This is the third post in a series about IDtech. The first post, IDtech is the New Fintech is available to read on Forbes, and the second post, Intro to IDtech: How Decentralized Identity Will be Adopted, can be found here on my Medium. If you’ve been following the SSI…

The tension between interoperability and innovation holds IDtech products hostage. Here’s my take on what to do about it. New technologies need to provide unique value to be adopted. Web5, which I use as shorthand for verifiable credentials, decentralized identifiers, and personal data stores, offers “an extra decentralized web platform.”…

SSI, Web5, IDtech, Reusable Identity, Authentic Data — Which Should You Use? Two years ago, I authored a piece called SSI has an Identity Problem where I outlined a somewhat ironic problem. “SSI” stands for “self-sovereign identity” — a new kind of standardized, user-controlled digital identity. But a host of…

This is the second post in a series about IDtech, a category of products that empower users to take control of their identity, share their data safely, and more securely access the things they need. The first post, IDtech is the New Fintech is available to read on Forbes. If…

I’ve been convinced the world needs self-sovereign identity (SSI) since my first encounter with it during an interview with Phil Windley for the first job opening at Sovrin Foundation. With fraud, deep fakes, and data breaches abounding, my belief has only expanded; so much so that I, together with cofounders…

Before the word ‘elephant’ was broadly used, how would one describe the big, leathery animal? Each of these people call the elephant something different because they each have a different perspective. When you think about it, an elephant really is like a big wall with a snake and spears coming…

Blockchain is the least interesting thing about self-sovereign identity (SSI), and yet proponents and naysayers both spend too much time talking about it. Given the interest blockchain has garnered over the last several years, claiming other things are more interesting is not an insignificant statement. …

Elizabeth Renieris, a former colleague who I greatly respect, Dr. Sherri Bucher, and Christian Smith recently published a must-read article entitled “The Dangers of Blockchain-Enabled “Immunity Passports” for COVID-19.” Their analysis is well researched and raises important points which should act as a caution to anyone developing immunity passport solutions. …

Shortly after Bill Gates posted on Reddit a few weeks ago, my notifications started blowing up. In response to a question about what businesses should stay open during this COVID-19 pandemic, he said: Worldwide Pandemic COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic that’s turned the global economy upside down in a matter of weeks…