Decentralized Identity Systems Using Blockchains

How Web3 is solving some of the most pressing problems with digital identities.

What you'll learn

Basics of Identity Systems - Identity, Identifier, Attestation, and Role

Digital Identity Systems

Decentralized Identity

Self-Sovereign Identities

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)

Verifiable Credentials

Decentralized Identity Structure in Ethereum

Some Decentralized Identity projects - polygonID and more

Requirements

Some basic understanding of IT systems is required.

Description

Welcome to the course 'Decentralized Identity Systems using Blockchains' where we begin a journey through the complexities of digital identity systems and introduce Decentralized Digital Identity solutions. Our journey begins with building a solid foundation in the basics of identity systems, by understanding the critical features and properties that shape digital identities. As we navigate the evolution of digital identity, we get into a timely conversation about why we need to discuss about digital identity now more than ever. Then we delve into Decentralized Digital Identities. The course discusses the basic concepts such as Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs).  Then we spend some time understanding the role of blockchains in these identity systems. We then will cover real-life implementations such as Decentralized Identity in Ethereum, polygonID, and a few other Decentralized Identity solutions. However, no analysis is complete without acknowledging the limitations of current decentralized identification solutions. So, we will spend some time understanding the limitations and discussing how these limitations can be overcome. Please note that this course does not cover any coding for Decentralized Identity systems. The primary goal of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of identity systems and how Decentralized Identity systems are solving some of the pressing issues in this sector.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Who is this course for?

Lecture 3 Course Outline

Section 2: Basics of Identity Systems

Lecture 4 Introduction to Identity Systems

Lecture 5 Identity

Lecture 6 Identifier

Lecture 7 Attestation

Lecture 8 Role

Lecture 9 Who owns our identity?

Section 3: Introduction to Digital Identity Systems

Lecture 10 Introduction

Lecture 11 Types of Digital Identity Systems

Section 4: Evolution of Digital Identity

Lecture 12 Evolution of Digital Identity

Section 5: Components and Attributes of Digital Identities.

Lecture 13 Components of Digital Identity

Lecture 14 Types of Digital Identity

Section 6: Why talk about Digital Identity now?

Lecture 15 Why talk about Digital Identity now?

Section 7: Introduction to Decentralized Identity

Lecture 16 What is Decentralized Identity?

Lecture 17 Key Characteristics of Decentralized Identity

Lecture 18 Components of Decentralized Identity

Section 8: Self-Sovereign Identities

Lecture 19 Introduction to Self-Sovereign Identities

Lecture 20 Core Principles of Self-Sovereign Identities

Lecture 21 Components of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)

Section 9: Decentralized Identifiers or DIDs

Lecture 22 Introduction to DIDs

Lecture 23 DID Structure

Lecture 24 W3C Standard for Decentralized Identifiers

Section 10: Verifiable Credentials

Lecture 25 Intro to Verifiable Credentials

Lecture 26 Examples of Verifiable Credentials

Lecture 27 W3C Verifiable Credential Data Model

Section 11: Impact of Decentralized Identity

Lecture 28 Benefits of Decentralization of Identity Management

Lecture 29 User Journey

Section 12: Role of Blockchain in Decentralized Identity

Lecture 30 Role of Blockchain in Decentralized Identity

Section 13: Decentralized Identity structure in Ethereum

Lecture 31 Basics

Lecture 32 Framework Implementation

Lecture 33 Types of Attestations on Ethereum

Lecture 34 Sign-in with Ethereum

Lecture 35 Projects

Section 14: PolygonID

Lecture 36 PolygonID

Section 15: Other Decentralized Identity Solutions

Lecture 37 Other Decentralized Identity Solutions

Section 16: Limitations of current Decentralized Identity Solutions

Lecture 38 Limitations of current Decentralized Identity Solutions

Section 17: Thank you

Lecture 39 Thank you

Anyone who wants to understand the basics of Decentralized Identity