What are DIDs?

Learn about how Decentralized Identifiers function.

In order to explain the concept of DIDs, we have put together a simple explanation using an analogy of a car and its license plate.

What is a DID?

Here, we explain how DIDs work using a simple analogy: a car and its license plate.

Further reading

More more of a detailed and deeper understanding, we suggest starting with these external resources.

DID Core Spec

Dive into the W3C DID Core Recommendation to fully grasp the power of DIDs.

DID Resolution Spec

Learn about how DIDs can be resolved or dereferenced from the W3C DID Resolution Spec.

DID Spec Registries

Explore the different DID methods registered within the DID Spec Registries.

cheqd DID Method

Learn specifically about cheqd's DID Method and how it works on the cheqd Network.

Get started

For creating DIDs on cheqd, you can get started using our identity documentation below.

Create DIDs

Create an Issuer DID using the did:cheqd DID method.