs (DIDs)](https://medium.com/@adam_14796/understanding-decentralized-ids-dids-839798b91809)
* [DID Primer](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/did-primer.md) [[**ϟ**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7-fall2018/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/did-primer-extended.md)]
* [Decentralized IDentifers (DIDs)](https://www.w3.org/2018/vocabws/presentations/Sabadello.pdf)
* [Requirements for DIDs](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/requirements-for-dids.pdf)
* [DIDs in DPKI](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/dids-in-dpki.md)
* [What is a DID?](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ym85y_bDVN9xkRZ-oD-zlUUIeZjVGWNihfZBk2GQidk/edit)
* [The Path from an id (DID) to a Real-Life Something](https://hyperonomy.com/2019/01/04/the-path-from-a-id-did-to-a-real-life-something)
#### Verifiable Claims [**^**](#contents)
* [Verifiable Claims Working Group](https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/WG/) [[**D**](https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/charter.html)]
* [Verifiable Claims Data Model 1.0](https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/) [[**G**](https://github.com/w3c/vc-data-model)] [[**D**](https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/)]
* [Verifiable Credentials 101 for SSI – Tyler Ruff – Webinar 11](http://ssimeetup.org/verifiable-credentials-101-ssi-tyler-ruff-webinar-11/)
### DID Auth [**^**](#contents)
* [DID Auth and the Little I-am-Me](https://medium.com/@markus.sabadello/did-auth-and-the-little-i-am-me-ec14d757ff09)
* [Introduction to DID Auth](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/final-documents/did-auth.md) [[**ϟ**](http://ssimeetup.org/introduction-did-auth-markus-sabadello-webinar-10/)]
\
http://ssimeetup.org/introduction-did-auth-markus-sabadello-webinar-10
### Decentralized Key Management-Agents [**^**](#contents)
* [Decentralized Key Management (DKMS): An Essential Missing Piece of the SSI Puzzle - Drummond Reed](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/decentralized-key-management-dkms-an-essential-missing-piece-of-the-ssi-puzzle-drummond-reed)
* [Recommendations for Decentralized Key Management Systems](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/dkms-recommendations.md)
* [Agent to Agent Communication](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PHAy8dMefZG9JNg87Zi33SfKkZvUvXvx/view): Daniel Hardman explains the goals of agent to agent communication
\
DKMS - An Essential Missing Piece of the SSI Puzzle. Drummond Reed. SSIMeetup.org
* Microsoft- Decentralized Identity — Own and Control Your Identity.
### Blockcerts [**^**](#contents)
* [Learning Machine](https://www.learningmachine.com/)
* [Academic Credentialing and the Blockchain](https://www.learningmachine.com/academic-credentialing-blockchain/)
* [Blockcerts](https://www.blockcerts.org), developed by learning machine is an open standard for issuing and verifying blockchain-based official records; The project offers open-source libraries, tools, and mobile apps. MIT has [issued](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/19/mit-introduces-digital-diplomas) digital certificates based on this standard.
* [CXC (Carribean) Pilots E-Certificates on the Blockchain](https://www.cxc.org/cxc-pilots-e-certificates-on-the-blockchain/)
* [A Decentralized Approach to Blockcerts Credential Revocation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/final-documents/blockcerts-revocation.md)
### Schema [**^**](#contents)
* [Schema](https://schema.org) — a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet. Schema.org vocabulary can be used with many different encodings, including RDFa, Microdata and JSON-LD. These vocabularies cover entities, relationships between entities and actions, and can easily be extended through a well-documented extension model. Over 10 million sites use Schema.org to markup their web pages and email messages. Many applications from Google, Microsoft, Pinterest, Yandex and others already use these vocabularies to power rich, extensible experiences."
## DID Adoption [**^**](#contents)
**[DID Method Registry](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-registry/#the-registry)**
* did:example: - [DID Specification](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-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/)
* did:stack: - [Blockstack DID Method](https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core/blob/master/docs/blockstack-did-spec.md) [[**ϟ**](https://forum.blockstack.org/t/did-method-at-identity-foundation/4287/9)]
- Blockstack is a network for decentralized applications where users own their identities and data. Blockstack utilizes a public blockchain to implement a decentralized naming layer, which binds a user's human-readable username to their current public key and a pointer to their data storage buckets.
