# Decentralized Identity

The **Decentralized Identity SDKs** allow you to offer next generation digital identities to your users. Decentralized identity takes an approach that removes the need for a trusted third-party service altogether. In its place is blockchain/ledger technology, the key innovation that can be used to anchor the identity and provide a trusted source.

The main difference with decentralized identity is that every identity in the system is a peer to every other identity. Whether it’s a user or a server, each has its own identity and can partake in decentralized identity operations with any other identity.

## Key Features

|                                       |                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Identity Wallet                       | An identity wallet is used to store and manage encryption keys, peer connections, and verifiable credentials associated with a decentralized identity. |
| DIDs                                  | Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are a W3C standard that underpin verifiable, decentralized digital identities.                                        |
| Pairwise Key Exchange                 | Key exchange protocols between two decentralized identities allowing private and trusted peer-to-peer connections.                                     |
| Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Communications | Inherent to decentralized identities is the ability to perform end to end encrypted communications between peers.                                      |
| Verifiable Credentials                | Identities can make assertions which are cryptographically verifiable by the receiving party.                                                          |

## Next Steps

* Learn more about the Sudo Platform Decentralized Identity [Edge Agent](/guides/decentralized-identity/decentralized-identity.md) and [Cloud Agent](/guides/decentralized-identity/cloud-agent.md)


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