Decentralized Identity Foundation

Laying the Foundation for Success

The Gist of DIF

• Intent: Engineering-driven organization
   
• Focus: Interoperable specs/implementations
   
• Goal: Pave the cowpaths of decentralized identity

DIF, 5 months in:

• Added over 20 new members, including many large companies that are aligning to our shared vision.
   
• Identified 4 key technical deliverables, and generated specs for each:
  • Decentralized Identifiers
  • Universal Resolver
  • Universal Registrar
  • Identity Hubs (DID-based personal datastores)
     
• Landed an implementation of the Universal Resolver

Land it.

• Jan 1: Core properties and features of the DID spec stabilized for MVP use
   
• Mar 1: Universal Resolver in 2 major languages, with client libraries for all mobile environments, and support for 3+ DID Drivers
   
• Apr 15: Identity Hub reference implementation available for community preview

Show it.

When: May 14th, 2018
 

Where: Main Stage @ Consensus
 

What: presentation and demo showing the interoperable layers working together.

Details: 3+ DID Methods being used between two entities and a user, to issue/verify attestations that drive a real world use-case.

Brass Tacks

1. Members submit one-pagers that articulate their desire for inclusion in the demo, and what resources they can make available to help drive it.
    
2. Members who want to participate commit specific dev resources to execute on deliverables.
    
3. Participating members help produce the demo and manage execution at the event.