Massive and scalable DIDs - sidetree protocol

#ssi #sidetree #did #web3 Decentralized ids https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ is a core of web3 identity. It gives a way to distribute your identity and public keys without a central server. Currently, you could find hundreds of did methods - quite good list of methods could be found here https://w3c.github.io/did-spec-registries/#did-methods. Some methods are on-chain, and it is quite interesting for as from security and trust perspective. A major on-chain challenge is cost of single did creation. Quite often 1 did is a cost of single transaction on a blockchain. It is no go if we need to produce large amount of did. One of the ways of solving scalability issue and massive did anchor is L2 protocols on top of blockchain. The most mature one currently is #sidetree protocol. https://identity.foundation/sidetree/spec/ protocol define how you interact with ledger and operation storage, but keep all tech decision open for development team. Side tree operate with CRDT types for did docum