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Bylines, paper authorship, correspondence addresses and the founder blurb under
each post named an individual. They name the organisation that published the
work instead: the brand on posts and pages, the research byline on papers, and
research@ in place of a personal address. Both are what these repositories
already used elsewhere — nothing new was coined.

Co-authors are untouched. Where a paper named someone else alongside, they stay
named; only the one byline changed. Bibliography entries, running heads,
PDF metadata and affiliations move with it, so a citation still resolves to
whoever the cited paper names.

Sample and fixture data uses the placeholder name these tests already use
elsewhere, so no assertion changed meaning.

Co-authored-by: Hanzo Dev <[email protected]>
2026-09-01 08:55:40 -07:00

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\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{shared/zoocover}
% Packages
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% geometry loaded by zoocover
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,positioning,shapes.geometric,fit}
% Theorem environments
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}{Definition}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem{remark}{Remark}
% Custom commands
\newcommand{\Zoo}{\textsc{Zoo}}
\newcommand{\Lux}{\textsc{Lux}}
\newcommand{\IChain}{\textsc{I-Chain}}
\newcommand{\TChain}{\textsc{T-Chain}}
\newcommand{\KChain}{\textsc{K-Chain}}
\newcommand{\IdentityVM}{\textsc{IdentityVM}}
\newcommand{\DID}{\textsc{DID}}
% Title information
\title{\textbf{Decentralized Identity on Zoo Network:\\Chain-Native DIDs and Verifiable Credentials via I-Chain}\\
\large IdentityVM: Replacing External IAM with Validator-Backed Identity}
\author{
Zoo Labs Foundation Research\thanks{[email protected]}\\
\textit{Zoo Labs Foundation}\\
\texttt{[email protected]}
}
\date{September 2024}
\begin{document}
\zoocoverpage
\begin{abstract}
We present \IChain{} (\IdentityVM{}), a chain-native decentralized identity layer for Zoo Network that replaces external Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems with validator-backed W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials. \IChain{} implements the \texttt{did:lux:zoo:*} method, where validators collectively serve as identity providers through threshold credential issuance. Credentials carry zero-knowledge proofs enabling selective disclosure---proving properties (age $\geq$ 18, membership in a set, credential validity) without revealing underlying data. The system supports trusted issuer registries, self-issued credentials, and on-chain revocation via accumulator-based revocation lists. Integration with \TChain{} enables threshold signing of credentials using $t$-of-$n$ validator committees, ensuring no single validator can forge identities. Formal verification of trust semantics is established through Lean 4 proofs covering authority delegation, vouching, and revocation (\texttt{Trust/Authority.lean}, \texttt{Trust/Vouch.lean}, \texttt{Trust/Revocation.lean}). We demonstrate that chain-native identity achieves equivalent security guarantees to centralized IAM while eliminating single points of failure, supporting privacy-preserving credential presentation, and enabling cross-chain identity portability across the Lux ecosystem.
\end{abstract}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\input{sections/01-introduction}
\input{sections/02-the-texttt-did-lux-zoo}
\input{sections/03-verifiable-credentials-with-zero-knowled}
\input{sections/04-validators-as-identity-providers}
\input{sections/05-credential-revocation}
\input{sections/06-integration-with-t-chain}
\input{sections/07-self-issued-credentials}
\input{sections/08-formal-verification}
\input{sections/09-security-analysis}
\input{sections/10-cross-chain-identity}
\input{sections/99-conclusion}
\end{document}