Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen is Executive Director and Principal Architect of Blockchain Commons a “not-for-profit” social benefit corporation committed to open infrastructure. He is a co-author of the IETF TLS 1.0 specification at the heart of internet security, and is also co-author of the W3C DID (Decentralized Identifiers) specification, currently a Candidate Recommendation.

Latest from Christopher Allen

Policy

Self-Sovereign Identity, 5 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.

Apr 26, 2021

Markets

The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity

Blockstream identity practice specialist Christopher Allen discusses how he believes identities should be managed and stored online.

Apr 27, 2016

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