A Primer for Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), 2021

Andreas C. Hofmann — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:32:05 +0000

A Decentralized Identifier (DID) is a new type of identifier. I is globally unique, resolvable with high availability, and cryptographically verifiable. DIDs are typically associated with cryptographic material: public keys, and service endpoints, for establishing secure communication channels. DIDs are useful for any application that benefits from self-administered, cryptographically verifiable identifiers: personal identifiers, organizational identifiers, and identifiers for Internet of Things scenarios. For example, current commercial deployments of W3C Verifiable Credentials heavily utilize Decentralized Identifiers. So they identify people, organizations, and things and to achieve a number of security and privacy-protecting guarantees. This document is an introduction to the concept of Decentralized Identifiers (Abstract, modified).

https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/

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Decentralized Identifiers. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, 2023

Andreas C. Hofmann — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 22:06:22 +0000

You may have heard a lot about decentralized identifiers (DIDs) in articles and videos about decentralized identity, blockchain, or digital credentials, but don’t really know how they work. We’ll go over everything you need to know about DIDs and why they are so essential in the game-changing Verifiable Credential technology that Dock has been building since 2017 (Teaser).

https://www.dock.io/post/decentralized-identifiers

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A Primer for Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), 2021

Decentralized Identifiers. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, 2023