Re: A question about design goals for DID architecture

Karan,

There are definitely decentralized networks that are not self-sovereign,
i.e., while their nodes are decentralized, the network itself is under the
overall control of a single entity who dictates policy. Several
country-based blockchain identity projects fit that description. So that's
why they are listed separately.

Best,

=Drummond

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Karan Verma <karanverma@alumni.stanford.edu
> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Section 1.2 of the DID architecture document here
> <https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/> lists Decentralizations and
> Self-Sovereignty as its first two different design goals.
>
> Is there an identity management scheme which is decentralized but not self
> sovereign OR self-sovereign but not decentralized? If not, would it be
> better to merge Decentralization & Self Sovereignty into a single design
> goal?
>
> Best,
> Karan
>