Rethinking SSI

Since blockchain, decentralization has become a buzzword—and many of us still struggle to define what it really means to build fully decentralized systems. One key aspect often overlooked is trust. We cannot claim to have achieved decentralized infrastructure unless we also decentralize the trust model itself. That means going beyond central authorities and even beyond algorithmic “trustless” assumptions, toward Self-Certification as a foundational principle. In the SSI space, three roots of trust have emerged: