Here's an illustration of how a decentralized identity may work in practice.
This is a Brooklyn-based decentralized identity and data start-up that allows users to control their personal data online. The company's solutions work across several blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Tezos, Ceramic, and Celo. It enables users to sign in with their Ethereum accounts and control their online identities instead of traditional intermediaries like banks and insurance companies. Only the user has access to the information, and no third parties are involved. The Ethereum blockchain and cryptographic keys protect users' data.
The company's products include:
Spruce's products and services are used for:
In addition, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) can use Kepler to provide permission to store private content, data, and documents on behalf of users.
Spruce raised $34M in Series A funding in April 2022, bringing its total funding to $41.5M. The company plans to use the additional funding to invest in identity usability and privacy technology, enter into partnerships within the ecosystem, and grow its product teams.
Synaps, a France-based startup, provides a DID called ANIMA. According to the company, members can create their own ANIMA within 60 seconds. ANIMA is an SSI that allows users to be in charge of their own identities and decide which part of their identity they want to disclose on Web3. Synaps' major customers include Polkadot, Moonbeam, Jump, Polygon, Just Mining, and Elrond.
Synaps provides several products and solutions, including:
Synaps' products and services are used for:
This Germany-based company is a decentralized identity integrator that provides privacy solutions for digital identities. Working primarily on the Polkadot and Ethereum blockchains, the company's products include the following:
Litentry's products and services are used for:
UK-based Blockpass offers KYC as a service for customer onboarding in regulated industries such as finance and insurance. The company also provides KYC/AML screening and National identification verification. Blockpass launched the Blockpass Identity Lab (BIL) at Edinburgh Napier University in 2018. BIL's research targets the use of blockchain technology to protect personal data from online scammers and hackers.
The company's products include:
Blockpass' products and services are used for:
This San Francisco-based company provides digital identity management tools for Web3. The company's flagship product, Civic Pass, combines credentials such as liveness, uniqueness, identification documents, location, and sanction screens to provide users with a smooth Web3 experience. The company has raised $3.4M in total funding to date, including debt.
Civic's products and services are used for:
Located in Mauritius, SelfKey is a blockchain-based SSI system. Through its non-custodial SelfKey ID, a user can:
SelfKey's products and services are used for:
This Los Angeles-based company provides a blockchain-powered DID management platform. The company has received $50,000 in funding to date.
Hive.id's products and services are used for:
Utah-based Evernym is building Sovrin, a global, fully open-source, attribute-based, SSI graph network built on an advanced, dedicated, privacy-enhancing, public-permissioned distributed ledger. The start-up is also the creator of Hyperledger Indy. Evernym has over 1,000 global customers, including Allstate, Barclaycard, Deutsche Telekom, Unisys, and Novartis. The company's products include:
Blockchain projects currently working on DID
Decentralized identity and data start-ups have been very active over the past few years. These companies are primarily developing solutions that encompass a single sign-in for multiple platforms. They've also been working on enhanced security features. Here, we summarize some of the developments in this space in 2022.
Spruce
Spruce is currently working on several initiatives, including:
Litentry
Litentry plans to launch several new solutions in 2022, including:
Blockpass
In April 2022, Blockpass announced a strategic partnership with EMURGO, one of the founders of the Cardano blockchain, and the latter's commercial division. As a result of this partnership, Blockpass will incorporate Cardano crypto addresses into the Blockpass App. It will also provide on-chain KYC solutions for projects using the Cardano ecosystem.
Civic
Civic launched multiple products in 2022, including:
The digital identity space is in its beginning stages; however, blockchain-based decentralized identity will make identity management less complicated and streamline the entire landscape of identity management.
Both government and private sector enterprises are showing increasing interest in leveraging decentralized identity solutions, especially in the EU. With many instances of identity fraud impacting critical institutions, the EU has formed a digital transformation strategy (the GDPR) to prevent identity theft and build a safer society by providing users with control of their data and helping them battle misinformation online. The evolution of Web3 will also incentivize people to take control of their own digital identities via blockchain and decentralization.
这是分散身份在实践中如何运作的一个例子。
这是一家位于布鲁克林的去中心化身份和数据初创公司，允许用户在线控制他们的个人数据。该公司的解决方案适用于多个区块链，包括以太坊、Solana、Polygon、Tezos、Ceramic 和 Celo。它使用户能够使用他们的以太坊帐户登录并控制他们的在线身份，而不是像银行和保险公司这样的传统中介机构。只有用户有权访问信息，不涉及第三方。以太坊区块链和加密密钥保护用户的数据。
公司产品包括：
Spruce 的产品和服务用于：
此外去中心化自治组织 (DAO) 可以使用 Kepler 来代表用户提供存储私人内容、数据和文档的权限。
Spruce 于 2022 年 4 月在 A 轮融资中筹集了 3400 万美元，使其总融资额达到 4150 万美元。该公司计划使用额外资金投资身份可用性和隐私技术，在生态系统内建立合作伙伴关系，并发展其产品团队。
Synaps 是一家位于法国的初创公司，提供名为 ANIMA 的 DID。据该公司称，会员可以在 60 秒内创建自己的 ANIMA。ANIMA 是一种 SSI，它允许用户负责自己的身份并决定他们要在 Web3 上公开他们身份的哪一部分。Synaps 的主要客户包括 Polkadot、Moonbeam、Jump、Polygon、Just Mining 和 Elrond。
Synaps 提供多种产品和解决方案，包括：