The concept of a VC is orthogonal to JWTs. You can use a JWT to embed a VC: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/#json-web-token https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-m

The concept of a VC is orthogonal to JWTs. You can use a JWT to embed a VC: https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/#json-web-token https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/#json-web-token The new thing about VC is that it introduces a mechanism for claims (which is what JWTs contain) to be made and presented in an interoperable way (requiring schemas for data, so multiple parties can make sense of claims without knowing each other), something JWTs cannot do by themselves. Also, OpenID is being extended to support self-issued claims: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-self-issued-v2-1_0.html https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-self-issued-v2-1_0.h... VCs integrate with the existing specs, it doesn't compete with them.