Self-sovereign identity
With a self Sovereign identity ( English self-Identity Sovereign shortly SSI ) can have their individual identity owner identity create and fully control, without having to obtain permission from a mediator or a central authority. It also allows control over how your personal data is shared and used.
The user has the option of generating and controlling unique identifiers as well as the option of storing identity data.
SSI can be a decentralized identity, but can also data from a Social login account , a history of transactions on an e-commerce - site or be a certificate of friends or colleagues.
In the centralized identity paradigm , a person's identity is provided by an external entity . In the decentralized identity paradigm, the user is at the center of the framework and there is no need for third parties to issue and manage an identity.
SSI in the European Union
The European Union creates an eIDAS -compatible European framework for self-sovereign identity (European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework / ESSIF). The ESSIF uses decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) ( en ) 5 July 2020. Accessed July 9, 2020th
- ↑ Self-sovereign identities on blockchains. In: Blockchainwelt. Accessed September 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Blockchain and digital identity ( en ) May 2, 2019. Accessed July 9, 2020.
- ↑ eIDAS supported self-sovereign identity ( en ) May 2019. Accessed on July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Understanding the European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework (ESSIF) ( en ) July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) ( en ) Retrieved July 9, 2020.