In the not too distant future, everyone will have a wallet app on their phone containing digital versions of their most commonly used paper-based credentials—including their driver’s license, credit reports, passport, bank statements, and loyalty cards—held in the form of verifiable credentials. In simple terms, verifiable credentials are data about us that have been digitally...Read More

The role of universities and students in the next digital revolution Universities already equip students with the education and tools needed to succeed in their work lives, but what if they could go a step further and arm their students with the tools needed to succeed in all aspects of their digital life? In other...Read More

The story of self-sovereign identity is the story of digital freedom and inclusion. SSI shows us the world as it should be—where our interactions are safe and secure, where we know and trust the party on the other end, and where our privacy is protected. It takes the risk out of our transactions and allows...Read More

Last Thursday evening, during an internal summit meeting, a group of Evernym employees gathered to discuss why they work here—to articulate precisely what makes us so passionate about building a global self-sovereign identity (SSI) ecosystem. It was a highly memorable meeting because the more we talked about our “why,” the more the passion surfaced. Empowering...Read More

In my previous post, I explained how issuers, holders, and verifiers of verifiable credentials (VCs) work together to unlock new business value with self-sovereign identity (SSI). I also contrasted verifiable credentials with other digital credential approaches. Now I’d like to go a bit deeper. Within the ocean of verifiable credentials, what variety exists? What motivates...Read More