How do I develop on Sovrin?

Behind the Sovrin Foundation is a codebase precisely designed to enable true digital self-sovereign identity (SSI). In accordance with the decentralized nature of blockchain technology, this codebase is open source and receives contribution from people all around the...

What is a DID?

One of the major concerns with standard digital identity solutions is correlation. This means the ability to track an identity holder’s data—like social security number, phone number, or username—across multiple websites and log-ins. This is a major security threat...

What is a Zero Knowledge Proof?

Promiscuous sharing of identity attributes has long been a primary weakness in identity management. Sovrin is built to support the use of sharing as little information as possible to give each identity holder the ability to control and secure their personal...

What is a Verifiable Claim?

A verifiable claim is a piece of information that is cryptographically trustworthy. In Sovrin, a verifiable claim is shared as a proof and is anchored to the public ledger by a credential definition and public DID written by the credential issuer. Typically, this...

How does Sovrin use Blockchain?

The Sovrin Network is the first public-permissioned blockchain designed as a global public utility exclusively to support self-sovereign identity and verifiable claims. Recent advancements in blockchain technology now allow every public key to have its own address,...