awesome-self-sovereign-identity
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🤔 Philosophy & Concepts
- 19 FAQs on Verifiable Credentials and Self-Sovereign Identity
Definition based FAQ that explains important SSI terminology and shows what a DID and VC actually look like.
- 7 Myths of Self-sovereign Identity
Seven myths of SSI by Timmothy Ruff.
- A Beginner's Guide to Self-Sovereign Identity
Non technical article on the concept of SSI and its pillars and values.
- A Technology-free definition of SSI
Topic paper for Rebooting Web of Trust III.
- CanDID: Can-Do Decentralized Identity
A highly-regarded academic publication featured in a leading venue.
- Decentralized Identity Explained
An explanation of what decentralized identity is.
🛠 Tools & Technologies
- ACA-Py
Foundation for building decentralized identity applications and services running in non-mobile environments.
- AnonCreds RS
An implementation of the
- Bifold Wallet
An open source Aries mobile agent build with React Native and Aries Framework JavaScript.
- Credo
TypeScript framework for building decentralized identity and verifiable credential solutions.
- DCQL
TypeScript implementation of the Digital Credentials Query Language.
- DCQL Playground
A playground to test DCQL queries against credentials.
🎮 Demo's
- ACA-Py Demo
There are several demos available for ACA-Py mostly (but not only) aimed at developers learning how to deploy an instance of the agent and an ACA-Py controller to implement an application.
- Credo Demo
Walk through the Credo flow yourself together with agents Alice and Faber in this demo.
- Credo OpenID Demo
Walk through the Credo OpenID flow yourself together with agents Alice and Faber in this demo.
- Lissi Demo
Check into a hotel or enroll in a class in Muster University to experience our favorite wallet for credential storage from our friends at Lissi.
- SSI Snap demo
In this demo, you will be able to obtain a credential presenting proof of competence that you can later use in DAO governance on our extended Snapshot.
- walt.id Demo
Issue and verify credentials via the walt.id portal.
🎓 Tutorials & Guides
- Aries Framework JavaScript Tutorials
A playlist of useful beginner tutorials on how to use Aries Framework JavaScript.
- MATTR Learn
Various tutorials by MATTR on how to work with their digital credentials platform.
💁♂️ Products & Services
- BC Wallet
A mobile wallet built and maintained by the Government of British Columbia, Canada.
- esatus SeLF
An institutional agent by esatus.
- Evernym Products and Services
Various self-sovereign identity projects by Evernym, such as a mobile wallet, a mobile wallet SDK and an end-to-end SSI platform.
- Lissi Cloud Agent
An institutional agent by Lissi hosted in the cloud.
- Lissi Wallet
A mobile wallet by Lissi.
- List of Global Adoption (projects and their status)
📚 Resources
- Become a ACA-Py Developer
Quick course on how to get started with ACA-Py.
- Best-of-digital-identity
Ranking, popularity and activity status of open-source digital identity projects, including decentralized identity projects.
- eSSIF-Lab Glossary
A glossary by eSSIF-Lab describing various terms commonly used in the space of SSI.
- Identosphere
A newsletter providing the latest news in decentralized identity to your inbox each week.
- In Search of Self-Sovereign Identity Leveraging Blockchain technology
Article about finding a mathematical definition for SSI.
- Introduction to Digital Identity
📡 Networks
- Cheqd Network
An identity network that enables payment rails between issuer, holder & verifier.
- Sovrin Network
A decentralized identity network based on Hyperledger Indy.
📄 Technical Specifications
- DIF Credential Manifest
Common data format for describing the inputs a subject must provide for credential issuance.
- DIF DIDComm Messaging
A secure, private communication methodology built atop the decentralized design of DIDs.
- DIF Linked Verifiable Presentation
A mechanism to publicize Verifiable Credentials for easy discovery and access via a service entry in a DID Document.
- DIF Presentation Exchange
Credential format and transport agnostic specification to articulate proof requirements and submit proofs.
- Hyperledger Aries RFCs
Specifications of Aries protocols and standards.
- Hyperledger Indy Improvement Proposals
Specifications of Indy protocols and standards.
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