vDID: Blockchain-Enabled Verifiable Decentralized Identity Management for Web 3.0

Zhe Peng, Jiamin Deng, Shang Gao, Helei Cui, Bin Xiao

Abstract: Web 3.0 has been proposed as a new generation of the Internet, which shifts towards system decentralization, improved data security, and self-sovereign identity. With the proliferation of networked entities, the proper management and verification of their identities play a vital role in Web 3.0. Decentralized identity is a promising paradigm to enhance data security and restore sovereignty over personal data to users. However, the data security in existing centralized solutions is often severely limited. In this paper, we propose vDID, a novel blockchain-enabled verifiable decentralized identity management system for Web 3.0. First, we design a generic verifiable DID structure, which is capable of capturing and expressing the inherent relationships between different entities with high granularity. Second, we develop an identity verification scheme to support efficient integrity verification for identities and their relationships in the decentralized framework. We implement vDID and conduct experiments to evaluate the system performance. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed system.