- From: Steven Rowat <steven_rowat@sunshine.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:25:52 -0800
- To: Credentials CG <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Cc: moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com, bohdan.andriyiv@validbook.org
On 2018-11-19 6:59 AM, Bohdan Andriyiv wrote: >> Moses >> I wish we could come up with a simple catchy and clever description of the SSI value proposition. ... > > I usually explain value proposition of DIDs, SSI like this: > 1. /Explain what it gives./ SSI enables your digital sovereignty. Hmm...and putting this together with what somebody said in these discussions recently that governments are quite happy not to have to 'prove' people's identities...then...: In a sense issuing our own DID Doc is like issuing our own passport; which key-pair cryptography now allows us to do. In other words, each human being is as if becoming a separate government, which issues one, or a series, of passports (pseudonymous ones), each of which nonetheless represents that same original person (or company, organization, thing, etc.) ? Steven
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