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DID Application Blueprint

Problem

DID projects often jump early into programming solutions, without having sufficiently focused on a rock-solid underlaying architecture

Solution

With this proposal we want to deep-dive and establish a solid interoperable architecture Blueprint for DApps building upon Atala PRISM DID

Completed outcome

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Total to date

This is the total amount allocated to DID Application Blueprint.

$25,000

Total funds requested

Distributed: $25,000

Remaining: $0

Complete

In progress

To be completed

334

Total votes cast

₳89.5M

Votes yes

₳1.83M

Votes no

About this idea

Summary for Community Advisors:

1) Our Proposal in a Nutshell: Many DID-related projects tend to jump right into programming their solutions without having sufficiently focused on a rock-solid underlaying foundation regarding open and interoperable Digital Identity, tokenomics and data privacy as well as resilient, decentralized data storage. With this proposal we want to deep-dive and establish a solid, interoperable architecture Blueprint for applications building on Atala PRISM DID. Based on our DLT360 accessible knowledge, we want to develop a regulation-compliant and inter-disciplinary DID Application Blueprint for doing things right from the very beginning.

2) Impact: This proposal combines the findings of a number of initiatives from inside and outside the Cardano ecosystem. This makes one of our DLT360 paradigms quite visible: Guidelines and Blueprints are most beneficial, when established in a practical, result-oriented inter-disciplinary combined context. This means in our case here: Using multiple findings as input to creating a practical BLUEPRINT for DID Applications. This BLUEPRINT is then the basis for getting to successful DID application architectures (not just technically) and for establishing partnerships with all kinds of DID-applying projects as well as with professional incubators and consulting companies. For more details please refer to our WEB-Site and/or to our Business Model Canvas section below.

3) Feasibility: This proposal is part of a bigger picture. Our DLT360 team has started its journey after being funded in fund 6 with one of our major services: The DLT360 Risk and Opportunity Radar. Based on this funding, we have implemented a small operational core-team. We are furthermore growing an extended team of inter-disciplinary domain-experts from the Catalyst community, industry and academia for adding their knowledge on demand (For more details please refer to our WEB-Site and/or to our Business Model Canvas section below).

Audibility: Our Business Model Canvas section outlined below contains major activities, milestones, deliverables, roadmap and costs. Due to various projects being interlinked and due to the overall complexity of proper planning and tracking, we do this in our DLT360 - MIRO environment. We offer on-demand visits to these MIRO boards for deeper-going discussions during the assessment phase. Due to already running a fund 6-funded project, we are part of the Catalyst Coordinator Process and acquainted with the relevant reporting processes.

Please note: We are applying a best-practice Business Model Canvas approach. We have added tags to our details below, hoping that the Catalyst-funded 'The Great Filter' application will be able to identifying the required sections in our text.

Business Model Canvas - Section containing further details(Our Canvas is maintained in DLT360 MIRO environment, access upon request)

This proposal is part of a bigger picture. Our DLT360 team has started its journey after being funded in fund 6 for one of our major services: The DLT360 Risk and Opportunity Radar. Fund 6 is about establishing this foundational framework for professional risk (and opportunity) management. With this new fund 7 proposal, we are utilizing the acquired knowledge for creating practical Implementation Blueprints and Consulting Artifacts. Points 1 to 5 of our Business Model Canvas are therefore explaining the bigger picture, while points 6 to 9 and the listed activities, milestones, deliverables, roadmap and costs are kept very specific to this project.

Customer Segments / Target Groups

Primary Clients: CARDANO Community, proposers, projects building on top of DID
Secondary Clients: Consulting partners, DLT-relevant public, selected high-quality YouTube channels, universities, regulatory bodies, industry consultants and clients

Value Proposition

Dependent of the above listed customer-segments, we see our value proposition as following (more details in MIRO):

Providing a very practical and hands-on inputs to creating interoperable, inter-disciplinary optimized DID Application BLUEPRINT
Feeding back additionally gained knowledge to our DLT360 Risk and Opportunity Radar

Distribution Channels

Depending on customer-segment and corresponding value-proposition, the following delivery channels will be used:

Becoming part of a DID Implementation Package and of related hands-on Consulting Artifacts
Integrated also into quarterly reporting based on the DLT360 Risk & Opportunity Radar

Customer Relationship

This project requires a one-time-effort. After this initial effort and the related initial funding, this will become part of our overall DLT360 activities. For these overall activities we are lobbying for stable service and consulting agreements with the Cardano community (see also our related Fund 8 Challenge Setting proposal) and other emerging partners and clients.

