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Decentralized Identity

At its most basic, decentralized Identity is about giving the control of your data back to you with a digital identity. Usually your data (sometimes called attributes, identifiers, and credentials, for example your birth date) are stored in a centralized location If you make an account on a company website, the data is likely stored by the company. You don’t hold your information and therefore you have less control over it.

Guide
Guide
Decentralized Identity – a Playbook for Your Enterprise
Where is the blockchain? Looking beyond the blockchain hype with Decentralized Identity. Gain a differentiated understanding of the potential of Decentralized Identity for your organization.
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Tools Choice
Tools Choice
Providers of Verified Identity
Evaluate the perfect provider of verified identity for your enterprise. Examine the entire market segment and get in-depth analysis of products and services. Make a well-informed decision based on...
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Blog
Blog
Decentralized Identity Could Become a Reality, but Blockchain May Not Be a Part of It
Decentralized Identity is a concept that may not be mainstream yet, but it is a term that embodies the sentiment that many individuals feel regarding the control they wish they had over their...
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Advisory Note
Advisory Note
How Enterprises Will Learn to Love Decentralized IDs: The Roles of Distributed and Sovereign Identities in Our Private Metaverse
Recently, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated in captivating detail a working beta version of photorealistic—or rather, video realistic—avatars in the metaverse. Zuckerberg also claims that this...
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Event Recording
Event Recording
Fallacy of Decentralisation
Common Web3 narratives go like this: Web1 was decentralised. Web2 is centralised and dominated by GAFAM/BigTechs. Web3 will be decentralised. Is this real? Let us look back. Web1 was about...
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Blueprint for a Digital Health Pass
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Blueprint for a Digital Health Pass
The Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint was released mid-June to help shape the development of a cohesive but decentralized method of issuing, holding, and verifying the results of a COVID...
Azure AD Verifiable Credentials Entering Public Preview
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Azure AD Verifiable Credentials Entering Public Preview
Microsoft announced on April 5, 2020 that its Azure AD Verifiable Credentials is now in public preview. This solution enables organizations to design and issue verifiable credentials to their...
Decentralized Identity Could Become a Reality, but Blockchain May Not Be a Part of It
Blog
Decentralized Identity Could Become a Reality, but Blockchain May Not Be a Part of It
Decentralized Identity is a concept that may not be mainstream yet, but it is a term that embodies the sentiment that many individuals feel regarding the control they wish they had over their...
Blockchain: It’s not About Technology, It Is About Use Cases
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Blockchain: It’s not About Technology, It Is About Use Cases
Today, the German Federal Government announced its Blockchain Strategy . What might sound as a great thing, falls short, for a number of reasons. One is that it is late: after the first hype...
Blockchain Just a Hype?
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Blockchain Just a Hype?
Blockchain - Just a Hype?