Use external/self-sovereign identity

[bumi]

Can we use uport for contributor identity management?
Do we then still need metamask - is it an alternative?
https://developer.uport.me/

[raucao]

Looks like we wouldn't need Metamask then: https://developer.uport.me/guides.html#signing-transactions

[bumi]

bumping this one, to look at uPort again. Seems quite some things happened since last year.
though yes, probably uPort users would not use metamask.

[raucao]

I'd personally prefer to wait until the DIF releases code and protocol for their standardized identity solutions this summer.

[bumi]

do you have a link for that?

[raucao]

No, just following podcasts and birdsite and such. Apparently they're going to have something out by May or June.

https://identity.foundation/

[raucao]

RSK has a W3C-compatible DID solution now, called rlogin:

• https://github.com/rsksmart/rlogin
• https://developers.rsk.co/rif/rlogin/get-started/
• https://hackernoon.com/rlogin-the-new-authentication-libraries-for-blockchain-based-apps-h619330z

You can try it out here, and manually edit the data, too: https://identity.rifos.org/