Self-Sovereign Identity

Self-Sovereign Identity gives you a radical new perspective on how we represent ourselves in the world. This case study-driven book cuts through the jargon and hype to expose the amazing potential SSI offers for for security, privacy, identity, and even uprooting way the global economy works. SSI experts Drummond Reed and Alex Preukschat present a vision of the future, examinin...

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Self-Sovereign Identity gives you a radical new perspective on how we represent ourselves in the world. This case study-driven book cuts through the jargon and hype to expose the amazing potential SSI offers for for security, privacy, identity, and even uprooting way the global economy works. SSI experts Drummond Reed and Alex Preukschat present a vision of the future, examining how SSI protocols will impact industries from banking through to government. You’ll get a clear mental model for how SSI works as you tour SSI-enabled eCommerce and eHealth applications and their advantages over current technologies. While you learn the philosophical and sociological concepts that underpin SSI, you’ll reach the book’s lightbulb moment: what this radical technology really means for the shape of our lives, our businesses, and our futures.

what's inside

How SSI will affect your industry

The essential technical and legal concepts of SSI

The architecture of SSI software

Emerging standards for SSI

Drummond Reed has spent over two decades in Internet identity, security, privacy, and trust frameworks. He is the Chief Trust Officer at Evernym, and co-author of the Respect Trust Framework, which was honored with the Privacy Award at the 2011 European Identity Conference. Drummond is a Trustee and Secretary of the Sovrin Foundation, where he serves as chair of the Sovrin Gove...

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Drummond Reed has spent over two decades in Internet identity, security, privacy, and trust frameworks. He is the Chief Trust Officer at Evernym, and co-author of the Respect Trust Framework, which was honored with the Privacy Award at the 2011 European Identity Conference. Drummond is a Trustee and Secretary of the Sovrin Foundation, where he serves as chair of the Sovrin Governance Framework Working Group, and has served as co-chair of the OASIS XDI Technical Committee since 2004.

Alex Preukschat is Global Head of Strategic Blockchain Projects with Evernym. Alex has been active in the Bitcoin space since 2013 and leads SSIMeetup.org, a global SSI community to share knowledge in the identity space. He is a co-founder of Blockchain España and Alianza Blockchain Iberoamérica, and author of multiple reports and books about Blockchain and identity.

PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SSI
1 Why the internet is missing an identity layer—and why SSI can finally provide one
2 The basic building blocks of SSI
3 Example scenarios showing how SSI works
4 SSI Scorecard: Major features and benefits of SSI
PART 2: SSI TECHNOLOGY
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PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SSI
1 Why the internet is missing an identity layer—and why SSI can finally provide one
2 The basic building blocks of SSI
3 Example scenarios showing how SSI works
4 SSI Scorecard: Major features and benefits of SSI
PART 2: SSI TECHNOLOGY
5 SSI architecture: The big picture
6 Basic cryptography techniques for SSI
7 Verifiable credentials
8 Decentralized identifiers
9 Digital wallets and digital agents
10 Decentralized key management
11 SSI governance frameworks
PART 3: DECENTRALIZATION AS A MODEL FOR LIFE
12 How open source software helps you control your self-sovereign identity
13 Cypherpunks: The origin of decentralization
14 Decentralized identity for a peaceful society
15 Belief systems as drivers for technology choices in decentralization
16 The origins of the SSI community
17 Identity is money
PART 4: HOW SSI WILL CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS
18 Explaining the value of SSI to business
19 The Internet of Things opportunity
20 Animal care and guardianship just became crystal clear
21 Open democracy, voting, and SSI
22 Healthcare supply chain powered by SSI
23 Canada: Enabling self-sovereign identity
24 From eIDAS to SSI in the European Union
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