Glossary of terms
Navigate SSI terms with ease. Our glossary demystifies key concepts, ensuring clarity and confidence in your digital identity journey.
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Navigate SSI terms with ease. Our glossary demystifies key concepts, ensuring clarity and confidence in your digital identity journey.
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The process of verifying the identity of a user or device, often through credentials such as passwords, tokens, or cryptographic keys.
A distributed ledger technology that records transactions across many computers so that the records cannot be altered retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks.
A digital identity that is controlled by the individual or organization to whom it belongs, rather than by a centralized authority.
A consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data spread across multiple sites, countries, or institutions.
The individual or entity that possesses and controls a digital identity or verifiable credentials.
An entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information while providing authentication services to other applications.
A characteristic of blockchain technology where once data has been recorded, it cannot be altered or deleted.
The ability of different systems, platforms, or organizations to work together seamlessly without special effort from the user.
The entity that creates and issues digital credentials, attesting to certain attributes or rights of the holder.
A secure digital code known only to the owner, used to sign transactions or messages to prove ownership of a digital identity or asset.
A publicly disclosed code that corresponds to a private key, used to verify signatures or messages signed with the private key.
The process of invalidating a digital credential or key before its predetermined expiration date, often due to compromise or loss.
An approach to digital identity that gives individuals control over their personal data and how, when, and to whom it is disclosed.
A trusted entity or authority in a network that validates credentials and identities, serves as a root of trust.
A decentralized registry that maintains a list of trusted entities (such as issuers and verifiers) in the SSI ecosystem, facilitating the verification of credentials and identities.
A digital statement made by an issuer about a holder, which can be verified using cryptographic techniques.
An entity that checks the validity of a digital credential presented by a holder.
A consensus mechanism in a blockchain network where transactions and blocks are validated by approved accounts, known as validators.
A digital wallet that allows users to store and manage their digital identities and verifiable credentials securely.
A process in blockchain technology used to achieve agreement on a single data value among distributed processes or systems.
