Figure 17.5: User Centric Identities

17.2.4 Decentralized Identity (DID)

In the day-to-day life, we often need to showcase our certificates to

different organizations, a few examples are as follows:

When a child joins a school, they ask for his birth certificate as

well as the social security number or Aadhaar card in India.

The bank where we apply for a loan requires our income

certificate, employment status, as well as age.

The police station where we register a road accident enquires

driver’s licence.

However, mostly these organizations do not have a direct way of

checking the validity of these certificates. They rely on a third party

that does an independent background verification for them. Also, the