Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of unique identifiers that can be controlled solely by the user. With zero transaction costs, users can easily create their own DIDs. They will then be able to prove control over their DID and allow counterparties to find their public encryption key, signature…

A Decentralized Identifier (DID) is a stable identifier in form of an URI that introduces a level of indirection for key management and managing other useful information such as service endpoints. It means, you can rotate and add properties related to your DID and validators can find out about those…

Over the past few months, the DIF and Hyperledger Aries community have come together and agreed to work on a common work item aimed at developing secure communication based on Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) — hence the name DIDComm, which is short for DID Communication. Significant prior work in developing a…

The DID Auth WG had its kick-off meeting on April 25th. As DID Auth has different interpretations, the group agreed that DID Auth should be scoped as follows: Disclosure of a Decentralized Identifier Proof of control of the disclosed Decentralized Identifier Focus on authentication (AuthN) Authorization is out of scope DID AuthN Flavors …

For anyone who isn’t working on the emerging technologies and concepts being developed in the self-sovereign identity (SSI) community, it can be difficult to track and digest all the concepts, tools, and specifications it generates. Further, with an explosion of interest and work in the community from countless people and…