Personas

On this page, you will learn about:

  1. The concept of a persona at a high level

A persona is an identity component that is defined by a set of cryptographic certificates. The persona concept represents the technical foundation of digital identity applications. Personas are self-created and self-maintained through the use of the blockchain and additional public-key cryptography operations.

Note that the concept of a persona is described as an identity component and not a digital identity. Whereas a digital identity is a contextual, social construct that entails the association of a digital identifier and other attributes with a real-world person, a persona merely fulfills the role of the digital identifier.

A user may create and maintain multiple personas, each of which may be used in different application and social contexts.