articleIEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsFeb 18, 2025Closed access

A Survey on Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials

University of Salerno · Florida International University · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Digital identity has always been one of the keystones for implementing secure and trustworthy communications among parties. The ever-evolving digital landscape has undergone numerous technological transformations that have profoundly reshaped digital identity management, leading to a major shift from centralized to decentralized identity models. The latest stage of this evolution is represented by the emerging paradigm of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), which gives identity owners full control over their data. SSI leverages Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs), which have been recently standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These technologies have the potential to…

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Keywords
  • Verifiable secret sharing
  • Identifier
  • Computer science
  • Computer security
  • Business
  • Computer network
  • Programming language
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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