Distributed-Ledger-based Authentication with Decentralized Identifiers\n and Verifiable Credentials

Abstract

Authentication with username and password is becoming an inconvenient process\nfor the user. End users typically have little control over their personal\nprivacy, and data breaches effecting millions of users have already happened\nseveral times. We have implemented a proof of concept decentralized OpenID\nConnect Provider by marrying it with Self-Sovereign Identity, which gives users\nthe freedom to choose from a very large pool of identity providers instead of\njust a select few corporations, thus enabling the democratization of the highly\ncentralized digital identity landscape. Furthermore, we propose a verifiable\ncredential powered decentralized Public Key Infrastructure using distributed\nledger technologies, which creates a straightforward and verifiable way for\nretrieving digital certificates.\n