Delegation

Please make sure to read the protocol delegation section first. Delegated authority via ACDCs is covered already by issuing ACDCs with edges.

Delegated identifiers

Creating a delegated identifier in KERI is pretty simple. The delegate points to the delegator using the delpre field. This will insert the delegator prefix within the inception event of the delegate. The delegate identifier will be pending until the delegator anchors the prefix and sequence number (0 to begin with) in their KEL.

const result = await delegateClient.identifiers().create(
  "delegate",
  { delpre: delegatorPrefix }
);
 
// Inception event in this case
const anchor = {
  i: delegatePrefix,
  s: "0",
  d: delegatePrefix,
};
 
const result = await delegatorClient.delegations().approve(delegatorPrefix, anchor);