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Standards explained, plain-language primers and engineering practice on AI agent identity.
Why do AI agents need identity?
2026-08-30
Once agents start ordering, contracting and making commitments on our behalf, three old questions arrive: whose agent is this, what is it authorized to do, and is it still trustworthy right now? Without verifiable identity, accountability is impossible.
Read the full post →How to verify a JIAOZI credential without JIAOZI
2026-08-29
The litmus test of openness: can the credential still be verified without the issuer? JIAOZI credentials follow W3C open standards — any standards-compliant tool plus the published public key verifies them in four steps, entirely in your own environment.
Read the full post →What is a DID? A plain-language explainer
2026-08-28
Every online 'identity' you have today is issued by someone else — your phone number by a carrier, your account by a platform. A DID is an identity number the whole world can recognize and verify without depending on any single company.
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