Core Concepts

Basic building blocks of SSI

SSI is relatively new, having only emerged onto the Internet stage in 2016. At one level, SSI is a set of principles about how identity and personal data control should work across digital networks.

Overview of Decentralized Identity Standards

A standard, open protocol for establishing unique, private and secure connections between multiple parties without requiring the assistance of an intermediary “connection broker,” like Google, WhatsApp, an email provider, or a phone carrier. Secure connections are typically created by two or more peers creating and exchanging decentralized identifiers or “DIDs.”

JWM: a new standard for secure messaging

Messaging technologies have exploded in popularity in recent years. The broad usage of messaging systems, especially in distributed systems, requires a dedicated and standardized approach to security.

Intro to DIDs for people

The internet has connected people across the world with an efficiency, reliability, and consistency that was previously thought to be impossible.

The Three Models of Digital Identity Relationships

As a relative “noob” in the identity world — five years and counting — it may seem presumptuous for me to distill all the types of digital identity relationships into just three models. But it needs doing.

Awesome Semantic Web Resources

A curated list of various semantic web and linked data resources. To add something to the list please either submit a pull request or add a comment with a link to issues/awesomelets. Pull requests will be evaluated immediately for inclusion while posts while awesomelets will be evaluated at some indeterminate time in the future.

The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity

Identity is a uniquely human concept. It is that ineffable “I” of self-consciousness, something that is understood worldwide by every person living in every culture. As René Descartes said, Cogito ergo sum — I think, therefore I am.