Summary

This chapter explored the problems of delivering verified information online and offered a decentralized architecture to solve them. It described DID verifiable assertions’ long-term goals, which include increased user control over identities and claims, greater website usability, standardized transfer criteria, and claim-sharing privacy. The design intends to divide control over identifiers and claims, define standards for cross-role interactions, and use existing protocols when possible. The chapter also emphasized the necessity of protocols and standards in the digital society, such as SAML and Kerberos, for safe authentication and secure digital interactions. It also discussed the issues and drawbacks associated with these protocols, such as single points of trust, session management, and insufficient standardization. Overall, the chapter underlined the need for safe and interoperable digital identification systems, as well as the problems that come with accomplishing...