#decentralized-identity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #decentralized-identity, aggregated by home.social.
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W3C tech in the news: "W3C releases updated decentralized identifiers spec for comment"
The W3C...has published a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.1, signaling that the standard is technically sound and complete and inviting implementations to test its stability in practice"
#DecentralizedIdentity
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/w3c-releases-updated-decentralized-identifiers-spec-for-comment -
Digital identity today is centralized, fragile, and privacy-invasive.
Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) offer a different approach: user-owned identity, cryptographic verification, and no central authority.
Explained in detail here:
https://techputs.com/decentralized-identifiers-dids/#DecentralizedIdentity #Privacy #DigitalIdentity #Web3 #tech #technology
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You shouldn’t be forced to relinquish your Privacy by virtue of being Online.
At Neuronus, we don’t ask for names or personal data. Create an account using only a PGP key or seed and participate without being tracked.
Become a member of ""The Brain,"" and take back your Privacy.
#PrivacyIsARight #DigitalFreedom #OnlinePrivacy #NoTracking #DecentralizedIdentity #Neuronus #PrivacyFirst
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What Is Web3? A Comprehensive Guide to the Decentralized Internet
https://beitmenotyou.online/what-is-web3-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-decentralized-internet/
#Web3 #Blockchain #CryptoWallets #DAOs #Decentralization #DecentralizedIdentity #DecentralizedSocial #DeFi #DeSci #InternetFuture #NFTs #SelfSovereignty #Web3 -
This article delves into the Beldex Name Service (BNS), a decentralized domain name service on the Beldex blockchain network. https://hackernoon.com/bns-your-identity-and-access-layer-in-the-confidential-web #decentralizedidentity
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Animoca Brands' Flagship Project Moca Network to Debut L1 for Digital Identity - Moca Network, the identity ecosystem of Web3 investment giant Animoca Brands, is planning... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/06/25/animoca-brands-flagship-project-moca-network-to-debut-l1-for-digital-identity #decentralizedidentity #animocabrands #identity #finance #news
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In the heart of Vienna, Dominik Beron is reshaping the landscape of digital identity. 📲 👤
He is the Founder of walt.id 🇦🇹, and leading partner of the #NGISargassoInnovator INTEROP4DID - Interoperable #DecentralizedIdentity and #WalletInfrastructure, a project building a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable internet, together with AffinitiQuest.io 🇨🇦.
🌊💡Check its #NGISargasso project portfolio to learn more: https://ngisargasso.eu/innovator/interop4did/
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Explore decentralized identity solutions that put users in control of their data integrity! 🔐💡 Learn how these innovations could reshape digital security and privacy. 🌐 #DecentralizedIdentity #DataSecurity #UserControl #PrivacyTech #Blockchain #TechInnovation
https://posivi.com/decentralized-identity-solutions-for-user-controlled-data-integrity/
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Worldcoin Rival Humanity Protocol's Valuation Jumps to $1.1B After Fresh Fund Raise - Decentralized identity project Humanity Protocol has closed a $20 million funding round, ... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/01/27/worldcoin-rival-humanity-protocol-s-valuation-jumps-to-usd1-1b-after-fresh-fund-raise #decentralizedidentity #fundingrounds #worldcoin #finance
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World rival Humanity launches foundation to advance digital identity - In contrast to World’s iris scanning, Humanity’s palm scans are more use... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/humanity-foundation-launch-yat-siu-digital-identity #decentralizedidentity #zero-knowledgeproofs #humanityprotocol #digitalidentity #palmrecognition #animocabrands #biometrics #privacy #yatsiu #world #iris
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📣 Get ready to throw some shade at the status quo!
📅 Date: 7 November
🕒 Time: 13:30 - 20:00
📍 Location: Amsterdam, Fort 5
🎟️ Don’t miss out - register now: https://fides.community/plugfest-digital-wallets-in-actionJaromil is announced as the first speaker at the FIDES Plugfest on November 7! In his keynote “Identity Wallet Roast”, he will be serving up a critical take on the latest developments in European Digital Identity wallets.
#EUDI #DecentralizedIdentity
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Which type of projects & innovators are we selecting in our open calls? 🤔
🌍 Meet Dominik Beron, founder of walt.id, who is reshaping the landscape of #DigitalIdentity, beneficiary of our Open Call 1️⃣ with his project INTEROP4DID - Interoperable #DecentralizedIdentity & wallet infrastructure across Europe & Canada.
