The current system of identity on the internet is an untrustworthy, dangerous system of honeypots and siloed data creating massive friction for the average customer. The Sovrin Network is a secure and agile metasystem enabling people, organizations or IoT devices to prove things about themselves to anyone or anything, peer-to-peer, using data that the other party can automatically cryptographically verify as being true.

Using the latest identity technology standards called Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), the Sovrin Network allows for digital credentials to be privately issued, controlled, managed, and shared using a security standard called Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs). The growth of the Sovrin Network partly depends on contributions from an active and supportive open source development community.

The Sovrin Foundation is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit entity that provides the business, legal, and technical support for the Sovrin Network, an open source project. Charged with administering the publicly created Governance Framework for the Sovrin Network, the Foundation is committed to transparency and neutrality.

Integral to the mission of the Sovrin Foundation, is to ensure everyone — regardless of circumstance — has access to the Sovrin Network. The Sovrin Foundation’s I4A council partners with NGOs, civil society organizations, and other groups promoting more inclusive identification systems to help bring identity network technology to populations who may not otherwise be served.