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Expand Up @@ -2110,7 +2110,14 @@ <h2>Capability Delegation</h2>
{
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1.1",
"id": "did:example:123456789abcdefghi",
<span class="comment">...</span>
"verificationMethod": [
{
"id": "did:example:123456789abcdefghi#keys-1",
"type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
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"controller": "did:example:123456789abcdefghi",
"publicKeyMultibase": "z4BWwfeqdp1obQptLLMvPNgBw48p7og1ie6Hf9p5nTpNN"
}
],
"capabilityDelegation": [
<span class="comment">// this method can be used to perform capability delegation as did:...fghi</span>
"did:example:123456789abcdefghi#keys-1",
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<span class="comment">...</span>
}
</pre>

In the example above, the DID document for <code>did:example:123456789abcdefghi</code> defines two verificationMethods, <code>#keys-1</code> and <code>#keys-2</code>, that can be used for the purpose of capability delegation. This means that these verification methods can be used to produce and verify delegations of a capability issued to <code>did:example:123456789abcdefghi</code>.
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