Who Should Build a Digital Wallet?

Who Should Build a Digital Wallet?

A guide for digital credential issuers deciding between an off-the-shelf digital wallet and custom wallet software.
Digital Identities Need More Transparency: A Framework Proposal

Digital Identities Need More Transparency: A Framework Proposal

We explore the potential of digital identity solutions to enhance privacy through selective disclosure, highlight the risks of verifier abuse, and propose a reasonable disclosure framework to standardize and safeguard data-sharing practices.
Provably Forgotten Signatures: Adding Privacy to Digital Identity

Provably Forgotten Signatures: Adding Privacy to Digital Identity

We can enhance existing digital identity systems to support an important privacy feature known as “unlinkability:” sharing attributes without attribution.
What is Decentralized Identity?

What is Decentralized Identity?

Decentralized identity is gaining traction globally through diverse implementations and aligns with SpruceID's mission to empower users with control over their data.
Why Advancing Digital Identity is Critical to U.S. National Security

Why Advancing Digital Identity is Critical to U.S. National Security

SpruceID highlights the need for advanced digital identity systems to protect critical infrastructure from sophisticated, state-sponsored attacks.
What the Next Generation of Digital IDs Can Learn from the First

What the Next Generation of Digital IDs Can Learn from the First

The necessity of transitioning to digitally native identification systems is clear. Still, the next generation of these systems must learn from the flaws and failures of pioneers.
AI Is the Final Blow for an ID System Whose Time Has Passed

AI Is the Final Blow for an ID System Whose Time Has Passed

This article was first published in Forbes on March 28, 2024.
Future State: Consumer Data Online

Future State: Consumer Data Online

Self-sovereign identity gives users the ability to store and manage their own identity and data online. This new identity layer of the internet will fundamentally shift the relationship that users have with the applications and services they interact with.
Future State: Digital Credentials for Healthcare

Future State: Digital Credentials for Healthcare

Digital credentials and self-sovereign identity have the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry by providing a more secure and efficient way to store and share important health information.
The ABC's of Decentralized Identity

The ABC's of Decentralized Identity

In order to make decentralized identity more accessible, we’ve put together a quick-start guide to the different acronyms that are commonly used in the blog posts, articles, and other resources you may be reading focusing on the future of decentralized identity.
An Identity Wallet Bill of Rights - Starting With the Mobile Driver License

An Identity Wallet Bill of Rights - Starting With the Mobile Driver License

Spruce’s continued mission is to let users control their data across the web, whether it’s web2, web3, or beyond. This also applies to credentials issued by existing entities, such as the Mobile Driver License (mDL) issued by motor vehicle authorities across the world.
Decentralized Identity and Web3

Decentralized Identity and Web3

Decentralized identity is the continual catalyst that will unlock a new host of use-cases on top of those existing paradigms.