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Self Sovereign Identity can do just fine, blockchain-less

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Maintainer: Krijn Soeteman · 2022-08-19 · checked 2026-10-14

An article by science journalist Krijn Soeteman arguing that self-sovereign identity (SSI) does not need a blockchain. It explains KERI's self-certifying identifiers, key event logs, pre-rotation, delegation and witnesses for a general audience and contrasts them with ledger-based systems.

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