Understanding Self-Sovereign Identity the Open Standards and the Open Source
summary
Overview of Self‑Sovereign Identity with concrete standards and code rather than hype explains DIDs as resolvable identifiers that separate keys from long‑lived identifiers, cites 100+ DID methods, describes did:web used by a US government pilot for digital green cards, and shows verifiable credentials as signed portable claims with privacy preserving presentations, notes the universal resolver and projects like Hyperledger Indy/Aries/Ursa, Jolocom, SpruceID and cloud stores such as encrypted data vaults.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 2:41Intended Audience
- 6:47Course Outline
- 14:35Standards for Time
- 21:58Decentralized Identifier (DID)
- 27:46A DID Method spec defines...
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