Research
Research, Made Public
Protocol design, cryptographic analysis, and deployment research, published as specifications, reference implementations, and testnets rather than locked in private reports.
2060's research agenda is openly set: the problems we work on are visible in our specs, our testnets, and our talks. This page is the index.
Threads
Current Threads
- Service-endpoint declaration for verifiable servicesFormalizing how a Verifiable Service declares its consumable endpoints (DIDComm, MCP, A2A, website) in its DID Document, and how peers perform trust resolution before consuming them.
- Agentic trust modelsHow verifiable credentials, DIDComm, and MCP compose to give AI agents identity, bounded authority, and audit trails.
- DID method comparison for trust registriesEvaluating did:web, did:webvh, and others on performance, portability, and signature verifiability.
- W3C Verifiable Credentials vs. AnonCredsComparative analysis of the two dominant credential formats on selective disclosure, unlinkability, issuer privacy, holder portability, and ecosystem tooling support.
- Trust deposit economicsModeling the long-run dynamics of stake-based trust registries (yield, slashing, withdrawal friction).
- Credential schema governanceHow ecosystems can evolve their credential schemas without breaking existing verifications.
Publications
Publications & Specifications
- verana-labs.github.io
- verana-labs.github.io
- DraftEcosystem Governance Framework templateswork in progressverana docs
- github.com/2060-io
- ContributionsUpstream contributions
Pull requests and specs contributed to credo-ts, W3C, DIF, Trust Over IP, and OpenWallet Foundation projects.
Community
Talks & Community
2060 is an active participant in the communities that matter for decentralized trust:
- Internet Identity Workshop (IIW), where Verifiable Trust was invented. We present at every edition.
- Trust Over IP Foundation, working groups on governance frameworks and interoperability.
- Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), working groups on DID methods and credential formats.
- OpenWallet Foundation, contributors to credo-ts.
- Cosmos ecosystem, as VPR is a Cosmos SDK chain, we are active in the broader Cosmos developer community.