Self-Sovereign Identity


Web3

PwC Italy, SKChain Advisors to Build Blockchain-Based EU Digital Identity Product

The product will enable European companies and their customers to securely access digital platforms including those in the world of Web3.

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Tech

Bitcoin Software Company Synonym Launches Bitkit, a Bitcon Wallet Powered by Slashtags Protocol

The firm claims Slashtags will enable web portability and “passwordless” authentication.

Synonym's Bitkit wallet unveiled at Lugano's Plan B Forum (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk)

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.

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Tech

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.

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Tech

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.

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Policy

Self-Sovereign Identity Explained

Heard the phrase "self-sovereign identity"? Here is what it means and how it could change your experience of the internet.

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Finance

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.

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Markets

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.

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Finance

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.

A health worker conducts a COVID-19 test in Kuala Lumpur, April 12, 2020. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

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.

Mark Zuckerberg image via Facebook

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