Sonr is a combination of decentralized primitives. Fundamentally, it is a peer-to-peer identity and asset management system that leverages DID documents, Webauthn, and IPFS—providing users with a secure, portable decentralized identity.
The main blockchain node that runs the sonr chain. It is responsible for maintaining the state of the chain, including IPFS based vaults, and did documents.
The vault is a wasm module that is compiled and deployed to IPFS on behalf of the user. It is responsible for storing and retrieving encrypted data.
- SQLite Database backend
- Encryption via admonition
- Authentication via webauthn
- Authorization via Macroons
- HTTP API
Sonr would not have been possible without the direct and indirect support of the following individuals:
- Juan Benet: For the IPFS Ecosystem.
- Satoshi Nakamoto: For Bitcoin.
- Steve Jobs: For User first UX.
- Tim Berners-Lee: For the Internet.