"Horsepower - The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horse

"Horsepower - The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses." So let's stick with horses for now :) DIDs are different beasts than UUIDs, with different design goals [0]. Is why they need this specification. Whether the specification is any good, is a topic of discussion, of course.. [0] https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/#design-goals https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/#design-goals