Revenue Structure

This project must be seen in the context of our overall DLT360 revenue stream planning. During this early stage of our DLT360 startup, we are fully focusing on servicing the Cardano Community. This project will provide additional business opportunities in helping DID-based applications to do it right from the beginning. This will also open up collaboration opportunities with related consulting entities. For the overall startup of DLT360, we are applying a careful 'Lean Startup' approach. This means that we will plan, check and iteratively adjust our Business Model according to our learnings, documented in our MIRO environment. This project will potentially bring us substantial revenue streams also from cooperating with consulting firms, who can apply our BLUEPRINTS in their e.g. industry-oriented customer projects.

Key Activities (now specific to this project)

This project requires the following specific key-activities

Designing the blueprint approach in interaction with IOHK experts and other experienced Catalyst projects for avoiding redundancies
Domain-expert validation of the design-concept
Performing the basic inter-disciplinary research
Analyzing and bringing the findings into the blueprint frame
Quality checking & releasing of results, documents by senior domain experts
Targeting for applying the Blueprint in a practical pilot-implementation-project (not part of this proposal)

Key Resources

DLT360 is built by a small core-team and a flexible team of highly renowned domain experts as well as a scalable network of contributors from the Cardano community, from academia and from industry. For this specific project we will need the following key resources

Overall lead and representation (handled by Heinz Gassner)
Project Management: Coordination of execution, collaborating within our team and with external teams & network members (covered by Jonas Weinberger and Guilherme Peirera)
Back-office work, editing of Risk & Opportunity Radar information objects (assistant job, located in Sao Paulo, Brussels or Malta)
Inter-disciplinary researchers and application team: (mainly alumni and active students)
Experts from IOHK and DID-applying projects
Domain Experts: Various, inter-disciplinary renowned domain experts, please see the current status on our website

For an always up-to-date-info about our team, please consult our WEB-Site:

Heinz Gassner, Malta, with more than 30 years of industry-leadership experience http://linkedin.com/in/heinz-gassner-9540a241
Jonas Weinberger, Brussels, Student and assistant at the Brussels School of Governance:
http://linkedin.com/in/jonas-weinberger-0b14801ba
Guilherme Peirera, Sao Paulo, Student and assistant at SENAI Institute: http://linkedin.com/in/guilherme-pereira-da-silva-977a361a3
Etienne Marais, student at Versalius College, Brussels: http://linkedin.com/in/etienne-marais-0845a3224
Backoffice resource to be defined
Michiel Van Roey, DLT Regulation expert, co-founder of PROFILA: http://linkedin.com/in/michielvanroey
Dr. Joshua Ellul acting as Senior Academic Advisor, Director of DLT Center at University of Malta: http://linkedin.com/in/joshuaellul
Additional domain experts of DLT regulation (for always latest updates see our WEB-Site)

Key Partners

We definitely need to coordinate this closely with IOHK's AtalaPRISM experts and with DID-experienced project teams and with other inter-disciplinary teams . Please find them always up-to-date on our WEB-Site.

Cost Structure

We make sure to avoid redundancies by partnering and integrating as many elements form other initiatives as possible. By networking with universities, active students and alumni, we are approaching our projects in a very cost-conscious way. Based on our listed key-activities and key-resources, we plan with the following costs (please note that we are in progress of setting up a formal company body and need to follow the strict European tax regulations):

Project Management (50 hours for USD 50/h = USD 2.500)
Backoffice work (125 hours for USD 20/h = USD 2.500)
Research: Major parts handled in form of student-internship arrangement (USD 5.000)
Analysis, collaboration and establishing the BLUEPRINT document (200 hours for USD 50/h = USD 10.000)
Quality checking by domain experts (40 hours for USD 100/h = USD 4.000)
Final reporting support by senior domain experts, including pre and after-work (5 hours for USD 200/h = USD 1.000)

Roadmap, Milestones and Deliverables

Due to the strong linkage with other activities of the DLT360 and the lacking graphics-integration in IDEAscale, all details are maintained in our MIRO environment. The plan below is just an orientational overview-listing:

FEB 2022 Getting started, project formation
FEB -MAR 2022 Design of research, scouting for synergies with other projects, quality check of research design
3-Months MILESTONE: Ready for starting with legal research
MAR - JUN 2022 Basic research
JUN - AUG 2022. Analysis, establishing blueprint and also integration into Risk & Opportunity Radar, quality check
6-Months MILESTONE: First complete (draft) version of Blueprint available, one pilot application identified
12-Months Success: > 5 major DID applications having used / planning to use the Blueprint (pipeline status)

