Compact and Selective Disclosure for Verifiable Credentials

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00262v1
• Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 21:53:07 GMT
• Title: Compact and Selective Disclosure for Verifiable Credentials
• Abstract summary: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a novel identity model that empowers individuals with full control over their data.<n>EUDI Regulation will enable all European citizens to seamlessly access services using Verifiable Credentials (VCs)<n>This paper proposes a novel mechanism designed to achieve Compact and Selective Disclosure for VCs (CSD-JWT)
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a novel identity model that empowers individuals with full control over their data, enabling them to choose what information to disclose, with whom, and when. This paradigm is rapidly gaining traction worldwide, supported by numerous initiatives such as the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation or Singapore's National Digital Identity (NDI). For instance, by 2026, the EUDI Regulation will enable all European citizens to seamlessly access services across Europe using Verifiable Credentials (VCs). A key feature of SSI is the ability to selectively disclose only specific claims within a credential, enhancing privacy protection of the identity owner. This paper proposes a novel mechanism designed to achieve Compact and Selective Disclosure for VCs (CSD-JWT). Our method leverages a cryptographic accumulator to encode claims within a credential to a unique, compact representation. We implemented CSD-JWT as an open-source solution and extensively evaluated its performance under various conditions. CSD-JWT provides significant memory savings, reducing usage by up to 46% compared to the state-of-the-art. It also minimizes network overhead by producing remarkably smaller Verifiable Presentations (VPs), reduced in size by 27% to 93%. Such features make CSD-JWT especially well-suited for resource-constrained devices, including hardware wallets designed for managing credentials.

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