A Federated Approach to Verifier Verification in Self Sovereign Identity
摘要
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) grants people the ability to handle their own digital identities. Although this paradigm enhances user freedom, it also presents significant difficulties, especially when evaluating the validity of verifiers. This can put users at risk for identity theft, data exploitation, or misuse of data. Using a permissioned blockchain with several attribute providers and a regulatory body in a collaborative model, this study describes a federated strategy where attribute attestation of the verifier is granted through multiple attribute providers and a regulatory body. Verifier credentials are issued only after being jointly verified and cryptographically signed by a set of attribute providers and a regulatory body. In addition to distributing confidence, this multi-party attestation reduces the possibility of collusion or single-point failures. To guarantee privacy, scalability, and auditability, this architecture combines off-chain components and on-chain smart contracts. bit commitment and decentralized communication protocols are used to obscure sensitive user data while maintaining verifiability. Additionally, the architecture introduces a verifier verification protocol that allows users to independently verify the certification status and legitimacy of verifiers without depending on central authorities. This study enhances SSI infrastructures by combining layered privacy techniques, federated trust, and strengthening them against malevolent verifiers while maintaining user sovereignty and systemic responsibility.