Re: [AGENDA] W3C Credentials CG Call Tue, August 13th, 12 noon EDT, 9 AM PDT

Slide presentation for today's meeting.

Online link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zeoIwdYPItgXjjqeUcqDGUCJ-tfx-k__H3ry5Uu1UK0/edit?usp=sharing

And .pdf, .pptx versions attached

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 2:17 PM Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com> wrote:

> Revised agenda:
> TL;DR DID WG Charter and Outreach; Agents, Hubs, and More
>
> Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
> Time: 12pm EDT, 9am PDT, 4pm GM
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> MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING:
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> MEETING MODERATOR:  Kim Hamilton Duffy <kimdhamilton@gmail.com>
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> 1. Agenda Review (2 minutes)
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> 2. IP Note: (1 minute)
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> 5. Introductions & Reintroductions (3 minutes) (see scribe doc for
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> 6. Announcements & Reminders (5 minutes)
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>    - Dedicated DID calls on Thursdays
>       - Zoom room: https://zoom.us/j/7077077007
>       - Time 1-2:30PM PT / 20:00-21:30 UTC
>    - Vienna Digital Identity Meetup -- September 1
>       -
>       https://www.meetup.com/Vienna-Digital-Identity-Meetup/events/262359964/
>       - Take train after to Prague for #RWOT9
>    - #RebootingWebOfTrust IX Prague — September 3-6th
>       - https://www.WebOfTrust.info <https://www.weboftrust.info/>
>       - Eventbrite registration: http://rwot9.eventbrite.com
>    - ActivityPub F2F, Prague — September 7-8th
>       - https://dustycloud.org/blog/activitypub-conf-2019/
>    - TPAC 2019
>       - TPAC 2019 will be 16-20 September 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan.
>    - MyData 2019 -- 25-27 September in Helsinki
>       - https://mydata2019.org/
>       - Will contain a DID workshop
>
> 7. Progress on Action Items (5 minutes) Skipping to cover agenda
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> 9. DID WG Charter and outreach (Manu, 5-10 minutes)
>
> 10. Agents, Hubs, and More (Kim, 30 minutes)
>
>    - Kim will present a brief overview of Aries Agents, DIF Identity
>    Hubs, and Digital Bazaar Secure Data Hubs
>    - This is an educational session only. Because not everyone in the
>    community is up to speed with these approaches, we'd like to set a
>    foundation for discussion
>    -
>    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zeoIwdYPItgXjjqeUcqDGUCJ-tfx-k__H3ry5Uu1UK0/edit?usp=sharing
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> Next meeting: Agents, Hubs, and More, cont'd
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 12:13 AM Christopher Allen <
> ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 5:37 PM Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 8. Wyoming Representative Mike Lin to discuss relevant upcoming
>>> legislation in the state of Wyoming (15 minutes)
>>>
>>>    - Christopher framing
>>>    - Mike content
>>>    - Q&A
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it looks like Wyoming Representative Mike Lin will not be
>> available to speak next Tuesday after all, but I wanted to give some
>> context:
>>
>> I've been participating in *Wyoming **Blockchain Task Force* meetings
>> for the last two years and was appointed this year to a sub-committee on
>> digital identity. This sub-committee is to address new internet identity
>> and privacy-related laws for the coming legislative session in 2020, and
>> investigate some low hanging fruit for some digital identity projects to be
>> funded in Wyoming.
>>
>> In particular members of the W3C-CCG, there is an opportunity to present
>> a *joint** DID *(Decentralized Identifier) *& Verifiable
>> Credentials-based, open standards* community solution for *Corporate
>> Registrations and Corporate Filings* before the *Wyoming Blockchain Task
>> Force* and the *WyomingSec. of State*.
>>
>> *General Background:*
>>
>> Wyoming has a long history of being a leader in business governance and
>> personal privacy. This includes the invention of the LLC and Wyoming offers
>> some the strongest laws protecting privacy using corporations as a legal
>> tool. Due to this, Wyoming is one of the largest states for
>> incorporating and domiciling in the US. Wyoming wishing to increase the
>> number of companies based Wyoming by demonstrating their leadership in
>> blockchain technologies and digital corporate governance, and thus formed
>> the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force three years ago.
>>
>> In the last two legislative sessions, the Blockchain Task Force has
>> passed 13 "blockchain" laws, but in particular, for this project, we are
>> speaking of these four:
>>
>> HB101-2018 <https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0101> "Electronic
>> corporate records"
>> HB0126-2018 <https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0126> "Limited
>> liability companies-series"
>> HB0185-2019 <https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0185> "Corporate
>> stock-certificate tokens"
>> HB0017-2019 <https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0070> "Commercial
>> Filing System"
>>
>> Specifically, the last law in the list above (HB0017-2019
>> <https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0070> "Commercial Filing System") is
>> significant as it was initially proposed to be a mandate for the Wyoming Dept.
>> of State to accept corporate filings and issue credentials about such
>> filings. Unfortunately, it was watered down through lobbying to only be
>> "study" to be completed by 2020. Many members of the Wyoming Blockchain
>> Task Force and the broader Wyoming Blockchain community desire Wyoming to
>> be more aggressively be able to offer this capability sooner. This
>> capability will allow Wyoming to compete with other states (and
>> countries) to be the preferred location for corporate registration and
>> domicile.
>>
>> *Demo & Presentation before Wyoming Blockchain Task Force*
>>
>> I believe the W3C-CCG and self-sovereign decentralized identity
>> communities are in a position to influence the Wyoming Blockchain Task
>> Force and the Wyo Sec. of State to accelerate the capability to accept
>> corporate filings and issue digital credentials for corporations. Thus I
>> have asked for some time at a future Blockchain Task Force meeting to
>> present these ideas to them.
>>
>> The next meeting of the Blockchain Task Force is in Sheridan, Wyoming,
>> August 19th-20th but I have not been assured that the Wyoming Sec. of
>> State will be in attendance. Instead, I suggest we plan for the meeting in
>> *Laramie, Wyoming, *on *September 19th-20th*. I know that some folk in
>> our community will be at TPAC in Japan that week, but if you are not going
>> there this may be a good alternative.
>>
>> The details for future Wyoming Blockchain Task Force meetings are at
>> https://wyoleg.gov/Committees/2019/S3
>>
>> So far, at least one DID-based software platform company (Digital Bazaar
>> for Veres.One) is committed to being able to demonstrate this capability by
>> the September Blockchain Task Force meeting. Several others are considering
>> joining in to do so as well.
>>
>> *Proposed Technical Details of Demo*
>>
>> *(skip this section if you don't want to dive into the tech)*
>>
>> The first step in the process of chartering a digital corporation in
>> Wyoming is that a person (natural or business entity) needs to register
>> as a Commercial Registered Agent. Current details on this are at
>> https://soswy.state.wy.us/Business/CRAHome.aspx , but I can send you copy
>> of the actual registration form as well as Wyoming statutes for
>> Registered Agents if you want.
>>
>> That applicant must a) have a physical address in Wyoming (Registered
>> Office), and b) if the person is a business entity, identify a natural
>> person who is at that address during normal business hours. In combination,
>> this is a Registered Agent. There are a large number of individuals and
>> companies who offer these services in Wyoming.
>>
>> I propose for our demo (and for bootstrap reasons) that we initially only
>> do natural persons as Registered Agents. The prospective Registered Agent
>> basically uses their own DID (from among those DID methods accepted by the
>> Wyoming Sec. of State), and then offers a self-signed Verifiable
>> Credential that contains the data in the registration form, optionally
>> include other Verifiable Credentials about themselves such as a proof that
>> their office is located in Wyoming. (I'm not sure that the current
>> Office of Sec. of State does any confirmation that the applicant maintains
>> an office in Wyoming under the current manual system but we should
>> expect that they will in the future.)
>>
>> The Wyoming Sec. of State receives the request, verifies the claims and
>> accepts payment, and issues a Verifiable Credential(s) using the
>> appropriate DID method(s) to the Registered Agent confirming their status.
>>
>> Once someone has a DID and Verifiable Claim from the Wyoming Sec. of
>> State as a Registered Agent, the Registered Agent now has the privilege to
>> be able to present information about representation of companies to the
>> state.
>>
>> A prospective Wyoming company would then create a DID and self-sign
>> corporate foundational documents that required to register a company in
>> Wyoming. The Registered Agent then counter-signs those foundational
>> documents, along with a claim that they have the personal info of those
>> beneficial owners on file (in Wyoming, for privacy reasons the state
>> does NOT get these names, only the Registered Agent knows).
>>
>> The Registered Agent then submits a Verifiable Presentation (consisting
>> of Verifiable Claims that he is a Registered Agent, the companies signed
>> foundational documents, adds his own claim that he represents that company,
>> and offers payment information) to the Wyoming Sec. of State.
>>
>> The Wyoming Sec. of State receives the request, validates the claims and
>> accepts payment, and issues a Verifiable Credential using the appropriate
>> DID method(s) that the company is established as of a particular date, and
>> is in good standing through the expiration date.
>>
>> Companies should be able to renew or update these records with the
>> Wyoming Sec. of State, as well as pay additional fees to the Wyoming Sec.
>> of State which may include renewals of Verifiable Claim of good standing as
>> well as other corporate filing fees, or to receive other Verifiable Claims
>> from the Sec. of State, and long-term other Verifiable Claims from other
>> Wyoming offices.
>>
>> *A key to this demo* is that from what I've seen is that the Office of
>> the Wyoming Sec. of State may stall unless *we can demonstrate to them
>> that they will not be locked into sourcing this new technology from a
>> single company or single platform*. Thus even if we can't demo in
>> September full interoperability, we should emphasize that we are using open
>> standards and that our goal of interoperability is possible.
>>
>> *Desired Outcomes*
>>
>> After our demo, I'd like the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force to push this
>> opportunity at the next legislative session to mandate that a) the Office
>> of the Secr. of State actually deploy, not just study this b) require that
>> the vendors support open standards and interoperability, and c) fully fund
>> this initial effort.
>>
>>
>> *Next Steps*
>> If you are interested in participating in a conference call about the
>> project, please email me at ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com. I hope to
>> have our next call this Friday.
>>
>> The Blockchain Task Force meeting in Laramie is open to the public, but
>> you should get your plane reservations in soon and keep an eye on the
>> wyoleg.gov website for lodging discounts. There is also a blockchain
>> conference and hackathon at the University of Wyoming immediately after
>> the Task Force meeting with some significant prizes if you are interested.
>> https://wyohackathon.io
>>
>> -- Christopher Allen
>>
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