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Psuedonymity not anonymity. Will fix Issue #111
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philarcher authored Nov 13, 2020
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syndicated, the payments are automatically sent using information associated with Sahar's DID without anyone involved thinking
much about who exactly the contract
refers to as “anonymous ghostwriter X” or “translator of appendix C”. Using a DID as her identifier, rather than her name, allows
Sahar to retain anonymity but provide a means for others to pay the right person.</p>
Sahar to retain psuedonymity but provide a means for others to pay the right person.</p>
<p class="reqList"><span class="reqListbefore">Requirements:</span>
<span data-reqid="privacyPreserving"></span>,
<span data-reqid="minRent"></span>,
<span data-reqid="survivesRel"></span></p>
<p class="shortUcContributor">Contributed by Juan Caballero</p>
</section><!-- Ghost Writer-->

<section id="supplyChain"><h3>Anonymity within a supply chain</h3>
<section id="supplyChain"><h3>Psuedonymity within a supply chain</h3>
<p>Modern supply chains are highly complex, typically involving multiple companies taking ownership and/or custody of shipments from the point of
origin through to the final destination, be that a retailer or end consumer. Furthermore, since most mass-produced products are made to stock rather than
bespoke for a specific customer, the manufacturer typically does not know which final retailer or retail store will receive each specific product instance;
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competitors to know the actual source of the ingredients or components in its products. Different parties will be interested in different things too. For
example, a retailer may be interested in knowing where a particular shipment is and when it is expected to arrive; a consumer of a food product is more likely
to be concerned about the original source of the item and the total number of food miles in the product.</p>
<p>Decentralized Identifiers could be generated by sending and receiving parties at each stage in the chain. This would preserve anonymity yet prove control
<p>Decentralized Identifiers could be generated by sending and receiving parties at each stage in the chain. This would preserve psuedonymity yet prove control
of the identified shipment at each stage and, via the DID Document, provide access to data (subject to authorization) pertaining to each transaction without
enabling correlation across multiple shipments or other sensitive information.</p>
<p class="reqList"><span class="reqListbefore">Requirements:</span>
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