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·May 6, 2021

Sovrin and Trust over IP Signed Mutual Agreement to Strengthen Their SSI Collaboration

The Sovrin Foundation (“Sovrin”) Board of Trustees and Trust over IP Foundation (“ToIP”) Steering Committee are pleased to announce that they have signed a Letter Agreement (dated March 18, 2021). This agreement signifies the commitment of both organizations to mutual cooperation and recognition for each other’s mandates. …

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Sovrin and Trust over IP Signed Mutual Agreement to Strengthen Their SSI Collaboration
Sovrin and Trust over IP Signed Mutual Agreement to Strengthen Their SSI Collaboration
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·Apr 22, 2021

A Deeper Understanding of Implementing Guardianship

Sovrin releases two new Guardianship Credentials papers at Internet Identity Workshop #32 — In December 2019 the Sovrin Guardianship Task Force released a whitepaper titled “On Guardianship in Self-Sovereign Identity.” This groundbreaking paper explored guardianship in the context of SSI, and provided two use cases: one for a refugee, Mya, and one for an elderly living with dementia, Jamie. …

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A Deeper Understanding of Implementing Guardianship
A Deeper Understanding of Implementing Guardianship
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·Apr 7, 2021

An Open Letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Advocating for Financial Inclusion in its Regulations

April 7, 2021 On December 23, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Treasury Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding “Requirements for banks and money services businesses” related to certain transactions involving convertible virtual currency (CVC) or digital assets with legal tender status (“legal…

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An open letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network advocating for financial inclusion in its…
An open letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network advocating for financial inclusion in its…
Financial Inclusion

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Feb 9, 2021

Promoting Banking for All—Announcing the Compliance & Inclusive Finance Working Group (CIFWG)

February 9, 2021 1.7 billion adults and millions of organizations do not have access to essential financial services; billions more have bank accounts but are unable to use them. Despite initiatives such as the World Bank’s Universal Financial Access program and governmental and industry encouragement, many remain underserved or entirely…

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Promoting Banking for All—Announcing the Compliance & Inclusive Finance Working Group (CIFWG)
Promoting Banking for All—Announcing the Compliance & Inclusive Finance Working Group (CIFWG)
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Jan 12, 2021

2020 — How SSI Went Mainstream

January 12, 2021 An introduction to SSI and where it came from. 2020 as a growth catalyst and where SSI is going. A Sovrin Foundation perspective. Written by: Chris Raczkowski — Sovrin Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Drummond Reed — Evernym, Chief Trust Officer; ToIP, Steering Committee Member It goes without saying that last year was transformational for the world. Along with pains felt by many, the challenges of 2020 were…

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2020 — How SSI Went Mainstream
2020 — How SSI Went Mainstream
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Sovrin Foundation Blog

·Jul 10, 2018

Coherence and Decentralized Systems

We take the Internet for granted, not realizing that such a global, decentralized system is a rare thing. Protocols, rightly, get credit, but they alone are insufficient. TCP/IP did not create the Internet. The Internet is not just a set of protocols, but rather a real thing. People and organizations…

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Coherence and Decentralized Systems
Coherence and Decentralized Systems
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·Mar 28, 2018

Building Your Business on Sovrin: Domain-Specific Trust Frameworks

by Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D., Chair, Sovrin Foundation In Decentralized Governance in Sovrin, I described how the Sovrin Network is governed. The centerpiece of that discussion is the Sovrin Trust Framework. …

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Building Your Business on Sovrin: Domain-Specific Trust Frameworks
Building Your Business on Sovrin: Domain-Specific Trust Frameworks
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·Feb 27, 2018

Sovrin Foundation Welcomes Nathan George as CTO

by Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D., Chair, Sovrin Foundation The Sovrin Foundation is excited to announce that we have hired of Nathan George as our Chief Technology Officer. Nathan was previously Chief Architect at Evernym, Inc. He has been instrumental in maintaining the Hyperledger open-source Project Indy, which is sponsored by…

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Sovrin Foundation Welcomes Nathan George as CTO
Sovrin Foundation Welcomes Nathan George as CTO
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·Feb 8, 2018

Decentralized Governance in Sovrin

by Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D., Chair, Sovrin Foundation Marc Hulty defines governance as “the processes of interaction and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and institutions.” …

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Decentralized Governance in Sovrin
Decentralized Governance in Sovrin
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·Jan 22, 2018

Announcing the Sovrin Whitepaper

I’m very pleased to announce that the Sovrin whitepaper is now available. The whitepaper pulls together in one place detailed information about why Sovrin exists, what Sovrin is, and how it will impact nearly every aspect of your online life. Here’s the abstract: Digital identity is one of the oldest…

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