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Decentralized Identity

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Decentralized Identifiers are a and core to user identities using the Verida Network. The Verida network enables user’s to maintain private keys/seed phrases to control their identity.

Each decentralized identity is an account on the Verida Network.

Users control the private keys to their accounts, enabling them to:

  • Encrypt, authenticate and authorize access to their private data

  • Control where their data is stored

  • Sign their data and messages to third parties

  • Send and receive encrypted messages with other identities

  • Sign into decentralized applications

Verida has implemented a fast, low cost implemention of the DID Core standard that forms the basis of accounts on the Verida Network. .

You can create a decentralized identity for free with the Verida Wallet.

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