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Microsoft started to build [[Sidetree]] as the backing for the Ion DID method to improve responsiveness to reads and writes of ID data. | Microsoft started to build [[Sidetree]] as the backing for the Ion DID method to improve responsiveness to reads and writes of ID data. | ||
| − | * Sidetree basically intercepts any request for ID reads or writes and tries to | + | * Sidetree basically intercepts any request for ID reads or writes and tries to cache them to avoid a delay caused by a read or write to the Bitcoin Blockchain. |
==Problems== | ==Problems== | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 17 November 2020
Contents
Full Title
Sidetree is a spec for a collection of Distributed ID methods that uses IPFS to guarantee uniqueness of a DID.
Context
Microsoft started to build Sidetree as the backing for the Ion DID method to improve responsiveness to reads and writes of ID data.
- Sidetree basically intercepts any request for ID reads or writes and tries to cache them to avoid a delay caused by a read or write to the Bitcoin Blockchain.
Problems
- As of 2020-11-15 the Sidetree spec did not guarantee that an old key used for signing or encryptions would be available from any of their methods.
- As of 2020-11-15 the IPFS implementations were at Alpha release level and not recommended for production use.
- As of 2020-11-15 the Sidetree spec required two versions of the DID and stipulated that any RP relying on that DID would have to accept either version interchangeably.
