# Identity **Domain:** Institutional design / Participant state **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Identity** is the persistent representation by which a system recognizes an actor across actions and time. Depending on the arena it may be a legal person, athlete registration, account, wallet, decentralized identifier, pseudonymous handle, or verified credential. ## Significance Identity makes ranking, sanction, reputation, appeal, and reintegration attachable to a participant. A cryptographic address establishes continuity of control more readily than it establishes a legal or biological person; attribution requires an evidentiary bridge. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [W3C Decentralized Identifiers](https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/) ## Routes [[wiki/Actor Continuity|Actor Continuity]] · [[wiki/Role Assignment|Role Assignment]] · [[wiki/Attribution Stack|Attribution Stack]] · [[wiki/W3C Decentralized Identifier|W3C Decentralized Identifier]]