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by satanik 2874 days ago
It depends on the DID method. The DID is a string with the following pattern: did:<method>:<method-specific-id>. There's a variety of DID methods with different underlying public ledgers, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The <method-specific-id> depends on the <method>. For instance, there's DID methods that use the underlying wallet address as the id and others use the smart contract deployed.