🔗 Read his interview, & remember that you can apply for our Final Open Call 5️⃣ until 25 NOV: https://ngi.eu/blog/2023/05/02/dominik-beron/
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@glyn There is no spec for nomadic identity itself AFAIK. In the Zot6 and Nomad protocols, it simply is part of the protocols.
What there is is limited to:- the specification of the Zot6 protocol as implemented in Hubzilla
- the specification of the Nomad protocol (would be Zot12 if it was still compatible with Zot6) as implemented in (streams)
- ActivityPub FEPs, especially FEP-ef61 Portable Objects which implements Decentralized Identifiers as suggested by the W3C
Nomadic identity via ActivityPub is still very experimental and far from finalised. According to Mike Macgirvin, it is implemented in the streams repository and at least theoretically operational. But of the few (streams) users, nobody makes use of it, also because Nomad, which itself provides nomadic identity, is still (streams)' primary protocol whereas ActivityPub is optional. So when a (streams) channel is cloned, it's always cloned via Nomad.
His recent fork of the streams repository, a project named Forte, is basically (streams) without Nomad and Zot6 support, entirely based on ActivityPub, and thus the first publicly available ActivityPub-based Fediverse server software with nomadic identity.
But Forte itself is still seen as experimental. Even of the few (streams) users, nobody dares to test-drive it, also to let Mike go on tinkering with it without having to take care of support for instance admins or even users. Since Mike is officially retired and has slowed down his software development dramatically, things will probably stay this way for quite a long time. In fact, Mike himself is still running his own channels on (streams), so there isn't a single Forte server, much less channel, in productive use.
Last but not least, there is Mitra by @silverpill, the only Fediverse software not developed by Mike Macgirvin that is working on implementing nomadic identity. FEP-ef61 is implemented in release code, but full-blown nomadic identity only exists in a non-public development branch.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #DecentralizedIdentity #DecentralisedIdentity #NomadicIdentity #ActivityPub #FEP_ef61 #Zot #Nomad #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Mitra -
@Ben Werdmuller What Bluesky is planning to do with the AT protocol looks like nomadic identity as ordered from Temu.
And nomadic identity is not a vague concept. It isn't futuristic technology either. It has been reality in the Fediverse for longer than Mastodon has been around. It was invented by @Mike Macgirvin ?️ in 2011 and then implemented in his own Zot protocol. Zot, in turn, was first implemented in 2012 in a project named Red, later the Red Matrix, known since 2015 as Hubzilla. And almost everything that Mike has made after Hubzilla had or still has nomadic identity implemented.
I'm writing to you from Hubzilla right now, so yes, it's very much part of the Fediverse. It's a rock-solid daily driver with a stable release (9.4.3).
Nomadic identity does not do away with a domain being part of your ID. What it does away with is the connection between account and identity and the connection between server and identity.
Nomadic identity means that your identity with everything that belongs to it (profile, posts, comments, DMs, connections, files, settings etc. etc. pp.) is no longer bound to any one Fediverse server. It can exist on multiple servers simultaneously. Not as dumb copies, but as clones. Bidirectional, live, hot backups in near-real-time.
Your identity always has one main instance which also lends the domain name. In addition, it can have one or multiple copies on different servers of your choice. Your accounts only serve to grant you access to the instances of your identity on a specific server. The main instance and the clones are constantly sync'd against each other in both directions. For example, after I've sent this comment, it was mirrored over to my clone.
Notice how I've written "bidirectional". For I can also log into my clone and use it just the same as my main instance. This is useful for when the server with my main instance on it is offline. When it comes back online, everything that has happened on my clone in the meantime is being sync'd to the main instance.
Granted, Mastodon and most of the rest of the Fediverse don't understand nomadic identity. When I post from my clone, they take my clone as an independent account with the ID[email protected]. But Hubzilla and (streams) do understand nomadic identity. Whatever comes from my clone, they'll correctly identify as being sent by[email protected]in spite of not coming from hub.netzgemeinde.eu.
Even "moving instances" is greatly facilitated. For example, if the server with the main instance of my channel shuts down permanently, I can make my clone my new main instance. That's easy-peasy: two mouse clicks and some 15 minutes of letting things settle, also because Hubzilla will have to go around and change all my connections from[email protected]to[email protected]. On the remote side, on people's Hubzilla and (streams) servers.
You've read that right: If you move, nomadic identity makes your nomadic followers automatically follow you at your new home. What's beyond science-fiction on Mastodon has been daily-driven reality on Hubzilla since its inception in 2015.
