  With the natural evolution of the web, the need for decentralization has
rendered the current centralized education system out of date. The student does
not "own" their credentials, as the only way their accomplishments are directly
linked to their person and considered valuable is by verification through a
stamp of an expensive, prestigious institution. However, going to a university
is no longer the only way to acquire an education; open-source learning
material is widely available and accessible through the internet. However, our
society does not deem these methods of education as verifiable if they do not
include a degree or certificate. Additionally, a valid certificate for the vast
majority of open-source courses costs a few hundred dollars to obtain. The
centralized nature of education inadvertently places students in
underprivileged communities at a disadvantage in comparison to students in
economically advantaged communities, thus a decentralized approach to education
would eliminate the vast majority of such discrepancies. In the present paper,
we integrate Decentralized Identity (DID) with Web 3.0 to upload credentials
linked directly to the user. Each credential is appended to an Ethereum
blockchain that, by design, cannot be altered once uploaded. We include DID
document based access controls to display the candidate's upload and
verification history. Finally, we utilize TLS protocols to provide a secure
connection to the internet for ensuring non-fungibility of credentials and
authentication of users.
