ArcBlock joins the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative along with industry peers to use Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identity in a way that enables users to share trustworthy data with others in a secure and private way.

As many of us already know, COVID-19 is affecting many people and is challenging the norms of established systems and processes.

The COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is working on a digital certificate, using the recently approved World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Verifiable Credentials standard. The certificate lets individuals prove (and request proof from others) they’ve recovered from the novel coronavirus, have tested positive for antibodies or have received a vaccination, once one is available.

Starting today, companies can use ArcBlock's platform and decentralized identity solutions to help individuals and users to share information with anyone in a way that protects their privacy.

ArcBlock CEO Robert Mao said, "COVID-19 is creating an unprecedented situation that’s impacting us all personally and professionally, and trying to deal with the uncertainty that comes along with it. Do I have the virus? Does someone I know have the virus? How can we create certainty where there are many unknowns？Today, we are officially announcing our support for the COVID-19 Credentials Initiativeand are trying to do our part to help each and every person. We want to give the best of what we have and make it available to every single person and company. In doing so, we can use tools and technologies like verifiable credentials and decentralized identity to create trusted data that each of us can share while also keeping our data private and secure."

Anyone interested in the initiative can learn more about it by watching the video below.

ArcBlock is committed to doing its part to help:

• Resources: ArcBlock is providing our world-class tools and support to anyone working on verifiable credentials or wants to use decentralized identity to enable the sharing of data while protecting users' private information.
• Community: ArcBlock, along with 60+ industry partners, customers and community including Evernym, Streetcred, esatus, TNO, Georgetown University, and others like TrustNet from Pakistan, DIDx from South Africa, Northern Block from Canada and Consulcesi from Italy have joined the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative to promote the use of verifiable credentials to combat the COVID-19 situation. To date, more than 150+ industry experts have participated in the initial kickoff calls, and anyone is welcome to participate.

If you’re interested in building a decentralized identity solution, want to learn more about verifiable credentials, or just want to get involved in the initiative, reach out to us at matt@arcblock.io.

Learn more about how verifiable credentials and decentralized identity by visiting our decentralized identity demos and developer tools to see what you can do.