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History (2015-2019) Emergence of Blockchain for Identity and the United Nations

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is the central UN platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet a...

Updated: 2020-01-05 25 minute read

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History (2010-2014) Personal Data: Emergence of a New Assets Class

Your IDENTITY is at the root of your relationship with any service providing company, including the telecom companies. Honestly sir, the proper structure of the global network that emanates out of US agencies, laboratories, universities, offices, homes and increasingly pockets, is one based on un...

Updated: 2020-01-04 17 minute read

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Trust Framework
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Windhover Principles
XDI

Rebooting Web Of Trust - Papers and Advance Readings Index

The Web of Trust. It’s the buzzword for a new model of decentralized identity. However, it’s also a phrase that dates back almost twenty-five years and has been heavily overloaded with meaning during that time. The classic definition of Web of Trust derives from PGP, but the top Google results re...

Updated: 2020-10-10 31 minute read

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Principles and Characteristics of Self Sovereign Identity

There are a few different ways to approach and describe SSI. What I aim to do is come up with a list of different “SSI Cases” to modularize the treatment of the subject. This will allow each to contribute in the way that makes most sense for themselves, rather than trying to discuss SSI as a whol...

Updated: 2023-06-24 11 minute read

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Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)

In a nutshell, Self-Sovereign Identity allows individuals to manage their own identities by moving physical credentials to digital devices. An individual will receive a credential from an issuer which will be stored in their digital wallet.

Updated: 2023-06-22 14 minute read

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Web3

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Web5: A Decentralized Web Platform

TBD’s open source platform enables developers to build products and services on technologies. We believe an open source model will win in a decentralized, world. TBD’s strategy: build open source, collaborate with the community, and invest in the as a public good to advance the state of decentral...

Updated: 2023-07-05 4 minute read

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Web 3 and Self Sovereign Identity

Alice can have a credential issued for a particular purpose, store it in a personal data vault, and only authorize access to that credential when she consents to the interaction. Additionally, Alice controls this credential at all times and can present it to any requesting platform

Updated: 2023-06-27 9 minute read

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Web3 Explained

participation in governance, self-sovereign identity, content ownership and the freedom to build – are very appealing. In fact, it is hard to see how anybody (other than an incumbent with a turf to defend) could possible argue against any of them.

Updated: 2023-06-27 9 minute read

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Centre Consortium and Verite

We began by launching US Dollar Coin (USDC), a fiat-backed stablecoin and now the second largest stablecoin on the market. The standards we laid out for USDC provide a layer of trust and transparency so that users can operate with security and confidence as we enter a new world of digital payments.

Updated: 2023-07-03 2 minute read

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Spruce Systems

SpruceID is an ecosystem of open source libraries to enable user-controlled identity anywhere. Kepler is a decentralized storage system that uses smart contracts to define where your data live and who has access. Enable reusable identity verifications across social media, DNS and more. Enable use...

Updated: 2023-03-31 less than 1 minute read

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Magic Labs

When users want to sign up or log in to your application: User requests a magic link sent to their email address User clicks on that magic link User is securely logged into the applicationIf it’s a web application, users are logged into the original tab, even if the user clicked on the m...

Updated: 2023-03-22 less than 1 minute read

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Hyperledger Ursa

Hyperledger Ursa is a shared cryptographic library, it enables implementations to avoid duplicating other cryptographic work and hopefully increase security in the process. The library is an opt-in repository (for Hyperledger and non Hyperledger projects) to place and use crypto. Hyperledger Ursa...

Updated: 2023-06-12 1 minute read

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Consensys

ConsenSys is the leading Ethereum software company. We enable developers, enterprises, and people worldwide to build next-generation applications, launch modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. Our product suite, composed of Infura, Quorum, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligen...

