From the onset, open-source and interoperability have been part of Evernym’s DNA. Many were surprised when we open-sourced the bulk of our intellectual property to Hyperledger Indy through our donation of code to the Sovrin Foundation in 2016. Yet, we knew that building a “walled garden” was antithetical to what we were setting out to...Read More

Knowledge-based authentication has never been a highlight of over-the-phone customer service, yet it’s a critical component. Before you can support a customer, you have to be able to pull up her records and prove that she is who she says she is. Typically, we see over-the-phone authentication take the form of silly security questions: “Before...Read More

The investment marks a new chapter for Evernym, as customers have begun to deploy the first live decentralized identity solutions. (Salt Lake City, UT – Sep 26) – Evernym, a market leader in Self-Sovereign Identity solutions, announces today that it has closed an $8M pre-series A funding round with investors including Barclays Ventures and Medici...Read More

At Evernym, we’re not reserved about saying self-sovereign identity (SSI) will change everything.  SSI’s been called everything from the “New Internet” and “Blockchain’s Killer App” to the “Holy Grail,” and while the metaphors may be a little much, it’s hard to overstate the impact this new paradigm will have on making our digital relationships more...Read More

We’re proud to announce that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has approved a charter for a new Working Group tasked with standardizing the data model and syntax of decentralized identifiers (DIDs)—the linchpin of self-sovereign identity. The W3C Decentralized Identifier Working Group will be co-chaired by Daniel Burnett of ConsenSys and our own senior crypto...Read More