Storing and executing an application in a personal storage with a user-granted permission in a decentralized network that implements a distributed edger. First, receiving a request from an entity for storing an application in a data storage that is associated with a DID owner. The application is configured to use data stored in the data storage as one or more inputs to generate one or more results. Next, one or more characteristics of the application associated with the entity is identified. Based on identified one or more characteristics, a write permission is to be granted to the entity, and the application is stored in the data storage. Thereafter, the application stored in the data storage is executed using data stored in the data storage.