Updated: 2023-06-25 4 minute read

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Ontology

Ontology is a high performance, open source blockchain specializing in digital identity and data. Ontology’s unique infrastructure supports robust cross-chain collaboration and Layer 2 scalability, offering businesses the flexibility to design a blockchain that suits their needs. With a suite of ...

Updated: 2020-11-11 6 minute read

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Ceramic - 3box

Designed to be cross-platform and highly configurable, IDX is compatible with all blockchains, wallets, and a wide variety of user and application data storage options including Ceramic, Textile, OrbitDB, Filecoin, IPFS, and Secure Data Stores — so you can seamlessly integrate decentralized ident...

Updated: 2023-06-25 8 minute read

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Web3Connect
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uPort

Transmute

Transmute digitizes trade documentation in a way that is cryptographically verifiable and traceable across an entire logistics ecosystem. The company’s approach combines decentralized identifier (DID), verifiable credential (VC), and blockchain technology with existing cloud-based systems to elim...

Updated: 2023-02-20 less than 1 minute read

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OIDC
Okta
Okta Identity Cloud
Oracle
Sidetree
Transmute
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United States Governments and Self Sovereign Identity

It would establish a task force to bring together key federal agencies with state and local government representatives to develop secure methods for government agencies to validate identity attributes to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital i...

Updated: 2023-06-28 17 minute read

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Digital Immigration Credentials
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Web3
Wyoming

uPort: Veramo and Serto

In your application, you must first configure your uPort object with an identifier and a private key (or signer function). There are several ways to instantiate a credentials object. The most common approach is to save a DID and private key on a server for your application and create a credential...

Updated: 2023-06-27 8 minute read

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Ethereum and Decentralized Identity

Ethereum-based Decentralized Identity Specs, Literature, (d)Apps, and GitHub Repositories.

Updated: 2023-06-26 9 minute read

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Ethereum and Decentralized Identity

Ethereum-based Decentralized Identity Specs, Literature, (d)Apps, and GitHub Repositories.

Updated: 2023-06-26 9 minute read

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Ethereum and Decentralized Identity

Ethereum-based Decentralized Identity Specs, Literature, (d)Apps, and GitHub Repositories.

Updated: 2023-06-26 9 minute read

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Trust Framework

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California: SSI, Policy, Blockchain, and Vaccine Records

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them. This landmark law secures new privacy rights for California consumers, including: - The right to know about the personal information a business collect...

Updated: 2023-06-10 9 minute read

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Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada - DIACC

The Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada, known as the DIACC, is a non-profit coalition of public and private sector leaders committed to developing a Canadian framework for digital identification and authentication. The framework is intended to enable Canadians to complete...

Updated: 2023-06-05 26 minute read

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BCGov - Government of British Columbia Canada

“Digital technologies are transforming the way British Columbians live, work and play. To meet their changing expectations, government’s transformation is also underway. It’s about using modern tools and technologies to deliver the services people want and maximizing the power of data to improve ...

Updated: 2023-06-09 7 minute read

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Verifiable Organizations Network
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Session Topics from the Internet Identity Workshop since 2005

If you want to stay current in digital identity, keeping an eye on the session topics of the biannual internet identity workshop is a good place to start.

Updated: 2020-11-10 102 minute read

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The Pan Canadian Trust Framework

“The Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (TBS) and Shared Services Canada (SSC) are seeking a standardized method to issue and rapidly verify portable digital credentials across many different contexts, thereby reducing human judgement error, increasing efficiency and ensuring digital credential...

Updated: 2023-06-09 6 minute read

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DIACC
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Verifiable Credentials

eIDAS - European Electronic Identification and Trust Services

This Regulation seeks to enhance trust in electronic transactions in the internal market by providing a common foundation for secure electronic interaction between citizens, businesses and public authorities, thereby increasing the effectiveness of public and private online services, electronic b...