While nomadic identity currently only has stable support via Mike's Zot and Nomad protocols and on Hubzilla and (streams), its implementation using only ActivityPub has been in the making since last year.
CC: @glyn
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #DecentralizedIdentity #DecentralisedIdentity #NomadicIdentity #ActivityPub #Zot #Nomad #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) -
@Strypey A few more details:
* FEP-ef61: Portable Objects
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ef61/fep-ef61.md
Invented in, I think, 2023 by @silverpill for Mitra (based on ActivityPub). Currently implemented there and in @Mike Macgirvin ?️'s streams repository and Forte. Part of the plan to introduce almost Nomad-level, but cross-project nomadic identity to ActivityPub.* FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/61cf/fep-61cf.md
Invented in 2018 by Mike Macgirvin for Zap (Zot6 development platform; discontinued 2022). Backported to Hubzilla in 2020. Full server-side and client-side implementation only in Hubzilla (based on Zot6, also supports ActivityPub etc.), (streams) (based on Nomad, also supports Zot6 and ActivityPub) and Forte (based on ActivityPub). Friendica has a client-side implementation. Mastodon has a client-side implementation pull request that has to be merged eventually.
CC: @Laurens Hof
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Friendica #Hubzilla #Zap #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Zot #Zot6 #Nomad #ActivityPub #FEP #FEP_ef61 #FEP_61cf #DecentralizedIdentity #NomadicIdentity #OpenWebAuth #SingleSignOn -
This thread is well worth reading. It's about the #W3C standard DID: "Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity.". The take away: We already had a solution for Decentralized identifiers but … #NIH.
My #Hubzilla had this (here it is called "Nomadic Identity") and it rescued my fediverse identity.
It starts with this posting:
#^glyn (@[email protected])What would it take to add decentralised identity (e.g. W3C DIDs) to the Fediverse? Who is already working on this?
Bluesky's AT Protocol is a great proof of concept, but probably isn't the endgame. Abstracting Fediverse identity using hostnames and WebFinger is another useful experiment, but again probably not the endgame.
#DecentralizedIdentity #ATProtocol #W3C #ActivityPub
The Folks from #Hubzilla are stepping in and explain, that this problem was already solved even before #ActivityPub existed:
#^Jupiter Rowland@glyn Decentralised identity has been available for longer than Mastodon, let alone ActivityPub. Only that it is known as "nomadic identity" here.
It was first implemented by Friendica creator @Mike Macgirvin Macgirvin ?️ in the Zot protocol in 2011 and in a Friendica fork named Red in 2012, later renamed into the Red Matrix, eventually reworked and renamed into Hubzilla in 2015.
Proof: This Hubzilla channel of mine actually simultaneously resides on two servers.
(Almost) everything that Mike has made afterwards, forks and forks of forks of Hubzilla, used to have or still have nomadic identity implemented.
#ActivityPub #Mastodon #Fediverse -
@glyn Decentralised identity has been available for longer than Mastodon, let alone ActivityPub. Only that it is known as "nomadic identity" here.
It was first implemented by Friendica creator @Mike Macgirvin ?️ in the Zot protocol in 2011 and in a Friendica fork named Red in 2012, later renamed into the Red Matrix, eventually reworked and renamed into Hubzilla in 2015.
Proof: This Hubzilla channel of mine actually simultaneously resides on two servers.
(Almost) everything that Mike has made afterwards, forks and forks of forks of Hubzilla, used to have or still have nomadic identity implemented.
His streams repository contains a fork of a fork... of Hubzilla that intentionally has no name, and that offers nomadic identity via the Nomad protocol with better compatibility with non-nomadic ActivityPub. In July, it had decentralised IDs as per FEP-ef61 (see also here) implemented, a first step by Mike to fully implement nomadic identity in ActivityPub.
Forte, Mike's most recent fork from August, had all support for Nomad and Zot6 removed and only uses ActivityPub anymore while still offering nomadic identity. To my best knowledge, however, it has yet to be declared stable enough to be daily-driven, and it has no public instances.
Other than all this, a non-public development version of @silverpill's Mitra has nomadic identity via ActivityPub in development. I'm not sure whether FEP-ef61 is implemented in the release version yet. It's the only Fediverse project aiming to implement nomadic identity which Mike Macgirvin has nothing directly to do with.
The ultimate goal is to be able to clone a Fediverse identity across project borders. Only considering stable releases, it's currently only possible to clone Hubzilla channels within Hubzilla, using Zot6, or (streams) channels within (streams), using Nomad.
