DID Communication – What is Message Routing and why you want it in your life

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DID Communication: What is Message Routing & Why You Want It In Your Life.

Wednesday 6H

Convener: Sam Curren

Notes-taker(s): Sam Curren


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Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:


Message routing allows a wide variety of routing topologies.

Most common situations are simple.

Some situations can be very complex to match the thickness of your tinfoil hat.

Basic Forward messages and DID Doc conventions allow very simple mechanisms that are easy to use in practice.

Indy HIPE about Mediators and Relays: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-hipe/tree/master/text/0036-mediators-and-relays

Indy HIPE about forwarding: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-hipe/tree/master/text/0022-cross-domain-messaging

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