An important factor in the success of self-sovereign identity (SSI) has been the recognition that interoperability via open standards is essential. Contributors to this open ecosystem include huge players like Microsoft and IBM. If you’re a fan of movies about the early PC wars (e.g. Pirates of Silicon Valley), it’s…

I’m excited to join the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) steering committee on behalf of Learning Machine. To introduce myself and Learning Machine to the DIF community, I wanted to describe Learning Machine’s background/interest in decentralized identity (or, more specifically, self-sovereign identity) for ensuring an individual’s control over their data. …

Blockcerts, Decentralized Identifiers, and Verifiable Claims — Written by Kim Hamilton Duffy and Natalie Smolenski and presented at ePIC 2017 in Bologna Italy. Introduction We are living through an historical moment in which momentum toward the unlimited collection and transferability of personal data by nation-states, industry leaders, and software providers is increasing irreversibly. Regulating this momentum from a…