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non transferable identifier

Definition​

Controlling keys over this identifier cannot be rotated and therefore this identifier is non-transferable to other control.
An identifier of this type has specific positive features like short-lived, peer to peer, one-time use, discardable, etc. that are very practical in certain use cases. Moreover non-transferable identifiers are much easier to govern than persistent identifiers that are transferable.

The KERI design approach is to build composable primitives instead of custom functionality that is so typical of other DKMI approaches: