Demonstration of Support for ECDSA Cryptosuite Adoption into VCWG

To: The W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group,
Bcc: The W3C Credentials Community Group

We, the undersigned, support the adoption of the ECDSA Cryptosuite[1]
as a standards-track deliverable of the W3C Verifiable Credentials
Working Group. We note that this cryptography suite is listed as in
scope in the W3C VCWG Charter[2]. We foresee a need for this
cryptography suite in our software and desire a ratified W3C global
standard for the cryptography suite.

Sincerely,

Manu Sporny / CEO / Digital Bazaar, Inc. (W3C Member)

Dr. Greg Bernstein / Chief Consultant / Grotto Networking (CCG Member
/ implementer)

Sten Reijers / CTO / Ver.iD (W3C VC Invited Expert)

Markus Sabadello / CEO / Danube Tech GmbH (W3C Member)

Marty Reed / CEO / RANDA Solutions (W3C Member)

Filip Kolarik / Founder / apicatalog.com (not a W3C Member / implementer)

Paul Dietrich / Innovation/ GS1 US (A W3C Member through GS1 (fully
supported by Phil Archer, AC member for GS1))

Oliver Terbu / Director of Identity Standards / Spruce Systems, Inc.
(W3C Member)

Andy Griebel / CTO / SmartResume (not a W3C Member / implementer)

Tobias Looker / CTO / MATTR (W3C Member)

Mike Prorock / CTO / mesur.io (W3C Member)

Nate Otto / Founder / Skybridge Skills (not a W3C Member / implementer)

Kerri Lemoie / Director of Technology / MIT, Digital Credentials
Consortium (not a W3C Member / implementer)

Patrick St-Louis / DevOps Specialist / Digital Identity Laboratory of
Canada (CCG Member)

Andrew Whitehead / Sr Architect / Becker Carroll (W3C member)

David Ezell / Director of New Initiatives / Conexxus, Inc. (W3C
Member, VCWG Member)

Gabe Cohen / Lead Engineer, Verifiable Credentials / TBD, Block (W3C member)

Brent Shambaugh (not a W3C Member / Implementer)

Pindar Wong (not a W3C Member / Implementer)

Songpu Ai / Researcher / iF-Labs, Teleinfo  (not a W3C Member / implementer)

Brent Zundel / Principal Engineer / Gen (Avast) (W3C Member)

Donna Kidwell / Chief Information & Security & Digital Trust Officer /
ASU / (W3C Member)

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[1]https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vc-di-ecdsa/
[2]https://www.w3.org/2022/06/verifiable-credentials-wg-charter.html#deliverables