Identosphere 153: Adoption What will it take? • Guide for Product Managers • Digital Government in USA • Device Bound Session Credentials
You weekly guide to the latest news, events, and related developments surrounding the implementation of decentralized identity with verifiable credentials
[Washington, DC] Identity Week America 10/03-04 ← Kaliya & Lucy will be there with a booth reach out if you want to connect or if you want a free ticket we have some to give away.
For the uninitiated, Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open-source software. [...] Explore these repos and see where you can make an impact:
Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) aims to reduce account hijacking caused by cookie theft. It does so by introducing a protocol and browser infrastructure to maintain and prove possession of a cryptographic key.
Students integrated SpruceKit into their apps to power applications to accept digital credentials from users on their terms, originate trusted information, and interact with user data vaults.
🏆 Bounty #1: Let users bring their own identity and data to your app
🏆 Bounty #2: Allow users to log in without a username/password by authenticating with their Ethereum accounts
OpenDID, a no-code solution for incorporating a KILT login into a website, and the CType Hub, a hub for existing and new credential types, are now available for use.
The SSI wallet overview of the comparison framework, hosted in TNO’s Github repository, is focused on cloud and mobile applications for holders that can be used to store, manage, and present verifiable credentials. The SSI agent overview, forked into Findynet’s Github repository, extends the scope to include agents that can issue and verify verifiable credentials.
Gartner® Cool Vendors™ is a valuable resource for organizations looking to understand the latest innovations and opportunities in the identity management market. Identity-first security is essential for operating any modern organization, and IdRamp's orchestration platform makes it easy to adopt.
Credential Payments is designed to efficiently integrate Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) with financial transaction procedures. This design enables on-chain payments related to blockchain to process Trusted Data that’s stored off-chain.
With the release of the afj/cheqd-sdk module, cheqd’s current and prospective partners now have the ability to migrate their stack from Hyperledger Indy to cheqd
designed to support issuing and verifying multiple types of government-issued permits, licenses, and certifications.
The value of using verifiable data for these kinds of documents is that their source and integrity can be verified without either direct integrations between databases or relying on third-party data management.
The one thing that surprises me about cybersecurity is how black-and-white it is often painted. It has to be PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), or it has to be blockchain — there’s very little in-between.
Last week I discussed why we opted not to build Qui on a blockchain, in favour of a technology called KERI. The KERI ecosystem is robust, but there’s one feature that I find particularly exciting for Qui: Blinded pre-commitments.
delve into the development of digital identity, highlighting the role of physical and digital systems, such as ID cards and computer databases, and Estonia's pioneering efforts in digital identity systems. They discuss the rise of the internet and web 2.0, and the challenges that came with it, like managing multiple usernames, passwords, and phishing scams.
A closer look at the Peer2Peer structure reveals its promise: unparalleled privacy and empowered user control in the digital realm. As they traverse through the seven pillars of digital identity benefits, Alec and Jack illuminate the wonders and challenges, drawing attention to the pivotal W3C standard.
Highlights: Skiff (privacy-first end-to-end encrypted workspace. Mail, Calendar, Pages, and Drive) - Holochain (framework for creating P2P applications) - OrbitDB (P2P database; IPFS and libp2p Pub/Sub)
A bonus tool! We couldn't make this list without highlighting our own tool, ODD SDK! ODD SDK is a local-first edge computing stack that empowers developers to build encrypted-at-rest and passwordless applications using the UCAN and WNFS protocols.
Bryce Patrick and Steve Dakh from the Ethereum Attestation Service. EAS is a new public good, open, permissionless, and token free. Is this the key unlock for decentralized identity through crypto?
teased plans on stage to develop a new, privacy-based feature in the Brave browser that will offer private messages and media transmission via the Zcash protocol.
Sean Li is the CEO and Co-founder of Magic Labs, which is a wallet that enables passwordless login and Web3 onboarding without seed phrases. Despite not being as well known as other Web3 wallets, Magic Labs recently raised $52M from PayPal Ventures
interoperable with other services using the Extensible Message Transport Protocol (XMTP), including Coinbase Wallet, Lens, Aave’s social media graph, and Alchemy
Today, OMB is releasing new policy guidance to agencies on Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience (M-23-22), which will transform the way Federal government communicates with the American people digitally [...] The guidance will make it seamless for the public to obtain government information and services online, and help agencies fully implement the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA).
