https://ssimeetup.org/decentralized-digital-identity-spanish-portuguese-speaking-world-alex-preukschat-webinar-50/ SSI Meetup coordinating node Alex Preukschat presents in this webinar the 2020 SSI report for Iberoamerica with the main highlights and insights gained for this edition. Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is booming, and we expect it to be one of the main unifying technologies of the blockchain and decentralized world. Unlike our first report for Iberoamerica, we have chosen, for this edition, to prepare a shorter executive document that reflects the main trends in the region. In this study, we focus on Ibero-American initiatives that are either done in the name of SSI or have elements strongly resembling SSI, rather than simple authentication experiments that are further away from the principles of SSI.

1. Decentralized
Digital Identity
in the Spanish
and Portuguese
speaking world
Alex Preukschat
Coordinating node SSI Meetup
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2. 1. Empower global SSI communities
2. Open to everyone interested in SSI
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Alex Preukschat @SSIMeetup @AlexPreukschat
Coordinating Node SSIMeetup.org
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SSIMeetup objectives

3. Decentralized digital identity report
since 2019
2019 Spanish edition
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2020 Spanish edition 2020 English edition
Free download here: https://ssimeetup.org/iberoamerican-identity/

4. Why are we doing the Decentralized
digital identity report for Iberoamerica?
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1. Market intelligence about SSI activity in
Iberoamerica
2. Promote the growth of SSI in Iberoamerica
3. Inform about the Iberoamerican SSI ecosystem

5. PROYECTOS Y PAÍSES
● Ibero-America is a region in the
Americas comprising countries or
territories where Spanish or
Portuguese are predominant
languages.
● Ibero-America includes all
Spanish-speaking countries in
North, Central, and South
America, plus the
Portuguese-speaking country of
Brazil.
● Portugal and Spain are included in
our definition for this report.
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6. PROYECTOS Y PAÍSES
Countries with projects
● Brazil
● Mexico
● Spain
● Argentina
● Colombia
● Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB)
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Countries with communities
● Peru
● Chile
● Portugal
● Uruguay
● Costa Rica

7. Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) y
Rebooting the Web of Trust (RWoT)
“The Internet was built without
an identity layer.”
—Kim Cameron, Microsoft Chief Identity
Architect,
The Laws of Identity, May 2005
Source: http://www.identityblog.com/?p=352
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8. Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) y
Rebooting the Web of Trust (RWoT)
https://www.weboftrust.info/https://internetidentityworkshop.com/
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9. Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)
Allow people to control and manage
their Digital Identity to enable trust
while preserving individual privacy.
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10. The 10 SSI principles
Source: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html by Christopher Allen
https://www.evernym.com/blog/inevitable-return-self-sovereign-identity/ by Andrew Tobin
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11. SSI challenges in Iberoamerica
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1. Blockchain ecosystem: the disconnection of the blockchain world
from the SSI world
(https://medium.com/@kristenstone/the-bear-market-blues-a-broad-look-at-challenges-i
nside-crypto-companies-during-late-2019-69e3ee420001)
2. Rigid worldview: the rigid world view of the status quo
(https://medium.com/@AlexPreukschat/a-simple-guide-to-understanding-the-difference-
between-blockchain-and-distributed-ledger-believers-79cddccc8708)
3. Innovation as a marketing tool: technological innovation as a
marketing instrument
4. Lack of financing: the lack of a support network to finance
entrepreneurship in the SSI world in Iberoamerica

12. Most active iberoamerican SSI
countries
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Spain IDB Brazil Argentina

13. Alex Preukschat Lucas Carmona Daniel Paramo Iñigo Molero
Philip Sheldrake Alex Andrade-Walz
English editors
Research team
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Research sponsors
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