Posts with keyword: distributed+ledger

9 entries

The Impact of a Network of Networks on Censorship

Wed May 6 11:44:00 2020

Creating a network of networks, where multiple ledgers serve as anchors for credential definitions, has consequences for the overall system's ability to resist censorship. This post explores why.
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When People Can Share Verifiable Attributes, Everything Changes

Thu Oct 20 13:36:00 2016

Verifiable, owner-provided attributes are the engine that will drive wide-spread adoption of self-sovereign identity systems. This article explains how this models the way credentials work in the physical world and describes benefits of owner-provided attributes.
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TL;DR: How Sovrin Works

Thu Oct 6 14:19:00 2016

An animation showing how Sovrin works.
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How Sovrin Works

Mon Oct 3 10:15:00 2016

This article describes how Sovrin works by showing the interactions of a Sovrin user, Jane, with organizations she does business with. The examples highlights Sovrin's features and method of operation.
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Announcing the Sovrin Foundation

Thu Sep 29 12:03:00 2016

In London today, we're announcing the formation of the Sovrin Foundation. Sovrin Foundation is a private-sector, international non-profit that was established to govern the Sovrin Identity Network (SIDN). SIDN is a public, permissioned distributed ledger purpose built for identities. The Internet was created without any way for people and organizations to be identified. On the Internet, only machines get identities in the form of IP numbers. This is understandable given what the creators of the Internet were trying to achieve. But the lack of a decentralized, heterarchical, and interoperable identity system has created an environment where the services most
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Self-Sovereign Identity and the Legitimacy of Permissioned Ledgers

Mon Sep 19 16:45:00 2016

This post justifies the claim that an identity system based on a permissioned distributed ledger is legitimately self-sovereign. The post also examines the claims to legitimacy that social login and distributed ledger identity systems make.
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