Unfortunately, Mike has officially retired from Fediverse development and only occasionally submits code to the streams repository and Forte anymore.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #DecentralizedIdentity #NomadicIdentity #ActivityPub #FEP_ef61 #Zot #Zot6 #Nomad #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Mitra -
What would it take to add decentralised identity (e.g. W3C DIDs) to the Fediverse? Who is already working on this?
Bluesky's AT Protocol is a great proof of concept, but probably isn't the endgame. Abstracting Fediverse identity using hostnames and WebFinger is another useful experiment, but again probably not the endgame.
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Read - Blog Post - Decentralized Identity: The Future of Digital Identification
This blog post at https://www.batoi.com/blogs/insights/decentralized-identity-future-digital-identification-6331a4a96d9e1 provides a deep dig into the concept of decentralization and how decentralized identity will become the future of authentication.
#Blockchain #DigitalTransformation #Batoi #Technology #Innovation #BatoiRAD #DecentralizedIdentity -
Frax Finance Launches Frax Name Service for Decentralized Identity Management - Frax Finance has launched the Frax Name Service (FNS), a decentralized identity se... - https://news.bitcoin.com/frax-finance-launches-frax-name-service-for-decentralized-identity-management/ #decentralizedidentity #ethereumnameservice #fraxnameservice #fraxecosystem #tokenburning #fraxfinance #blockchain #defi #fns
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Blockchain can help eliminate cybercrime threats - Cybercrime is a growing scourge that shows no signs of slowing down anyt... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-reducing-cybercrime-2024 #decentralizedidentity #blockchaintechnology #blockchainsecurity #decentralizeddata #smartcontracts #cybersecurity #databreaches #cryptography #cybercrime
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Identity is very large and amorphous! Holochain’s latest blog delves into my chat with Kim Hamilton Duffy, Exec. Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation on how digital identities have evolved beyond usernames and passwords to encompass a vast array of personal data points. https://blog.holochain.org/privacy-security-and-convenience-in-digital-identity/?utm_source=Mary&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=privacy-security-and-convenience-in-digital-identity
#HolochainWednesday #HolochainChats #DID #DecentralizedIdentity
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Claims and credentials are a big part of digital identity. I had the pleasure of speaking with Kim Hamilton Duffy, Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation, about the power of verifiable credential specifications. Many different implementations of this one standard can help to address various forms of fraud that currently are costly and difficult to investigate.
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Blockchain ID project Humanity Protocol hits unicorn status with $30M raise - Over half a million people are already on the waitlist for Humanity Prot... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/humanity-protocol-unicorn-status-30m-raise #decentralizedidentity #humanityprotocol #kingswaycapital #animocabrands #terencekwok #databreach #samaltman #yatsiu
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MicroStrategy Unveils Plan for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Identity Using Ordinals - MicroStrategy has already built one application using its service. "Orange For Outlook" i... - https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/02/microstrategy-unveils-plan-for-bitcoin-based-decentralized-identity-using-ordinals/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #decentralizedidentity #microstrategy #technology #news
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⛓️ Excited to lead the blockchain research team! We're innovating in decentralized identity. Looking to collaborate and learn from experts in this field. If you're working on similar challenges, let's connect! 🤝🔗
https://northeasternblockchain.xyz
#blockchain #BlockchainResearch #web3 #decentralizedidentity #DID
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Social Network MeWe Heralds Migration of Users to Web3 From Web2 - MeWe said at Consensus 2023 in April that it would be adopting the Polkadot parachain Fre... - https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/11/14/social-network-mewe-heralds-migration-of-users-to-web3-from-web2/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #decentralizedidentity #socialnetworks #web3 #news #mewe
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I cleaned up this thread about decentralized contact book in a blog post here:
https://blogue.narf.ca/2023/09/federated-contact-book/I'm very open to receiving feedback. What is preventing this from existing? This is a old problem; why don't we have a solution yet?
#decentralizedContacts #contactBook #p2p #localFirstApps #FederatedProfile #DecentralizedIdentity #FederatedIdentity #FederatedContactApp #ContactApps #OpenProtocol #privacy #email
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Basically, this idea for a federated and decentralized contact book aims at addressing the shortcoming of emails and SMS. The beauty of email and SMS, and the reason why governments and companies always ask for an email or a phone number, is that it's universal. Everybody has one!
And it's not tied to a specific company, so everyone has the freedom to pick a provider (unlike in some countries where everything goes through Whatsapp or WeChat.