Learning XIDs from the Command Line

by Christopher Allen & Shannon Appelcline

A Blockchain Commons Course

Learning XIDs is a hands-on demonstration that shows how XIDs can be used to manage a truly self-sovereign identity. It includes demos of the creation of a SSI, the creation of claims, the long-term management of the SSI, and the management of its keys.

See bcts.dev/xid for a hands-on, online version of this tutorial.

Part One: XID Creation

• 1.0: Introduction to XIDs
  • 1.1: Getting Started with SSI & XIDs
  • 1.2: Understanding Core Concepts
  • 1.3: Creating Your First XID
  • 1.4: Making a XID Verifiable

Part Two: Attestations & Endorsements

• 2.0: Making Claims (And Protecting Them)
  • 2.1: Creating Self Attestations
  • 2.2: Managing Sensitive Claims with Elision
  • 2.3: Managing Sensitive Claims with Encryption
• 3.0: Attesting with Edges
  • 3.1: Creating Edges
  • 3.2: Supporting Cross Verification
  • 3.3: Creating Peer Endorsements

Part Three: XID Management

• 4.0: Managing Your XIDs
  • 4.1: Creating Binding Agreements
  • 4.2: Publishing Commitments for Privacy
  • 4.3: Creating New Views
  • 4.4: Creating New Editions
• 5.0: Managing Your Keys
  • 5.1: Generating Operational Keys
  • 5.2: Updating Keys
  • 5.3: Backing Up Your Inception Key
  • 5.4: Backing Up Your SSH Key
  • 5.5: Responding to Key Compromise

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This course is built from GitHub. You can read there if you prefer.