We get it wrong! Misconceptions in self sovereign identity .

I see a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings that lead us to fail with #ssi products and confuse users. 1) SSI Triangle: Holder, Issuer, and Verifier exist only in the exchange process, and even in the same transaction issuer could be turned to the issuer. It is disconnected from real life. Classics ignore real-life scenarios of reverse relations in a triangle. I could write a full-scale article about "lost in SSI triangle.". All modern exchange protocol models more complex scenarios. Try to answer the simple question, "How do verifiers know whom to ask about VCs?" 2) Trust out of the box with SSI: It is not a trust framework VCs based on crypto signatures. Signatures work with data integrity and authenticity but cannot guarantee or build trust. Trust should be built on top as a protocol with governance and meaning of relations created by SSI 3) Verifiable Credential is a misleading term. The credential is term more from security than real life. The only thing you verify with a