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| hardman-acdcs-and-w3c-vcs-lossless-vs-lossy | paper | ACDCs and W3C VCs: Lossless vs. Lossy | https://dhh1128.github.io/papers/acdc-vc-diff.html | Daniel Hardman | quiet | 2026-10-15 | 2025-11-24 | 2025 | practitioner | informative | public | An article by Daniel Hardman comparing Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDCs) with the W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) data model through an analogy to lossless and lossy media formats. It names six kinds of information it says VCs discard and ACDCs keep, describes where lossy formats fit, and cites the vLEI system and the Verifiable Voice Protocol as production uses. For architects choosing a credential format. | Daniel Hardman | 1.1 | hardman-papers | research/papers/hardman-acdcs-and-w3c-vcs-lossless-vs-lossy | 1 | 1 |