Create an off-ledger holder DID
This tutorial offers step-by-step guidance on how to create a subject DID to be used for a holder that will receive a Verifiable Credentials.
⚠️ Before you begin...
Using
did:key also keeps holder DIDs off-ledger. This is very important for the privacy and data protection of the holder. If holder DIDs and DIDDocs were stored on-ledger, this could constitute a risk where data written within the DIDDoc could not be removed in line with a holder's right to be forgotten.It is also easily managable by a client agent as a full ledger backup for the writing of a DID / DID Doc is not required, thereby making it easily reproducable in a client environment.
Creating a subject
did:key DID can be achieved through both the Veramo CLI, or directly through an application that has been setup to read and write to the cheqd ledger, using the Veramo SDK for cheqd.This off-ledger DID, of type
did:key, is used for the recipient of the Verifiable Credential and Verifiable Presentation using:veramo did create
Select
did:key as the provider when prompted as well as a key management system (KMS) to use (default is local).The
agent.yml file used for the Veramo SDK for cheqd has a preloaded local key management system which is bootstrapped along with the CLI.The KMS is stored in a local SQLite database.
This is the nickname for your DID, which will be managed by Veramo KMS. Providing a memorable alias will help reference this for future uses, e.g.,
Alice off ledger DID.Once you have entered this, you will receive a response in a table, e.g:
provider | alias | did | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
did:key | Alice off ledger DID | did:key:z6MkjxdqDUWoudesywsGYbzGozUeVYiYVArdoqPcMV6m6MG4 | |
If you got the table above, your off-ledger
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