Cardano DID Community SPO

Create a stake pool that allows for the promotion and adoption of SSI/DID technologies in addition to business verticals implementations

Msc Economics focused on Quantitative Finance, Incentives and Blockchain
January 2022: PhD in Management focusing in Community Policy

Abbreviations & Definitions:

• SSI: Self Sovereign Identity
• DID: Decentralized Identifiers
• VCs: Verifiable Credentials
• MVP: Minimum Viable Product
• Patterns of Commoning: Tools for researching, sharing and applying knowledge with regards to common-pool resources. https://patternsofcommoning.org/about/
• Design Principles: How commons can be governed sustainably and equitably in a community. https://www.onthecommons.org/magazine/elinor-ostroms-8-principles-managing-commmons
• GAIN Trust Registry: Initiative of digital engagement as key driver for economic growth - and inclusive participation that require access to high-trust identity verification services. https://gainforum.org/GAINWhitePaper.pdf

Atala PRISM Pioneer Program "Self-governance of Emergent Communities"

Use Case: Cardano DID Community 

Project Introduction:

Develop a Stake Pool to help us promote the adoption and benefits of linking communities by introducing the concepts of SSI/DID. Using an introductory course, a Community VC would be issued upon completion nd stored at our partner "Open Source Credential Wallet". In addition we will carry out economic-social research through mainstream crowdsourcing platform to tap into the psyche of the Cardano user and non-user community with the objective of understanding the needs and values with a solid statistical base. Identify the current state of recognition, beliefs and acceptance of the SSI/DID technologies in order to align the possible solution(s) to the interests and requirements of the community. Research and its insights will be available for the use and benefit of the community.

Community empowerment and sense of belonging are factors necessary but not sufficient for the adoption of these solutions. Research of the Cardano Community along with a decentralized interoperable design native to Cardano; could be sufficient.

The research methodology for the introduction of details and characteristics of the specialized concepts of SSI/DID with a mass-scale reach as the building blocks of a community-centered Trust Ecosystem will follow:

• Patterns of Commoning
• Elinor Ostrom's design principles
• The GAIN Trust Registry parameters

Project Details:

As an initial step, working in coordination with our partner "DID for Cardano Indonesia Community" we will create the building blocks for the introduction of educational material through workshops, issuance of Community VCs, and the partnership with holder wallet. https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/DID-for-Cardano-Indonesia-Community/380911-48088

By joining forces under the same umbrella, we could integrate a comprehensive English Based WebApp MVP that could be named: "Cardano DID Community" that allows for new countries/regions/communities to join and follow our efforts with a standardized approach.

For the second semester of 2022, we would focus on delivering workshops to promote adoption and to invite more countries/regions/communities to use our approach for their own needs. By applying the knowledge acquired at the Atala PRISM Pioneer Program, we would give the community its first basic use case and allow for others to join and grow in a similar way.

Why is this important?

Traditional commons literature often consider "subtractive" resources such as forests and fisheries where one person's use reduces the benefits available for another. Contrary to this, knowledge has been traditionally considered "nonsubtractive" since the more people who share useful knowledge, the greater the common good. (Hess & Ostrom, 2017) This proposal aims at increasing awareness of SSI/DID technologies through didactical and applied sharing of knowledge.

What does success look like?

• The SPO will help our promotion efforts and become a source of income for further research, partnerships and expansion within the Cardano Community. 
• If funded, we would work with our partners to create an accesible and standardized approach for any community to use the SSI/DID technologies.
• Increasing awareness of the benefits and capabilities both in terms of identity and community with a large-scale distribution strategy would allow for the inclusion marginalized communities and the ownership of identity.

Schedule: January - June 2022

• Part I: January - March 2022 (Set Up and Design)
• Part II: April - June 2022 (Execution and Promotion)

Budget:

• Set Up Costs (Domain, etc) $500
• Pool Fee (500 ADA) $1,000
• Cloud Services $2,000
• Marketing / Ads $5,000
• Project Management $1,000
• Total Budget $9,500

Team & Partnerships:

We are open for collaborations.

Partners from Atala PRISM Pioneer Program:

1) Partnership and collaboration with Andreas Sosilo from "DID for Cardano Indonesia Community" @andreassosilo

• We will be collaborating with a standard introductory course that upon completion, allows a community VC to be issued.
• Promote online events, portray partnerships and use cases from the community and experience from other countries.
• Promote and strengthen the collaboration and information sharing between several communities.
• Please find his proposal here:
• https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/DID-for-Cardano-Indonesia-Community/380911-48088

2) Partnership and collaboration with Lance from "Open Source Credential Wallet" @LanceB

• We will partner with this talented team to use their open source credential wallet as the holder for the Latam Community DID Members.
• Please find their proposal here:
• https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Open-Source-Credential-Wallet/382078-48088

3) New d-EdTech Platform for LatAm

• We will partner Jaime Martinez and his team to promote technical skills VCs for the Latin American countries.
• Please find their proposal here:
• https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/New-d-EdTech-Platform-for-LatAm/381053-48088

4) (APPP) Atala Prism Program Pioneers

• As part of the Atala PRISM pioneers cohort we will collaborate to create bottom-up use cases for SSI/DID technologies for the betterment of communities in accordance to the Patterns of Commoning and the Self-governance of Emergent Communities.

Important Notice:

• This will complement the LATAM Community DID proposal in the Accelerate Decentralized Identity Challenge. We are a small impact team open for collaboration. Please refer to this proposal at:
•  https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Latam-Community-DID/381158-48088
• Proposal Site and Documentation:
• https://sites.google.com/view/latamcommunitydid/home