Living definition
What is did:webvh (did:web + Verifiable History)?
Decentralized IdentitySecurity & Identity
- As of
- 2026-09-22
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
did:webvh is a decentralized identifier method that extends web-hosted DIDs by publishing an append-only, cryptographically chained log of every change ever made to a DID document alongside the document itself. A resolver replays that history and checks the signature on each entry, so the state of an identifier is validated against its own provenance rather than trusted merely because it was fetched from a particular web server.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-09-22, verified readiness is 76 (claimed 85, reported 83, gap 9) — Critical evidence strength; current signals suggest Track; not yet.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for did:webvh (did:web + Verifiable History).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06