Re: [PROPOSED WORK ITEM] CEL DID Method (did:cel)

Hi Steven,

I appreciate your focus on the human reality behind the tech. From my
limited understanding, I would like to offer a perspective on the war zone
journalist, abuse survivor, and independent researcher scenarios, as well
as the right to be forgotten—viewed strictly through the lens of resilient
infrastructure.

   1.

   The journalist (survival) did:cel provides independence from platforms.
   However, in a conflict zone, the challenge is often physical connectivity.
   In my view, Glogos can help by treating identity as a physical packet of
   math. This allows a journalist's "log" to travel via USB or local mesh when
   the internet is down. If did:cel is the letter, Glogos attempts to be the
   unsinkable ship. It ensures the data can physically leave the danger zone
   to be verified later.
   2.

   The survivor (protection) Regarding the survivor scenario, I interpret
   this as a need for selective disclosure (proving authorship without
   revealing location). Glogos uses a fractal structure to separate the "who"
   from the "where". This aims to provide a mathematical shield for the user,
   allowing them to attest to a truth without exposing sensitive metadata.
   3.

   The independent researcher (provenance) For a researcher submitting to a
   peer-review journal (open or commercial), the challenge is establishing
   trust without an institutional affiliation. Glogos allows them to anchor
   their work (datasets, papers) to their own genesis. This aims to foster
   broader participation in science by providing a verifiable chain of custody
   that stands independently of university credentials.
   4.

   The right to be forgotten (privacy) Immutable logs can be dangerous if
   they remember too much. Glogos supports "crypto-shredding": sensitive data
   is encrypted, and only the keys are shared. To "forget" a record, the owner
   simply destroys the decryption key. The attestation remains on the ledger
   as proof of history, but the information inside it becomes mathematically
   unrecoverable noise.

Summary: We are not replacing did:cel. We are building the armored
transport that ensures it survives when infrastructure fails.

Best regards,
Mạnh Thành Lê
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM Steven Rowat <steven_rowat@sunshine.net>
wrote:

> On 2026-01-12 3:44 am, Manh Thanh Le wrote:
>
> +1 for did:cel.
>
> If useful down the road, Glogos could serve as an optional anchoring layer
> — DAG-based temporal proof without periodic heartbeats.
> Happy to collaborate if there's interest.
>
> Perhaps this will need its own thread, but could you indicated in
> non-technical language what Glogos would provide, if anything, that other
> DID methods and protocols don't?
>
> Specifically, my interest is in the publishing of digital files, and all
> that can entail: attribution, peer review, pseudonymity, payment, privacy,
> etc.
>
> For example, use cases such as the following, what would Glogos do, or do
> better, that other DID methods can't yet?
>
> 1. A journalist reporting news from a war zone where they are in personal
> danger.
>
> 2. An abuse survivor publishing a book about their family experiences
> pseudonymously.
>
> 3. A scientific researcher who is not affiliated with an institution
> submitting a report of an experiment to a peer-review journal (open or
> commercial).
>
>
> Steven Rowat
>