Overview#

Holder is an entity that is in possession of some asset

Holder Verifiable Claims#

Holder as defined within Verifiable Claims is an entity that is in control (Ownership) of one or more Verifiable Claims.

When the Verifiable Claim is also a credential, the the Holder is also a Identity Provider (IDP)

A Holder is a Prover (often referred to as Peggy) that MUST convince another entity called a verifier (often referred to a Victor) (or inspector-verifier) that the Prover knows some facts (a Claim, secret, credential, or theorem, etc.).

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Credential Holder
• Identifier registry
• Issuer
• Law of agency
• Verifiable Claims
• Verifiable Credentials