Re: Introduction and interest in contributing to the Credentials Community Group

Hi Manu,


Thank you for the warm welcome — I really appreciate it.


Thanks also for the pointers, this is extremely helpful.

The BBS work is very much aligned with what I’m currently exploring around
selective disclosure and challenge–response constructions using ZKPs, so
I’ll definitely follow the GitHub repository and try to contribute there.
Even if I can’t regularly attend the Friday calls due to the time zone,
async collaboration works well for me.

On the PQC side, it’s great to hear that this is being actively discussed
in the Data Integrity calls. I’ll reach out to Greg as you suggested to
understand where contributions would be most useful, especially around
hybrid trust models and migration strategies.

And yes — I’d be very interested in contributing to the threat modeling
efforts. I’ll look into applying as a W3C Invited Expert for the DID and/or
VC Working Groups.

Thanks again for the guidance and for taking the time to connect me with
the right parts of the community. Looking forward to contributing.


Best regards,

Amir


On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 at 9:41 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 4:08 AM Amir Hameed <amsaalegal@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to introduce myself to the group and express my interest in
> contributing to the technical discussions and ongoing work related to
> Verifiable Credentials and their long-term security, interoperability, and
> deployment models.
>
> Welcome to the community Amir, we are lucky to have your input and
> insight. :)
>
> I just wanted to point out some people that you might consider
> collaborating with in the community based on the interests you
> outlined:
>
> > Zero-Knowledge Proof systems: design and implementation of a
> challenge–response authentication mechanism using ZKP constructions for
> privacy-preserving verification.
>
> We have calls related to the standardization of the BBS ZKP system
> once a month on Fridays. Calendar invite is here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/c4bcdfe1-cd32-4d07-ab07-609ca3eee120/
>
> It isn't at a good time for you, but we do a lot of work in the Github
> repository which can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/vc-di-bbs
>
> There is also an DIF WG that meets to discuss the low-level IETF BBS
> work as well, though that work is mostly done and just waiting on the
> glacially slow CRFG review process.
>
> > Quantum-safe cryptography: development of a full software implementation
> of QKD protocols (including decoy-state BB84, entropy estimation, error
> correction, and security reporting) alongside architectural work on
> post-quantum cryptography (PQC) integration and hybrid trust models.
>
> There is active work happening here as well, again in the Data
> Integrity calls here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/c4bcdfe1-cd32-4d07-ab07-609ca3eee120/
>
> I know that Greg Bernstein is active in both the BBS and PQC work, so
> you might reach out to him to see what sort of effort would be most
> helpful to him: gregb@grotto-networking.com
>
> > Protocol security engineering: threat modeling and adversarial analysis
> at both protocol and network layers, including considerations around replay
> attacks, key compromise, registry trust assumptions, gossip/replication
> models, and cross-domain verification.
>
> Will already mentioned the threat modelling work, which we're going to
> need increasing help with, so you might consider becoming a W3C
> Invited Expert to officially join the DID and/or Verifiable
> Credentials Working Group here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/invited-experts/
>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
>