Easily-Verifiable

To verify a credential, one can simply verify the signatures of the validators in the credential document. All qualified validators are registered on a blockchain and governed by the PoS protocol and a council elected by the community.

The network will recognize the trusted DID verification mechanisms that are integrated into its codebase and consider others as agnostic. Agnostic mechanisms cannot be trusted unless the service demander trusts the mechanism. In this case, validators will use the selected DID mechanism to compute a result.

For example, after the DID aggregator compiled verification methods of Ethereum accounts, one can prove their account ownership while others can easily verify it by verifying the signatures of the network validators (validators’ IDs are recorded on a blockchain). Similarly, If the person needs to prove a Polkadot account ownership, a developer can add another verification mechanism to the aggregator, upload, and request network validation. A community referendum is required for the codes to be considered trusted and accepted by the network. Otherwise, a third party will have to gauge the credibility of a code publisher before they trust the result.