RootsWallet

type
ID Project
Status
Pilot
Website
Announcement
2022
Launch
2022
Mission Statement
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To make Cardano the best alternative as a witness for legal entities that participate in the vLEI GLEIF ecosystem. Those credentials, also called as Organizational Identities, provide a person or thing to prove their authority to represent an organization outside the boundaries of that organization.
Summary
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RootsWallet is an open-source Self-Sovereign Identity mobile wallet developed by RootsID that enables management of digital identities and verifiable credentials on the Cardano blockchain. The wallet implements multiple identity protocols and standards to enable broad interoperability across different identity ecosystems.

The wallet's core technical features include support for W3C DID and Verifiable Credentials standards, integration with KERI (Key Event Receipt Infrastructure), and compatibility with Hyperledger Aries frameworks. It implements various credential formats including JSON-JWT, JSON-LD, and JSON-LD with BBS+ to enable:

  • Selective disclosure of credential attributes
  • Signature blinding for enhanced privacy
  • Private holder binding without correlation
  • Predicate proofs for zero-knowledge verification

Notable integrations include working with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) ecosystem for organizational identity verification through their vLEI (verifiable LEI) system. The wallet serves as a KERI witness for the GLEIF Network, providing a secondary source of trust for organizational identities and credentials.

The project maintains active collaboration with major identity standards organizations including the Decentralized Identity Foundation, Trust over IP Foundation, and Hyperledger Foundation. Development is funded through the Cardano Catalyst program and the codebase is fully open source, allowing any organization to deploy their own instance of the wallet infrastructure.

Funding(1)

Private Sector Funding
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Public Sector Funding
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Technology(7)

Tech Stack Self Description
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RootsWallet is an identity/credential wallet that started with funding in Fund7 to produce an alpha release. It is mobile app identity/credential wallet that serves several Cardano/Catalyst partner proposal use cases.
Credential profile data is sourced from the Open Wallet Foundation digital-wallet-and-agent-overviews-sig project, licensed under the Apache License 2.0
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No credential profile data found. If you maintain this project, we urge you to visit the OWF Digital Wallet and Agent Overview SIG now and submit your specs and participate to foster global interoperability!
Use-cases
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Holders
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Issuers
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Verifiers
Yes
Technology
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SSI Technology
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Endorses/Uses ZKPs
Yes
Has exportable Credentials
Yes
Credential and Key Storage
Yes
Blockchains/Verifiable Data Registries
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DID Methods
Specification
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Management(8)

Managing Entities
Website
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Persons of Interest
Role
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Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder
Chief Technology Officer
Co-founder
Chief Product Officer
Co-founder
Co-founder

Regulations and Standards(3)

Relations(3)

Projects under management
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Government Relations
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People(5)

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on behalf of
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Software Developer
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Software Developer
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Software Developer
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Open Source Developer
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Senior Product Engineer
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Products(5)

Products
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targeted industries
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Geographic Focus
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Links(3)

Announcements & News
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App Links
App ID
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Inclusion Criteria

A1: Uses DID, VC or KERI/ACDC
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meets criteria: Yes
A2: Claims to be SSI
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meets criteria: Yes
B1: Received Government Funding or Endorsement
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meets criteria: Yes
C1: Has Well Known Partners
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meets criteria: Yes
D1: Project Announcement Date
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meets criteria: 2022

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