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  "id": "key",
  "name": "did:key",
  "status": "edge",
  "probation": false,
  "summary": "Deterministic, fully offline DIDs derived from a public key.",
  "research": "No network, no registry: the identifier IS the key, multicodec-encoded. Resolution is pure computation inside ThisDID.",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "did:key method spec",
      "url": "https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-key-spec/"
    },
    {
      "label": "W3C DID Methods registry",
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/did-extensions-methods/"
    }
  ],
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-23",
  "network": "Local (offline)",
  "example": "did:key:z6MktvqCyLxTsXUH1tUZncNdVeEZ7hNh7npPRbUU27GTrYb8",
  "chain": [
    "ThisDID",
    "godiddy",
    "archon"
  ],
  "dif": {
    "dockerDriver": {
      "image": "universalresolver/driver-did-key:latest",
      "repo": "https://github.com/decentralized-identity/uni-resolver-driver-did-key",
      "hub": "https://hub.docker.com/r/universalresolver/driver-did-key"
    }
  },
  "scores": {
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    "resolutions7d": 548,
    "resolutions30d": 886,
    "popularity": 64,
    "availability": 99,
    "canary24h": 100,
    "verificationMatch30d": 0,
    "verificationMismatch30d": 0
  }
}