DID Primer

A primer on DIDs before we go into the Core Specification of GeoDIDs

What is a DID?

Decentralized identifiersarrow-up-right (DIDs) are a new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identities. A DIDarrow-up-right identifies any subject (e.g., a person, organization, thing, data model, abstract entity, etc.) that the controller of the DIDarrow-up-right decides that it identifies. DIDsarrow-up-right are URIs that associate a DID subjectarrow-up-right with a DID documentarrow-up-right allowing trustable interactions associated with that subject.

Each DID documentarrow-up-right can express cryptographic material, verification methods, or service endpointsarrow-up-right, which provide a set of mechanisms enabling a DID controllerarrow-up-right to prove control of the DIDarrow-up-right.

Figure 1: The basic architecture of the DID

To learn more about DIDs and why they're useful:

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