KPI Progress and Success Measurement

KPI 1: Progress of required inter-disciplinary research (0-100 %)
KPI 2: Progress of establishing the BLUEPRINT (0-100%)
KPI 3: Quality-check and community-feedback score (0-100%)
KP! 4: Timely identification of pilot application (yes/no)
KPI 5: Number of candidate-applications for applying the BLUEPRINT (number)
KPI 6: Number of consulting entities partnering / planning to apply the BLUEPRINT

Monthly report

NB: Monthly reporting was deprecated from January 2024 and replaced fully by the Milestones Program framework. Learn more here

July 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

June 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

We are in the final editing of a substantial presentation (more info was contained in last report). We also worked on preparing to hold and record the seminar - needs to be repeated and will be finalised next week.

Evidence

https://dlt360.io/blockchain-innovation-accademy-brochure , https://dlt360.io/seminar-cycle-digital-identity , https://dlt360.io/pioneer-program-guide

Explanation

1) DLT360 Blockchain Innovation Academy - promoting the Pilot Seminar one May 11 --> PLEASE NOTE: THIS WAS A MVP TEST FOR SELECTED PARTICIPANTS FOR TESTING OUR APPROACH 2) Decentralized Digital Identity (Next-Gen IAM) signup page on our Website (new and updated release coming shortly) 3) Draft of a DLT360 PIONEER PROGRAM promotion folder (new and updated release coming shortly)

May 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY MODIFICATION OF DELIVERABLES OF THIS PROJECT (see Points 1, 3 and the scope-expansion described in the new point 4 below) We continued the work that we made during April. Due to team-overload we will not be able to close this project during May and will need 1 or 2 weeks in June for completing: As in April, we did the following in May: 1) Summarising the learnings from our survey (the survey conducted with important business and industry players during our business & industry ONBOARDING program for checking the general understanding and prioritisation of Decentralized Digital Identity in business and industry. The result showed, that there is still too little understanding of the foundational importance and the opportunities behind Digital Identity. Learning from our active exchanges with business and industry players, we decided decided to adopt our approach and also the deliverable of this project as following: In the context of the above mentioned survey, the initially planned Blueprint (which we started to call Whitepaper according to our new DLT360 terminology - see also our reasoning in previous reports) turned out to be way too passive, as most target-person in business & industry are too far away from understanding the importance of SSI/Decentralized Digital Identity AND there is also active resistance from IT/Security, who see these changes mainly as 'disturbance' of their current Web2.0 and Cloud-based single-sign-on solutions (often very actively driven by e.g. IT departments together with Microsoft and Accenture). Therefore we concluded, that instead of publishing a Whitepaper, we will establish a more aggressive approach by designing and piloting an ONLINE SEMINAR format (2,5 hour online seminar called 'Next Generation Identity and Access Management'), that is dedicated to explaining the value-propositions, opportunities, risks, underlaying technologies and recommended implementation steps (= promoting our planned COHORT Program). The focus is here on catching target companies over business opportunities and risk-reduction. Outlining the underlying technology is important but is kept on overview-level in this early stage. The major deliverables of this project will therefore be a) Approximately 100 - 120 slides SEMINAR Presentation and Handout (instead of a more passive Whitepaper) b) Integration of the new approach into our Website (promotion and signup): https://dlt360.io/blockchain-innovation-accademy-brochure https://dlt360.io/seminar-cycle-digital-identity c) Piloting the Decentralized Digital Identity SEMINAR (pilot version for selected clients held on May 11, 2023) d) Ideating a dedicated future DLT360 PIONEER Program, which is building on the learnings achieved in the SEMINAR, aiming to help companies very practically in establishing a Decentralised Digital Identity Northstar-vision and in identifying value-adding pilot projects (developing this DLT360 PIONEER Program will most likely become a fund 10 proposal) Draft-Promotion see: https://dlt360.io/pioneer-program-guide

Evidence

https://dlt360.io/blockchain-innovation-accademy-brochure , https://dlt360.io/seminar-cycle-digital-identity , https://dlt360.io/pioneer-program-guide

