Kent Bull of Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) will present the recent updates of #did:webs during the #KFMCA: KERI Foundation Market&Community meeting of coming Tuesday July
Under the title:
“Why Did:webs stands out”
Come and experience did:webs, decentralized identity done right, built upon a key history, anchored issuances, and a standard DID resolver now with two implementations in Python and Typescript. Spanning DID document derivation, authentic domain name binding, and multi-signature compatibility, this presentation uncovers the essence of what did:webs brings to the table and sets as a new standard for secure decentralized identifier methods.
It might sound a bit technical, but Kent, as a former teacher, is very much able to explain the topic in comprehensible wording!
For those not familiar with DIDs and internet digital identity, Kent will introduce the key concepts in the first 10 minutes and explain the technical / complicated elements in terms that are meaningful to the community (implementers, decision makers, users, regulators).
Takeaways for the community:
- What is a DID, why is it necessary, who uses it, and when is it used.
- When the did:webs spec was developed and when it will become a DIF Recommend DID method
- What a did:webs DID looks like and what its parts are
- How to use did:webs
Developers can take away:
- The “Why” of did:webs being twofold, integration with non-KERI native infrastructure and as a web-based discovery mechanism for both KERI and non-KERI infrastructure.
- Where the did:webs implementations are, specifically Python and Typescript
- How to use the keys behind a did:webs DID document to sign and verify non-KERI data.
- How a did:webs DID document (did.json) is derived from a KERI event stream
- How to use the Python reference implementation
- How to use the Typescript secondary implementation
Kent Bull is The Identity Bull, a vLEI and KERI Evangelist, software developer with significant expertise in KERI, ACDC, CESR, and the current GLEIF and WebOfTrust codebase for the vLEI and KERI. As a husband and a father of two Kent enjoys playing piano duets with his wife and wrestling with his two adorable sons. Based in St. George, Utah, Kent enjoys the beautiful red rocks of the desert and the multiple national parks within driving distance, and the cleanest air Utah has to offer.
Kent currently works for GLEIF as a software developer on the vLEI technical team. He is more than grateful and excited to see you on the journey to use KERI and the vLEI. Ask him any questions about either vLEI or KERI whether architectural, product based, or deeply technical.
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