A Survey on Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02455v1
• Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2024 11:55:14 GMT
• Title: A Survey on Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials
• Authors: Carlo Mazzocca, Abbas Acar, Selcuk Uluagac, Rebecca Montanari, Paolo Bellavista, Mauro Conti
• Abstract summary: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) gives users full control over their data. SSI leverages decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs) These technologies have the potential to build more secure and decentralized digital identity systems.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Digital identity has always been considered the keystone for implementing secure and trustworthy communications among parties. The ever-evolving digital landscape has gone through many technological transformations that have also affected the way entities are digitally identified. During this digital evolution, identity management has shifted from centralized to decentralized approaches. The last era of this journey is represented by the emerging Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), which gives users full control over their data. SSI leverages decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs), which have been recently standardized by the World Wide Web Community (W3C). These technologies have the potential to build more secure and decentralized digital identity systems, remarkably contributing to strengthening the security of communications that typically involve many distributed participants. It is worth noting that the scope of DIDs and VCs extends beyond individuals, encompassing a broad range of entities including cloud, edge, and Internet of Things (IoT) resources. However, due to their novelty, existing literature lacks a comprehensive survey on how DIDs and VCs have been employed in different application domains, which go beyond SSI systems. This paper provides readers with a comprehensive overview of such technologies from different perspectives. Specifically, we first provide the background on DIDs and VCs. Then, we analyze available implementations and offer an in-depth review of how these technologies have been employed across different use-case scenarios. Furthermore, we examine recent regulations and initiatives that have been emerging worldwide. Finally, we present some challenges that hinder their adoption in real-world scenarios and future research directions.

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