Explanation

April 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY MODIFICATION OF DELIVERABLES OF THIS PROJECT (see below) During April we continued to focus on the following: 1) Survey conducted during our business & industry ONBOARDING program for checking the general understanding and prioritisation of Decentralized Digital Identity in business and industry. The result showed, that there is still too little understanding of the foundational importance and the opportunities behind Digital Identity. We therefore decided to adopt our approach and also the deliverable of this project as following: PLEASE NOTE - NECESSARY MODIFICATION OF DELIVERABLES OF THIS PROJECT In the context of the above mentioned survey, the initially planned Blueprint (which we started to call Whitepaper according to our DLT360 terminology - see also our reasoning in previous reports) turned out to be way too passive, as most target-person in business & industry are too far away from understanding the importance of SSI/Decentralized Digital Identity AND there is also active resistance from IT/Security, who see these changes mainly as 'disturbance' of their current Web2.0 and Cloud-based single-sign-on solutions (often very actively driven by e.g. IT departments together with Microsoft and Accenture). Therefore we concluded, that instead of publishing a Whitepaper, we will establish a more aggressive approach by designing and piloting an ONLINE SEMINAR format (2,5 hour online seminar called 'Next Generation Identity and Access Management'), that is dedicated to explaining the value-propositions, opportunities, risks, underlaying technologies and recommended implementation steps (= promoting our planned COHORT Program). The focus is here on catching target companies over business opportunities and risk-reduction. Outlining the underlying technology is important but is kept on overview-level in this early stage. The major deliverables of this project will therefore be a) Approximately 100 - 120 slides SEMINAR Presentation and Handout (instead of a more passive Whitepaper) b) Integration of the new approach into our Website (promotion and signup): https://dlt360.io/blockchain-innovation-accademy-brochure https://dlt360.io/seminar-cycle-digital-identity c) Piloting the Decentralized Digital Identity SEMINAR (dated for May 11, 2023) d) Ideating a dedicated future DLT360 PIONEER Program, which is building on the learnings achieved in the SEMINAR, aiming to help companies very practically in establishing a Decentralised Digital Identity Northstar-vision and in identifying value-adding pilot projects (developing this DLT360 PIONEER Program will most likely become a fund 10 proposal) Draft-Promotion see: https://dlt360.io/pioneer-program-guide

Evidence

https://dlt360.io/blockchain-innovation-accademy-brochure , https://dlt360.io/seminar-cycle-digital-identity , https://dlt360.io/pioneer-program-guide

Explanation

1) DLT360 Blockchain Innovation Academy - promoting the Pilot Seminar one May 11 2) Decentralized Digital Identity (Next-Gen IAM) signup page on our Website 3) Draft of a DLT360 PIONEER PROGRAM promotion folder

March 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

February 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

January 20, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

During January we focused on the following: 1) Drafting a specific DID for Business and Industry COHORT (this substantially expands the scope of this project, but this is very important for getting DID really successfully seeded into industry applications in real world corporations). 2) Continuing to work on our detailed approach of making DID part of existing EA Frameworks (EA = Enterprise Architecture). This is important, as DID applications in industry need to be complementary to existing solutions and are VERY critical from IT, IT-security, legal, risk and process/workflow perspective. 3) Choosing the well-established TOGAF Enterprise Architecture for this purpose (TOGAF = The Open Group Architecture Framework), as this is well established and a good basis for outlining DID approaches for business and industry in a way, that company-internal hurdles and resistance can be effectively addressed. 4) Outlining and writing the resulting Whitepaper (final details to be completed) Please note: Instead of a Blueprint (which - as we found out along the journey - cannot be done in a meaningful way due to substantial requirement-differences in the different industry segments), this project will deliver a largely industry-independent Whitepaper for DID Implementation in Business and Industry. This step is necessary for providing a solid basis for the future industry-specific Blueprints. Due to the complexity of the topic, this Whitepaper will be part 1. Part 2 with specific focus on how to cope with GDPR and ZKP will follow in form of our related Fund 8 project. 5) We are currently working on closeout Report and Video

Evidence

https://dlt360.io

Explanation

Our WEBSITE provides access to our Whitepaper (explaining DLT360 in detail) and to the DLT360 NAVIGATOR. As we work on a rather big overall startup, we will provide a consistent explanation in our Closeout Video. This will allow the community to better understand what we are aiming for and how this project contributes to our ambitious activities.

