BTCR 2019 Hackathon Report

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BTCR Method Behavior Clarifications

• Transaction signing key is granted DID Auth and VC Signing default capabilities See Issue 8
• Clarification of resolver behavior on ambiguous forms:
  • Fail fast when output index is 0 and short form isn’t used See Issue 5
  • “key-1” (transaction signing key) cannot be removed or replaced See Issue 7

Tools/Artifacts Produced

• BTCR playground retrofitted on coinb.in; See BTCR Playground
• Electron demo updated; See btcr-electron source
• Got btcd node on linode See Details in Issue 17
• Consolidated BTCR references
• DIF Interop prototype using BTCR DIDs for claims issuer
  • demo linking BTCR DIDs to domains using .well-known uri
    • Example
  • JSON-LD VC using BTCR
• BTCR Tutorial in Satyrn
  • Satyrn is a JavaScript tutoiral sandbox http://github.com/satyrnjs/satyrn
  • Draft framework for full tutorial on DIDs, BTCR, and BTC (offline)
  • Ultimately focused on just the DID section
  • Raised questions about canonical BTCR format

Struggles; still in progress

• Authoring Verifiable Credentials, even simple “knows” claim See issue 12
• VC signing tooling (key format mismatch) See issue 15
• DID metadata vs DID resolution metadata (e.g. Satoshi Audit Trail) See issue 9
• Naming :( See Issue 10
• BTCR golang service errors See Issue 11
• Progress on actions from day 5