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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.
 
==Problems==
 
==Problems==
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* 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.
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* As of 2020-11-15 the IPFS implementations were at Alpha release level and not recommended for production use.
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 18:18, 17 November 2020

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.

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.

References