Dock is committed to creating an efficient, cost-effective method for managing and issuing verifiable credentials. As a major step in realizing this vision, we have been building a decentralized network on which organizations can create their own identities, and use these identities to issue credentials that can be cryptographically verified. This approach removes unnecessary intermediaries and manual verification steps from the process of issuing and handling credentials, and opens the door to a transparent, democratic way of governing the ecosystem.
As articulated in our earlier blog post illustrating Dock’s vision, we believe that Dock’s full potential can be reached through…
As Dock speeds towards our goal of enabling decentralized and verifiable claims, we are excited to announce that we have completed another milestone on our recently released roadmap. For the last 4 weeks, the development team has been working on developing and integrating schemas into Dock’s SDK.
Schemas are used to describe the structure of credentials, specifically the credential subject and are a useful way of enforcing a specific structure on a collection of data like a verifiable credential. This helps the issuer, holder and verifier to unambiguously determine the claims contained within the credential.
Dock uses the JSON schema…
As Dock continues with its mission to replace the centralized platforms that keep control and silo the credential data of institutions and users, we remain laser focussed in utilizing existing and open standards. Using standards ensures that our technology is an enabler for our users, making Dock interoperable with other standards as opposed to locking them into any particular stack.
Dock has chosen the W3C’s Verifiable Credentials Data Model (VDCM) — a standard born out of a work of a diverse international community of experts and by an organization which has been at the forefront of software standards for 30…
Dock’s vision is to move the control of our credentialing data away from third parties and finally enable claims issuers and recipients to have shared ownership over their data. This could be for any type of credential; a drivers license, professional qualification, academic achievement or even their medical history. We also aim to empower organizations to be able to create their own identities and be able to issue claims where both the date and issuer can be verified beyond doubt (cryptographically) and where the claims themselves are tamper-resistant.
We realize this vision by creating a set of tools custom made…
Today, it gives everyone at Dock great pleasure to announce the release of our first test net. Those of you who have been following the project will know of our vision to replace the centralized platforms that keep control and silo the credential data of institutions and users with an open public network that facilitates maximum interoperability through adherence with W3C standards. And in doing so, unlock global frictionless record sharing and verification without the need for any intermediaries.
This release is an early yet significant step towards reducing the cost and time barriers to seamlessly issue immutable, universally verifiable…
We appreciate that it has been a while since our last update and with a few months of 2020 already past it certainly feels like the right time to bring you up to speed with developments at Dock.
Of course, before we get started, it would be remiss not to mention the Coronavirus and the uncertainty and impact it will have to each and every one of us. We hope you and your families all stay safe out there! …
The lines between fact and fiction online are becoming increasingly blurry, does technology have any solutions to some of the problems it helped create.
Blurred lines
Increasingly, it is becoming more difficult to discern the difference between reliable and unreliable information online. Coming to light most prominently during the 2016 U.S presidential election, a number of political organisations spread false information via traditional news outlets and social media, often masquerading as legitimate news stories. Termed, somewhat oxymoronically, ‘Fake News’ (fake news isn’t news by definition) by Donald Trump’, these stories are thought to have had a significant impact on the…
Earlier today, Singapore based cryptocurrency exchange, Bitker, used one of their Telegram channels to announce that they had been hacked and were ceasing operations effective immediately. The post confirms that the hack had taken place back in May this year, but it is not yet clear how much was stolen and what the impact will be for exchange users. This is the announcement in full:
Outage Announcement
Dear BITKER users:
Thank you for your long-term support to BITKER!
Due to various uncontrollable factors, BITKER will be terminated at 23:59:59 on September 2nd, 2019 (GMT+8). …
Today was my last day. After seven and a half years at MaidSafe, I’ve handed in my front door keys and my laptop, and driven out of the car park for the last time.
To be honest, I thought it would be the last job I ever had. I believed that the company was destined to take over the world in the same way that Google and Facebook have dominated consumer tech, but in a more socially responsible and ethical way. We wouldn’t sell out our users to the highest bidder, we would enable them to grow with us.
Growing new brands can be challenging. In the early days, companies try to persuade new users to adopt their products and services, and in doing so, ask them to go through the inconvenience and risk associated with using the offering of an unknown brand. For established companies, this can be made easier by using an umbrella brand. Selling multiple products or services under a single brand name, such as Apple has done with the iPhone, iMac, or Apple Watch, for example. Alternatively, brands can be extended by incorporating an established name into your new product or new product niche. For…
Nick Lambert
CEO @ Dock. Tech. Marketing. Startups.
