Shiba Inu lead developer Shytoshi Kusama recently unveiled plans to integrate self-sovereign identity into its projects.
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.
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.
Self-Sovereign Identity Will Reshape the Internet (if You Use It)
Heard the phrase “self-sovereign identity”? Here is what it means and how it could change your practical experience of the internet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There’s a Facebook Alternative, It’s Called Self-Sovereign Identity
The answer to Facebook’s fiasco isn’t a new platform. It’s an open standards-based infrastructure that centers on people and fosters a new ecosystem.