Key State Capital is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the Web of Trust Map set for release in early 2025.
This unique effort to map out the projects, consortia, and individuals shaping the decentralized identity space will offer a clear view of the ecosystem's exponential growth while highlighting:
- Industry connections
- Funding Relationships
- Management relationships
- Technology stacks
- Protocols
This open-source dataset will be publicly accessible to researchers, journalists, regulators, academics, investors, and others seeking an in-depth overview of the decentralized identity ecosystem.
Starting in September 2022 and encompassing a team of 20+ specialized researchers spread all over the world, the Web of Trust Map includes over 350 decentralized identity projects and 145 blockchains. Additionally, it maps out over 3.000 people, 3.000 private entities, and 1.000 public entities working in the space.
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The Legacy of the Web of Trust
The term “Web of Trust” was first coined by cryptography pioneer Phil Zimmermann in 1992 to refer to a world where participants slowly accumulate and co-sign keys from counterparties that they trust. Eventually, the entire internet would become a place where people knew they could operate with privacy, participants enjoyed security, and people around the world who had never met could trust each other because they would be able to discover who else attested to the authenticity of their counterparties' cryptographic keys.
The name Web of Trust is therefore fitting for this ecosystem-dataset, as it indexes projects/entities/individuals and initiatives that all have in common that what they ultimately are trying to achieve is part of what Phil Zimmerman envisioned: Creating the ability to discover the cryptographic keys representing a person, company, entity or device and in turn verifying attestations based on them.
The indexed parties and projects are attempting this using a multitude of different protocols and tech-stacks, each with its own unique set of features, security stances, downsides, and upsides.
Key State Capital is the only angel syndicate focusing on decentralized identity, verifiable data, and digital identity for legal entities. Key State Capital’s partners have deep tech experience and an in-depth understanding of the technologies powering digital identity.
