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Second-Generation Verifiable Credentials

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Maintainer: Timothy Ruff · checked 2026-11-02

An article by Timothy Ruff in the Medium sequence that followed his Web3, Web5 & SSI of September 2022, making the case for ACDC and KERI as the second generation of verifiable credentials, in place of the blockchain-based first.

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