December 20, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

During December we focused on the following: 1) Elaborating our detailed approach of making DID part of existing EA Frameworks (EA = Enterprise Architecture). This is important, as DID applications in industry need to be complementary to existing solutions and are VERY critical from IT, IT-security, legal, risk and process/workflow perspective. 2) Choosing the well-established TOGAF Enterprise Architecture for this purpose (TOGAF = The Open Group Architecture Framework), as this is well established and a good basis for outlining DID approaches for business and industry in a way, that company-internal hurdles and resistance can be effectively addressed. 3) Integrating a specific Dissertation 4) Outlining and writing the resulting Whitepaper (final details to be completed) Instead of a Blueprint (which - as we found out along the journey - cannot be done in a meaningful way due to substantial requirement-differences in the different industry segments), this project will deliver a largely industry-independent Whitepaper for DID Implementation in Business and Industry. This step is necessary for providing a solid basis for the future industry-specific Blueprints. Due to the complexity of the topic, this Whitepaper will be part 1. Part 2 with specific focus on how to cope with GDPR and ZKP will follow in form of our related Fund 8 project. We expect to complete this project in January/February 2023. We are already working on the closeout report and the closing video.

Evidence

https://dlt360.io

Explanation

Link to our WebSite. Here you can find our Whitepaper that explains all details of how we integrate all our funded projects into our overall approach (DLT360 NAVIGATOR, WEB3.0 Innovation Accelerator Program etc.). As soon as finalised, the DID Implementation Whitepaper will be downloadable from there as well. We have plenty of related material in our GitHub, OBSIDIAN and MIRO environment and can make this accessible on demand.

November 28, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

No funding instalment for this specific project requested for this month, as we were mainly working on: 1) Integrating our various projects (and content) into our overall overall DLT360 NAVIGATOR environment (based on GitHub, OBSIDIAN, ZOTERO and specific applications on our WEB-site) 2) Refining our overall processes, tools and team-setup for securing longterm success 3) Focusing on getting the overall DLT360 Whitepaper done and finalise our company foundation (Hong Kong Limited Company).

Evidence

https://dlt360.io

Explanation

Please visit our WebSite and download our Whitepaper and take a glance on our onboarding video. The DLT360 Navigator will be live before end of the year.

October 25, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

Evidence

https://dlt360.io

Explanation

Link to our (pre-MVP) Website with the DLT360 NAVIGATOR, where all the elaborated content is currently integrated.

September 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

1. Reviewing of the results of phase 1 before June 2022 (where we did some pre-work in MIRO and in our original SaaS-Tool licensed from ITONICS). 2. Since beginning of September again: Weekly working-group sessions (under the guidance of Thorsten Pottebaum and Heinz Gassner). 3. Ongoing: Technology focus - Identifying the role and potential use-cases of SSI/DID in the context of business and Industry (where we are not entering Greenfield, but have to integrate this into a rather complex Digital Transformation Strategy, Process and Tool landscape - and are confronted with rather difficult 'competitors' like e.g. Microsoft, who are energetically trying to defend their important SSO domain). Were need to find an easy and feasible way of how to complement existing approaches by SSI/DID based on Public Permissionless Blockchain (with preference on CARDANO, of course). 4. Ongoing: Researching the Legal implications (mainly in the area of Cybersecurity, GDPR and commercial confidentiality) 5. Ongoing: Outlining QUICK WIN applications with high business benefit (by solving things which cannot be solved today, by reducing complexity, enhancing transparency, enabling cooperation within non-trusted business-networks etc. 6. Next steps: Summarising this in a target-grout optimised WHITEPAPER (we will not call this BLUEPRINT, since we have learned that BLUEPRINTS can only be client-specific in order to be meaningful). This will become integral part of the BUSINESS/ECONOMY section of our DLT360 NAVIGATOR and show up as OPPORTUNITIES and RISKS on the related DLT360 Risk & Opportunity Radar. 7. We expect closeout by end of November / early December

Evidence

https://www.dlt360consulting.com

Explanation

Here just a link to our WEBsite, which will be one of our main delivery channels for working with the DLT360 NAVIGATOR, Risk & Opportunity Radar and for accessing advanced content (in addition we will start with our DLT360 WEB3.0 Innovation Accelerator Program by beginning of 2023 - mainly for very actively onboarding of established business and industry projects, of startups, academia and other related clients). We will provide more insights during a first project closeout round in October (not for this project, but this will give you a much better understanding of our mission, strategies and activities based on our Catalyst funded projects).

June 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 09/30/2022

May 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 09/30/2022

April 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 09/30/2022

March 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 09/30/2022

Team

More than 30 years of industry-leadership experience combined with direct access to specific domain experts

heinz.gassner

dlt360consulting

Website:https://www.dlt360consulting.com

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