Awesome Self-Sovereign Identity

A curated list of self-sovereign identity resources.

Contents

• Getting Started
• General
• Specifications
  • Decentralized Identifiers
  • Verifiable Credentials
• Networks
• Frameworks
• Inspiration
• Contribute
• License

Getting Started

• Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity and Its 10 Guiding Principles - Introductory medium article on SSI and it's 10 principles
• Web Of Trust Self-Sovereign Identity Repository - Articles and documents associated with designing and implementing identity technology using self-sovereign identity principles
  • 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity - by Christopher Allen
  • 7 Myths of Self-Sovereign Identity - by Timmothy Ruff

General

• Decentralized Identity Foundation - Focused on developing the foundational components of an open, standards-based, decentralized identity ecosystem
• SSI Meetup Webinars - Webinars about Self-Sovereign Identity
• Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self-Sovereign Identity Principles - An analysis of almost 50 (blockchain based) digital identity solutions matched against SSI principles

Specifications

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)

• Official W3C Specification
• Decentralized Identifiers 101 (SSI Meetup) - A SSI Meetup webinar by Drummond Reed about DIDs
• Uniresolver - Online Universal DID Resolver

Verifiable Credentials (VCs)

• Official W3C Data Model
• Verifiable Credentials 101 (SSI Meetup) - A SSI Meetup webinar by Tyler Ruff about VCs
• Verifiable Credentials Use Cases - Concrete example scenarios that make use of Verifiable Credentials

Networks

• Sovrin Network - A decentralized identity network based on Hyperledger Indy

Frameworks

• Hyperledger Indy - Distributed Ledger built for decentralized identity.
• Hyperledger Aries - Toolkit designed for creating, transmitting and storing verifiable digital credentials.
  • Hyperledger Aries (SSI Meetup) - A SSI Meetup webinar by Nathan George about Hyperledger Aries
• Universal Ledger Agent - Framework for managing Self-Sovereign Identity data.
  • Introduction Paper
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs
• uPort - A self-sovereign identity and user-centric data platform

Inspiration

• The Invisible Man (TEDxAmsterdam) - The story of Toufic El-Rjula, a refugee that lost his birth certificate. He now pledges for digital identities using SSI which he tries to achieve with his company Tykn.

Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

License

To the extent possible under law, Karim Stekelenburg & Timo Glastra have waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.