Identity: Research

[pgte]

Research mechanisms for nodes to provide, transmit and prove identity of actors in a decentralised web application that uses IPFS.

[pgte]

Some links to the latest research I've been following:

• A Gentle Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity
• Decentralised Identity Foundation
• Rebooting Web-of-Trust
• Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure

cc // @b5

[pgte]

Just found another source of definitions on Self-Sovereign Identity, this time from Sovrin (which IBM just joined):
https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Sovrin-Protocol-and-Token-White-Paper.pdf

//cc @b5

[b5]

Thanks for the links @pgte, I've started compiling research into a hackpad:
https://hackmd.io/s/H17TwVqsz
I'm going to keep cranking on that until I feel up to speed on the DID (Distributed Identity) & SSI (Self Soverign Identity) landscape. Others, feel free to edit!

[pgte]

@b5 That's awesome, keep us posted!

[pgte]

Interesting paper to read regarding Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI):
Technical details of Sovrin: