# Identity Articles, Research and Literature

## Contents

* [Literature](#literature-)
* [Reports](#reports)
* [Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure DPKI](#decentralized-public-key-infrastructure-dpki-)
* [Rebooting Web of Trust -Directory](#rebooting-web-of-trust-)
* [Assorted Thought Around Identity](#assorted-thought-around-identity)
* [>> Sovrin Related Literature](indy-ecosystem/literature.md)

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* [github.com/infominer33/DecentralizedID](https://github.com/infominer33/DecentralizedID)
* [infominer.id/DecentralizedID](https://infominer.id/DecentralizedID)
* [infominer.id](https://infominer.id)


## Literature [**^**](#contents)

* [Security without Identification: Transaction Systems to make Big Brother Obsolete](https://www.cs.ru.nl/~jhh/pub/secsem/chaum1985bigbrother.pdf) - David Chaum 1985
* [Establishing Identity Without Certification Authorities](https://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~yingdi/pub/papers/Ellison-OldFriend-USENIX-Security-1996.pdf)
* [A First Look at Identity Management Schemes on the Blockchain](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.03294.pdf)
* [ChainAnchor — Anonymous Identities for Permissioned Blokchains](http://connection.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2014/12/Anonymous-Identities-for-Permissioned-Blockchains2.pdf)
* [Decentralizing Privacy: Using Blockchain to Protect Personal Data](http://web.media.mit.edu/~guyzys/data/ZNP15.pdf)
* [Towards Self-Sovereign Identity using Blockchain Technology](https://essay.utwente.nl/71274/1/Baars_MA_BMS.pdf)
* [Self-sovereign Identity –	Opportunities and Challenges for the Digital Revolution](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01767.pdf)
* [The Knowledge Complexity Of Interactive Proofs](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.419.8132&)
* [A Conceptual Analysis on Sovrin](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323144927_A_Conceptual_Analysis_on_Sovrin)
* [Blockchain for Identity Management](https://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~frankel/TechnicalReports/2016/16-02.pdf) - Details early efforts towards Blockchain-ID
* [Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self Sovereign Identity Solutions](https://www.slideshare.net/TommyKoens/matching-identity-management-solutions-to-selfsovereign-identity-principles)

## Reports [**^**](#contents)
* [EU BLOCKCHAIN OBSERVATORY AND FORUM — Workshop Report — e-Identity, Brussels, November 7, 2018](https://www.eublockchainforum.eu/sites/default/files/reports/workshop_5_report_-_e-identity.pdf)
* [A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Identity Management Utility Sovrin](https://dutchblockchaincoalition.org/uploads/pdf/Blockchain-Sovrin-rapport.pdf)
* [How Blockchain Revolutionizes Identity Management](https://www.accenture-insights.nl/en-us/articles/how-blockchain-will-revolutionize-identity-management)
* [Digital Identity: the current state of affairs](https://www.bbvaresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Digital-Identity_the-current-state-of-affairs.pdf)
* [Blockchain: Evolving Decentralized Identity Design](https://www.gartner.com/doc/3834863/blockchain-evolving-decentralized-identity-design)
* [IDENTITY MATTERS](https://cboxxtest.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/cboxxidentitymatters04.pdf)
* [Accenture: ID2020: DIGITAL IDENTITY with Blockchain and Biometrics](https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-blockchain-id2020)
* [Privacy-Preserving Authentication, Another Reason to Care about Zero-Knowledge Proofs —slideshare](https://www.slideshare.net/eralcnoslen/privacypreserving-authentication-another-reason-to-care-about-zeroknowledge-proofs)
* [r3- Identity in Depth](https://www.r3.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Identity_indepth_r3.pdf)
* [Global Blockchain Identity Management Market 2018-2022](https://www.technavio.com/report/global-blockchain-identity-management-market-analysis-share-2018)
* [A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity](https://ssiscoop.com/) - by Kaliya ['Identity Woman'](https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman) Young and [Heather Vescent](https://twitter.com/heathervescent) [[**ϟ**](https://www.thepaypers.com/expert-opinion/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-self-sovereign-identity-part-1/774556)]
* [Report launch: ‘Identity at the Margins — identification systems for refugees”](https://medium.com/caribou-digital/report-launch-identity-at-the-margins-identification-systems-for-refugees-69466244fa62)
* [WEF: Identity in a Digital World A new chapter in the social contract](http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_INSIGHT_REPORT_Digital%20Identity.pdf)
* [A position paper on blockchain enabled identity and the road ahead](https://www.bundesblock.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ssi-paper.pdf)—Identity Working Group of the German Blockchain Association [[**ϟ**](https://www.bundesblock.de/2018/10/23/position-paper-self-sovereign-identity/)]

## Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure DPKI [**^**](#contents)
* RWoT—[Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/dpki.pdf)
* [SCPKI: A Smart Contract-based PKI and Identity System](http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.AlBassam/publications/scpki-bcc17.pdf)
* [KeyChains: A Decentralized Public-Key Infrastructure](https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/3332/0.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
* [ClaimChain: Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318584251_ClaimChain_Decentralized_Public_Key_Infrastructure)
* [A Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure with Identity Retention](https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/803.pdf)
* [Privacy based decentralized Public Key Infrastructure
(PKI) implementation using Smart contract in
Blockchain](https://isrdc.iitb.ac.in/blockchain/workshops/2017-iitb/papers/paper-11%20-%20Decentralized%20PKI%20in%20blockchain%20and%20Smart%20contract.pdf)

### Rebooting Web of Trust [**^**](#contents)

[**>> Rebooting Web of Trust - "complete" Papers, Topics and Advance Readings >>**](rebooting-web-of-trust.md)
* [Selected RWoT Whitepapers](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#selected-rebooting-web-of-trust-whitepapers-)
  * [Primers](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#primers)
  * [RWoT Workshop Related](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rwot-workshop-related-)
  * [Use Cases](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#use-cases-) 
* [Completed Papers](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#completed-papers-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust I](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-i-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust II - ID2020](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-ii---id2020-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust III](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-iii-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust IV](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-iv-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust V](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-v-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust VI](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-vi-)
  * [Rebooting the Web of Trust VII](rebooting-web-of-trust.md#rebooting-the-web-of-trust-vii-)
* [Topics and Advance Readings](#topics-and-advance-readings-)
  * [RWoT 1](#rwot-1-)
  * [RWoT 2](#rwot-id2020-)
  * [RWoT 3](#rwot-3-)
  * [RWoT 4](#rwot-4-)
  * [RWoT 5](#rwot-5-)
  * [RWoT 6](#rwot-6-)
  * [RWoT 7](#rwot-7-)

## Additional Thought around Identity [**^**](#contents)
* [Is putting hashed PII on any immutable ledger(blockchain) is a bad Idea](https://identitywoman.net/putting-hashed-pii-immutable-ledgerblockchain-bad-idea/)
* [Decentralized Identity Trilemma](http://maciek.blog/decentralized-identity-trilemma/)
   >There seems to exist a trilemma in decentralized identity analogous to @Zooko's triangle. None of the existing solutions are at the same time: 1) privacy-preserving, 2) Sybil-resistant 3) self-sovereign -[[**T**](https://twitter.com/MaciekLaskus/status/1031859093072424960)]
   * [Maciek Laskus - BLOCKWALKS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAgJpQfQXxs) (video)
   * "I designed an algorithm that mapped out people [working on identity](https://twitter.com/MaciekLaskus/status/1066780557906976768) using Twitter data:" [Identity list](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hBBVA0-jqmRRZ_JFQ8HEck9tFub7crsqRzlBZWf01xg/edit?usp=sharing)
* [Proof of Thought (PoT)](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4459113.0)
* [Queer Privacy](https://leanpub.com/queerprivacy)
   >Stories about using the Internet as a tool to find out more about yourself, and as a tool to express and empower; about the dangers of Internet censorship and about the practical realities of maintaining multiple distinct digital identities. 
* [@SarahJamieLewis Twitter thread on Identity](https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1041043532654542848)
   >Any technology which relies on the existence of, or attempts to create a, global, unique identity is oppressive by design. Stop" innovating" oppressive structures.