From 61cff328adfb756923ef358e0c82d4739496a324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Abramson Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 20:13:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add inital resources --- README.md | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6f7de05..0bb6158 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1 +1,66 @@ -# Self-Sovereign-Identity-Resouces \ No newline at end of file +# Self-Sovereign-Identity-Resouces + +# Goal: To share useful resources about self-sovereign identity + +I will try to keep these up to date as I discover new resources and learn more about this space. Pull requests welcome. + +# What is Self-Sovereign Identity? +"Lifetime portable identity for and person, organisation, or thing that does not depend on any centralised authority and cannot be taken away" - Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer Evernym +For a great introductory video watch [The Story of Open SSI Standards - Drummond Reed/Evernym SSIMeetup.org](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllH91rcFdE) + +# Decentralised Identifiers (DID) +Information about DID's +* [DID W3C specification](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/) + +# Decentralised Key Management + +# DID Authentication + +# Verifiable Credentials + +# Internet standards groups +Devloping standards for self-sovereign identity is important so that different companies solutions are interoperable. These are the main internet standards bodies that I know about. They are currently working on developing standards for DID's, Decentralised Key Management, DID Auth and Verifiable Credentials. +* [W3C Verifiable Claims working roup](https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/WG/) +* [W3C Credentials Community group](https://www.w3.org/community/credentials/) +* [OASIS - Advancing open standards for the information society](https://www.oasis-open.org/) +* [IEFT - Internet Standards](https://www.ietf.org/standards/) + +# Papers +Papers and whitepapers describing aspects of SSI +* [Sovrin - Building the "Public blockchain whose purpose is an identity for all"](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/Sovrin-Protocol-and-Token-White-Paper.pdf) +* [Establishing Identity without Certificate Authorities](http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~yingdi/pub/papers/Ellison-OldFriend-USENIX-Security-1996.pdf) +* [Identity Crisis: Clearer Through Correlation](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/draft-documents/identity-crisis.md) +* [Identity in Depth](https://www.r3.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Identity_indepth_r3.pdf) + +# Articles +* [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html) +* [A blockchain solution for Identity](https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/a-blockchain-solution-for-identity-51fbcae94caa) +* [Multi-source Identity](http://www.windley.com/archives/2018/05/multi-source_identity.shtml) +* [How Sovrin Works](https://blog.sovrin.org/how-sovrin-works-a1dff156c68e) +* [Tell Me Who You Are - a look at identity and biometrics by Vinay Gupta](https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/part-i-are-you-sure-you-exist-we-are-5cfe13ab488c) + +# Projects / Companies +Interesting projects working to develop self-sovereign identity solutions. + +* [MIT Solid Project](https://solid.mit.edu/) +* [Decentralised Identity Foundation](http://identity.foundation/) +* [Digital Bazar](https://digitalbazaar.com/) +* [uPort](https://www.uport.me/) +* [Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/) +* [Evernym](https://www.evernym.com/) +* [Veres One](https://veres.one/) +* [Decentralised ID](https://decentralized.id/) +* [Blockpass](https://blockpass.org/) +* [Blockcerts](https://www.blockcerts.org/) +* [Learning Machine](https://www.learningmachine.com/) +* [Blockstack](https://blockstack.org/) +* [VALID](https://valid.global/) +* [Civic](https://www.civic.com/) + +# Conferences / Meetups / Communities + +* [Internet Identity Workshop](https://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/) +* [MyData](https://mydata2018.org/) +* [Rebooting the Web of Trust](http://www.weboftrust.info/index.html) +* [SSI Meetup - Regular SSI Webinars](http://ssimeetup.org/) +