Self-Sovereign Identity

Your Identity.
No Middleman.

Decentralized Identifiers put you in control. Metahandle makes DIDs accessible to everyday crypto users without the technical overhead.

The Concept

What Is a Decentralized Identifier?

A DID is a unique identifier that you create and control. It is stored on a blockchain or distributed ledger. No company can revoke or alter it without your permission.

Traditional identifiers — your email, your Twitter handle, your Facebook profile — all belong to the platform. They can delete your account at any time. A DID belongs to you permanently.

The W3C standardized DIDs in 2022. They come with a DID Document that lists your public keys, service endpoints and verification methods. Metahandle acts as the human-friendly layer on top of this technical structure.

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Verifiable Credentials

Proof Without Exposure

Verifiable Credentials are digital attestations linked to your DID. Think of them as tamper-proof certificates that you control and selectively share.

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Qualifications

A university can issue your degree as a Verifiable Credential. You prove you have a degree without sharing the full document with every employer.

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KYC Status

A KYC provider can attest that you passed identity verification. You share that credential — not your passport — with any compliant dApp.

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Wallet Ownership

Your metahandle can carry a credential proving you control specific wallet addresses. This links your on-chain history to your identity securely.

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Metahandle as DID

Crypto-Friendly Identity

Most DID implementations require deep technical knowledge. You need to manage DID Documents, key rotation and resolver configurations. This complexity blocks mainstream adoption.

Metahandle abstracts all of this. Your @handle is the user-facing alias for your underlying DID. You interact with your handle. The DID infrastructure runs invisibly behind the scenes.

For crypto users, this means your metahandle functions as your "my crypto" identity — a single point of truth that ties your wallets, credentials and reputation together on-chain.

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    Portable — take your identity to any DID-compatible service.

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    Permanent — no platform can delete or suspend your handle.

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    Composable — attach credentials, wallets and attestations as you grow.

Ecosystem

Part of a Bigger Picture

Metahandle is designed to interoperate with existing DID standards. Your handle resolves via the W3C DID specification and connects to the broader ecosystem of wallets, dApps and credential issuers.

W3C DID Verifiable Credentials ERC-725 ION Polygon ID Ceramic
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