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- IOTA Identity replaces usernames and passwords with reusable, blockchain-secured digital IDs.
- It introduces self-sovereign identity (SSI), verifiable credentials, and privacy-focused interactions.
- Tools like ObjectID and IOTA Hierarchies extend trust to products, people, and devices at scale.
The way we manage our digital lives is broken. From juggling dozens of usernames and passwords to filling out endless online forms, identity verification remains frustrating, insecure, and highly centralized. IOTA Identity aims to fix this by replacing traditional login systems with a reusable, blockchain-secured ID that users fully control.
Self-Sovereign Identity on the IOTA Network
At its core, IOTA Identity is a self-sovereign identity (SSI) solution built on the IOTA blockchain. Instead of handing personal information to centralized platforms, users generate their own decentralized identifiers (DIDs), secured with cryptographic keys. These DIDs can be used to instantly prove identity across platforms — from banks and governments to IoT devices — without ever typing a password.
By using verifiable credentials, IOTA Identity ensures that authentication is both secure and privacy-preserving. Sensitive data is kept off-chain, while integrity is guaranteed by IOTA’s immutable ledger. The system follows W3C decentralized identity standards, ensuring interoperability across services.
Built for Trust, Privacy, and Scalability
Recently migrated from Stardust VM to MoveVM, IOTA Identity now runs in a more secure and flexible environment for smart contracts. This enhances privacy, scalability, and user control.
Unlike traditional blockchains, IOTA’s underlying architecture — the Tangle, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) — allows transactions and identity verifications to scale without fees, making it highly suitable for everyday use and IoT applications.
Also Read: IOTA Hierarchies Go Live—Can It Solve Digital Trust Once and For All?
Complementing IOTA Identity, the network has rolled out ObjectID, a decentralized app giving physical products unique, tamper-proof digital identities. Additionally, the release of IOTA Hierarchies in Alpha enables secure delegation of trust across people, organizations, and machines, laying the groundwork for verifiable trust at scale.
Why It Matters
The team behind multichain wallet app Night summed it up: today’s digital lives are messy, with documents, accounts, and personal data scattered across countless platforms and harvested by big tech. IOTA Identity offers an alternative — a user-owned, privacy-first system that reduces friction, improves security, and builds trust.
As digital interactions become increasingly global and regulated, IOTA Identity could become a cornerstone of decentralized identity management, transforming how individuals, businesses, and devices connect online.
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