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Self-Sovereign Identity
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Self-Sovereign Identity

by Alex Preukschat, Drummond Reed
July 2021
Intermediate to advanced
504 pages
17h 18m
English
Manning Publications
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Part 3 Decentralization as a model for life

Like most other exponential technology stacks, SSI stands on the shoulders of giants. In chapters 12 and 13, we explain how SSI is built on two fundamental pillars:

  • The open source and free software movements

  • The cypherpunk movement, fueled by the liberating power of cryptography, which led to the development of blockchain technology

Having laid this foundation, in chapters 14-17, we explore what this means for other aspects of modern society both within and beyond technology, including the following:

  • The global peace movement

  • Technical and social trends to decentralization and the belief systems in which these trends are rooted

  • The evolution of the global SSI community (which is larger ...

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