Deployment of a Blockchain-Based Self-Sovereign Identity

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Abstract

Digital identity is unsolved: after many years of research there is still no trusted communication over the Internet. To provide identity within the context of mutual distrust, this paper presents a blockchain-based digital identity solution. Without depending upon a single trusted third party, the proposed solution achieves passport-level legally valid identity. This solution for making identities Self-Sovereign, builds on a generic provable claim model for which attestations of truth from third parties need to be collected. The claim model is then shown to be both blockchain structure and proof method agnostic. Four different implementations in support of these two claim model properties are shown to offer sub-second performance for claim creation and claim verification. Through the properties of Self-Sovereign Identity, legally valid status and acceptable performance, our solution is considered to be fit for adoption by the general public.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain
PublisherIEEE
Pages1336-1342
Number of pages7
Edition1
ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-7975-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2018
EventIEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics
2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and
Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data,
Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology
- Halifax, Canada
Duration: 30 Jul 20183 Aug 2018

Conference

ConferenceIEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics
2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and
Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data,
Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology
Abbreviated titleiThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityHalifax
Period30/07/183/08/18

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Distributed Ledger
  • Digital Identity
  • Zero-Knowledge Proof

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