Hi ! 👋
Winter is coming, that means more time indoors and more time in the digital world. Would be great if we could move data and identity across the world we are stuck with and not depend on third parties who watch us?
Verifiable credentials is a core need for all future SSI use cases
For this edition we are going to lean on external resources in hopes to collect enough for you guys to get a broad understanding of what VCs really are.
Also, DIN has an upcoming use case event, 17th of November, where we will brainstorm and discuss what we, the nordic people think are good use cases for SSI. To get the most out of that event, we need to understand the Verifiable credentials(VCs) properly.
To start with an intro to what a VC is and how they work have a read of an article from Timithy Ruff. Explains in understandable words what a VC is.
If you want to jump directly into the root of the spec, you are more than welcome here. This goes very much into detail on every attribute on why and how it should work. That is what a standard should do. But the VC data model does also point to a big document for use cases.
If you want to dig deep there are great beginners guides here
