Self-Sovereign Identity

Self-Sovereign Identity, Five Years On

Five years ago, Christopher Allen wrote about "self-sovereign identity," a key principle for crypto and the web 3.0 community. Here he reflects on its impact.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 April 2021

Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don’t Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report

Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws.

Tech  ·  7 December 2020
Opinion

An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained

Identity is one of our most fundamental human rights. In the age of surveillance, commodification and centralization, it is under threat.

Tech  ·  27 October 2020
SEC

Sovrin Foundation Sheds All Paid Staff in Tale of a Token Issuance Gone Wrong

The Sovrin Foundation, a digital ID non-profit, laid off all paid employees after failing to secure funding for an SEC-compliant token issuance.

Business  ·  25 June 2020
New York

The Queens Politician Who Wants to Give New Yorkers Their Own Crypto

Assemblyperson Ron Kim has proposed a decentralized contact tracing protocol and a blockchain-based public banking system for New Yorkers.

People  ·  19 June 2020
Coronavirus

COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passport’ Unites 60 Firms on Self-Sovereign ID Project

The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is working on a digital certificate to help stop the spread of the virus without compromising user privacy.

Business  ·  13 April 2020
Facebook

Buried in Facebook’s Libra White Paper, a Digital Identity Bombshell

Buried in Facebook’s Libra white paper are two sentences hinting the project's ambitions go even further than minting a global currency.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2019
Ethereum

In the Scramble to Fix Digital Identity, uPort Is a Project to Watch

Digital identity is scattered and insecure. ConsenSys' uPort project wants to rework the internet to make "self-sovereign identity" a reality.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 June 2018
Censorship

Don’t Use a Blockchain Unless You Really Need One

Blockchains are inefficient, and worth the cost only when censorship-resistance is required. For money, it clearly is; for identity, it just might be.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 January 2018