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Sep 27, 2022

Zero Trust, Web5, and GLEIF’s vLEI

My business partner at Digital Trust Ventures, Dr. Samuel Smith, happens to be the smartest human I’ve met, and through my line of work I’ve been fortunate to meet some smart ones. In an email exchange during the last 72 hours, Sam opined about the McKinsey Technology Trends Report for…

Web5

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Web5

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Sep 16, 2022

What is Web5?

Last week I published “Web3, Web5, & SSI” which argued “why the SSI community should escape Web3 and follow Jack Dorsey and Block into a Web5 big tent, with a common singular goal: the autonomous control of authentic data and relationships”. In this short post I’m proposing a definition for…

Web5

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Web5

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Sep 7, 2022

Web3, Web5 & SSI

Why the SSI community should escape Web3 and follow Jack Dorsey and Block into a Web5 big tent, with a common singular goal: the autonomous control of authentic data and relationships. TL;DR As a ten-year veteran of the SSI space, my initial reaction to Jack Dorsey’s (Block’s) announcement of Web5 —…

Ssi

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Ssi

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Jun 26, 2021

Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. And They’re Not Verifiable In the Way You Might Think.

Last summer I published a 3-part series about the similarities between verifiable credentials (VCs) and physical shipping containers: Part 1: Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. They’re Containers. Part 2: Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World Part 3: How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains The similarities have only become more apparent, and important, now that VCs are rapidly growing in global adoption. So it’s time for an update, including some history behind the VC name and why “verifiable” is also problematic.

Verifiable Credentials

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Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. And They’re Not Verifiable In the Way You Might Think.
Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. And They’re Not Verifiable In the Way You Might Think.
Verifiable Credentials

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Jun 26, 2021

The Verifiable Credentials (VC) Stack

SSI and verifiable credentials (VCs) have spawned hundreds of startups and significant initiatives within Microsoft, IBM, Workday, Samsung, Deutsche Telekom, the entire EU, the U.S. …

Verifiable Credentials

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The Verifiable Credentials (VC) Stack
The Verifiable Credentials (VC) Stack
Verifiable Credentials

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Jun 8, 2021

The EU Announcement is the Biggest Ever in SSI

On June 3, 2021 a significant thing happened for SSI (self-sovereign identity): The European Union announced a plan for an EU-wide digital wallet that would support drivers licenses, tax filings, opening bank accounts, prescriptions, academic achievements, seamless travel experiences and proving one’s age to enter a nightclub, among many other possibilities.* It’s easily the biggest thing to ever happen to SSI, and arguably the biggest to ever happen to identity generally, digital or otherwise.

Ssi

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The EU Announcement is the Biggest Ever in SSI
The EU Announcement is the Biggest Ever in SSI
Ssi

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Aug 15, 2020

Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID

Part 2 of 2: ID Is Only the Beginning. Achievements, Skills, & Competencies For many working with SSI and VCs, exchanging achievements is the top-of-mind use case. By achievements, I mean any kind: diplomas, degrees, certificates, skills, skill shapes, competencies, badges, milestones, grades, awards, commendations, micro-credentials, incremental achievements, and others. Students will eventually share…

Ssi

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Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID (Part 2 of 2)
Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID (Part 2 of 2)
Ssi

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Aug 15, 2020

Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID

Part 1 of 2: Strong, flexible, digital student ID that’s not bound to your campus, network, or vendor. Full Disclosure: The benefits discussed here apply to self-sovereign student ID generally and are not specific to any vendor or product, and do not result in vendor lock-in; any standards-compliant SSI tools…

Identity Management

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Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID (Part 1 of 2)
Introducing Self-Sovereign Student ID (Part 1 of 2)
Identity Management

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Jul 14, 2020

How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains

This is part 3 of a 3-part series: Part 1: Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. They’re Containers. Part 2: Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World Part 3: How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains TL;DR: Most organizations aren’t digitally connected to one another, creating “trust domain” barriers that are slow, manual, and expensive to traverse.

Verifiable Credentials

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How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains
How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains
Verifiable Credentials

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Jul 14, 2020

Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World

This is part 2 of a 3-part series: Part 1: Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Credentials. They’re Containers. Part 2: Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World Part 3: How Verifiable Credentials Bridge Trust Domains TL;DR: Verifiable Credentials (VCs) aren’t just functionally similar to shipping containers, they are economically similar as well, and will bring an explosion in…

Verifiable Credentials

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Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World
Like Shipping Containers, Verifiable Credentials Will Economically Transform the World
Verifiable Credentials

8 min read

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