The state of self-sovereign identity in spring 2021: Results of a survey

Self-Sovereign Identity for Organizations: Requirements for Enterprise Software

“…However, SSI offers several benefits for organizations, such as cost savings and increased efficiency through the automation of business processes [5], [6]. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) utilized VCs to deploy a digital staff passport during the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby drastically reducing verification time by enabling health professionals to move swiftly between hospitals of the NHS without timeconsuming re-verification [7], [8].…”

“…Nevertheless, several challenges remain, including infrastructure development, high investment needs, fundamental changes to existing systems and processes, and a lack of understanding of SSI [5]. Furthermore, solutions such as wallets for organizations are still at a very early stage of development and often lack basic functionality [9], making the use of SSI and VCs in organizations even more challenging.…”

Performance Analysis of Verifiable Data Registry Solutions for Decentralized Identifiers

“…A data registry should have three primary features: fast, immutable, and traceable. A person, an organization, and a smart device can play any other role in the triangle [2].…”

Blockchain Governance: A Dynamic View

“…Thus, governance decisions cannot be made to one aspect of the system without considering its possible consequences to other parts. Third, in some of the distributed systems (e.g., self-sovereign identity ecosystems), the governance framework (i.e., consisting of business, legal, and technical rules and policies of a system) is an essential building block beside the technological architecture [21,22]. The development and management of a governance framework require similar development work as building the technical architecture.…”

“…The development and management of a governance framework require similar development work as building the technical architecture. Thus, it requires a holistic understanding of different, interrelated parts of blockchain governance [21,22]. Therefore, it is essential to identify the building blocks of blockchain governance and their interrelations, and propose a systematic way to determine the decision needs and understand, analyze, and communicate blockchain governance decisions throughout the whole lifecycle of a blockchain system.…”