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Is there any usecase or relevant usage scenarios, methods, or examples about did:web method?

Open zhanb opened this issue 1 year ago • 3 comments

zhanb avatar Nov 10 '23 09:11 zhanb

We (at Nuts Foundation, https://github.com/nuts-foundation/) consider it a reasonably good method for credential issuers that can't or do not wish to pin themselves on using a specific DLT (e.g., did:ion or any other DLT or product-specific DID method): it can be resolved with any HTTP client. That said, for high-profile issuers (e.g. governing bodies) it might not provide enough security.

Another case we came up with is cloud wallets (e.g. personal wallet or an employer-bound wallet extending IDP services). The private key could live in a personal device (authenticator app, personal hardware security device) or in the cloud wallet.

reinkrul avatar Nov 14 '23 20:11 reinkrul

It is being used as part of AT Proto, the protocol that powers Bluesky:

https://atproto.com/specs/did

Summertime avatar Oct 26 '24 21:10 Summertime

That said, we're now looking at did:tdw as a more secure replacement for did:web.

reinkrul avatar Oct 28 '24 07:10 reinkrul