Updated: 2023-06-08 17 minute read

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EUDI Framework
EUDI Wallet
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eIDAS Bridge
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History (2010-2014) Personal Data: Emergence of a New Assets Class

Your IDENTITY is at the root of your relationship with any service providing company, including the telecom companies. Honestly sir, the proper structure of the global network that emanates out of US agencies, laboratories, universities, offices, homes and increasingly pockets, is one based on un...

Updated: 2020-01-04 17 minute read

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Bitcoin
California
Credentials Community Group
DIACC
Danube Tech
FIDO
IBM
IDCommons
IndieAuth
Jolocom
Microsoft
NSTIC
Namecoin
OAuth
PCTF
Respect Network
Self Sovereign Identity
Swisscom
Trust Framework
W3C
WebAuthN
Windhover Principles
XDI

The Sovrin Foundation

The Sovrin Foundation is a private-sector, international non-profit that was established to govern the world’s first self-sovereign identity (SSI) network.

Updated: 2023-06-12 15 minute read

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Anonyome Labs
Axuall
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Certizen
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Desert Financial Credit Union
Deutsche Telekom AG
Dhiway
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Evernym
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Finicity
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Indy
InfoCert
MakoLab
Monokee
NEC
OAS Staff Federal Credit Union
One Global
Outlier Ventures
Perkins Coie
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Regio iT
Royal Credit Union
SICPA
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Sovrin Foundation
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Digital Twins

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Internet of Things (IOT)

Safety and security rests with all involved in authorizing updates, how and when they are applied as well as the right to repair when Things are no longer officially supported. Shared device lifecycle assurance is the basis for verifiable service histories of Things which give data provenance. Wh...

Updated: 2023-06-17 12 minute read

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Venafi

Spherity

Spherity is building decentralized identity management solutions to power the 4th industrial revolution, bringing secure identities (“Digital Twins”) to machines, algorithms, and other non-human entities.

Updated: 2023-02-20 less than 1 minute read

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DIF
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IOT
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Sovrin Foundation
Swisscom
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Trusted Digital Ecosystems

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Indicio

Our software and infrastructure allows companies to confirm data authenticity repeatedly and efficiently from its source without the expense or risk of direct integrations. Privacy-by-design architecture simplifies data compliance and deploys continuous Zero-Trust security, boosting bottom-line p...

Updated: 2023-03-22 less than 1 minute read

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Cysecure
DID:INDY
Enterprise
EntTrustient
Finclusive
GlobaliD
IDRamp
Indicio TestNet
Liquid Avatar Technologies
Lissi Wallet
Lorica Identity
Machine Readable Governance
Mediator Agent
Mobile Agent
Networks Synergy
Privatyze
Proven
Public Benefit Corporation
Selfd.id
SITA
Snapper Future Tech
Snowbridge Inc
Trusted Digital Ecosystems
Uphold
VCI
Verio ID
VERSES Labs
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Passwordless

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Magic Labs

When users want to sign up or log in to your application: User requests a magic link sent to their email address User clicks on that magic link User is securely logged into the applicationIf it’s a web application, users are logged into the original tab, even if the user clicked on the m...

Updated: 2023-03-22 less than 1 minute read

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DWeb
Enterprise
IAM
ID
Magic Link
Onboarding
Passwordless
SMS
Web3
WebAuthN

Metaverse

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The Metaverse in Web3 and Self Sovereign Identity

the first thing you should know about the metaverse, even as it’s still emerging and being defined, is that the time to act is now. The metaverse is expected to contribute USD 3 trillion to global GDP by 2013 and customers will expect immersive and interactive activities and apps from your brand

Updated: 2023-06-28 7 minute read

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Ethereum
Metaverse
NFTs
Web 3

Mattereum

We help people to sell, organise, and communicate about their property with confidence. Strong product knowledge ensures everyone derives maximum value from objects they buy, sell, and own. Mattereum’s first customer is legendary actor William Shatner’s company Third Millenia. Using Mattereum Ass...

Updated: 2023-03-22 less than 1 minute read

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IOT
Metaverse