* did:cnsnt: - Consent
* did:erc725: - [erc725 DID Method](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/DID-Method-erc725.md)
* did:ipid: - [IPID DID method](https://did-ipid.github.io/ipid-did-method/)
- Implementation of the DID spec over IPFS (Interplanetary File System)
* did:life: - [lifeID DID Method](https://lifeid.github.io/did-method-spec/)
* did:sov: - [Sovrin DID Method](https://sovrin-foundation.github.io/sovrin/spec/did-method-spec-template.html)
* did:uport: - uPort
* did:v1: - [Veres One DID Method](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/didm-veres-one/)
* [**veres.one**](https://veres.one) — a permissionless public ledger designed specifically for the creation and management of decentralized identifiers (DIDs)
* did:dom: - Dominode
* did:ont: - [Ontology DID Method](https://github.com/ontio/ontology-DID/blob/master/docs/en/DID-ONT-method.md)
* did:vvo: - [Vivvo DID Method](https://vivvo.github.io/vivvo-did-scheme/spec/did-method-spec-template.html)
* did:icon: - [ICON DID Method](https://github.com/icon-project/icon-DID/blob/master/docs/ICON-DID-method.md)
* did:iwt: - [InfoWallet DID Method](https://github.com/infowallet/did_method/blob/master/did_method.md)
* did:ockam: - [Ockam DID Method](https://github.com/ockam-network/did-method-spec/blob/master/README.md)
* [did:ockam:](https://medium.com/ockam/an-introduction-to-did-ockam-8626d5aecc53) [[**ϟ**](https://twitter.com/Ockam_io/status/1064589363269365763)]
* did:ala: - [Alastria DID Method](https://github.com/alastria/alastria-identity/wiki/Alastria-DID-Method-Specification-(Quorum-version))
* did:op: - [Ocean Protocol DID Method](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/OEPs/blob/master/7/did-method-spec.md)
* did:jlinc: - [JLINC Protocol DID Method](https://did-spec.jlinc.org/)
* did:ion: - [ION DID Method](https://github.com/decentralized-identity/ion-did-method)
* did:jolo: - Jolocom
* did:ethr: - [ETHR DID Method](https://github.com/uport-project/ethr-did-resolver/blob/develop/doc/did-method-spec.md)
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* [Peer DID Method Spec](https://dhh1128.github.io/peer-did-method-spec/index.html)
* [@ChristopherA on DID adoption](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/989122017348784130)
> "22/ Over a dozen companies and organizations, using multiple blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, etc.), have committed to deploying DIDs, including IBM, Microsoft, Digital Bazaar, Consensys, Evernym, Learning Machine, British Columbia, and more:" —[How blockchain could solve the internet privacy problem](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3267930/blockchain/how-blockchain-could-solve-the-internet-privacy-problem.html)
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## Directory [**^**](#contents)
Other files and folders within this repository:
* [SSI\DID History](history.md)
* [Self Sovereign Identity](self-sovereign-identity)
* [Identity Related GitHub Repositories](identity-github.md)
* [Literature](literature.md)
* [Rebooting Web of Trust](rebooting-web-of-trust.md)
* [Media](assorted-media.md) - Video, Podcasts and Slideshare
* [GDPR](gdpr)
* [Humanitarian](humanitarian.md)
* [Decentralized Identity Foundation—DIF](identity-foundation.md)
* [Bitcoin](bitcoin.md)
* [Spidchain](bitcoin.md#spidchain-)
* [Ethereum](ethereum.md)
* [uPort](ethereum.md#uport-)
* [Jolocom](ethereum.md#jolocom-)
* [Spidchain](ethereum.md#spidchain-)
* [Indy Ecosystem](indy-ecosystem/)
* [Adoption](indy-ecosystem/adoption.md)
* [Indy Github](indy-ecosystem/indy-github.md)
* [Literature](indy-ecosystem/literature.md)
* [Sovrin Foundation](indy-ecosystem/sovrin.foundation.md)
* [VON](indy-ecosystem/VON.md)
* [Hyperledger Global Forum](hgf-2018/)
* [State Sponsored](state-sponsored.md)
* [IBM](ibm.md)
* [Microsoft](microsoft.md)
## Sources [**^**](#contents)
* [SSI Meetup](http://ssimeetup.org/) [[**V**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSqSTlKdbbCM1muGOhDa3Og)][[**ϟ**](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/presentations/)]
* [IIW-Wiki](https://iiw.idcommons.net/Main_Page)
* [wiki.idcommons.net](http://wiki.idcommons.net/Main_Page)
* [/WebOfTrustInfo](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/)
* [/peacekeeper/blockchain-identity](https://github.com/peacekeeper/blockchain-identity)
* [identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/)
* [windley.com/tags/identity](http://www.windley.com/tags/identity.shtml)
* [Kim Camerons Identity Blog](https://identityblog.com)
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## Tips Jar [**^**](#contents)
BTC— 1GvkjHtiy9LUjVkStnEAXxjhcoS56aCokY
DOGE— DSzMxfABB8EwKiumzV7YHhS7HTvWAyM7QF
