In the second of a series of guest posts by DIF Ambassador Misha Deville, Misha explores how decentralized identity provides the missing trust infrastructure needed for AI systems to scale delegation, personalization, and content authenticity. Read the first post in the series, "The Missing Growth Lever." Everyone is talking about| Decentralized Identity Foundation
In the first of a series of guest posts by DIF Ambassador Misha Deville, Misha sets the stage for an underappreciated business problem one layer deeper than traditional User Experience analyses. The Trust Ceiling The paradox is that we want AI systems that understand us, but only on our own| Decentralized Identity Foundation
After years of steady and detailed work, DIF celebrates v1.0 release of did:webvh, with two implementations and even a dockerized installation option.| Decentralized Identity Foundation
August 2025 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News; 2. Working Group Updates; 3. Special Interest Group Updates; 4. User Group Updates; 5. Announcements; 6. Get involved! Join DIF 🚀 Decentralized Identity Foundation News DIF Partners with MIT's Project NANDA for Packed| Decentralized Identity Foundation
DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 officially kicks off tomorrow, June 24th at 8 AM PST! This cohort brings together three projects that will advance privacy, legal frameworks, and governance in verifiable credentials. Meet Our Beta Cohort 2 Projects Legally-Binding Proof of Personhood for Verifiable Credentials via QES Led by Jon| Decentralized Identity Foundation
v1.1 specification integrates the novel Identity Aggregator mechanism| Decentralized Identity Foundation
After decades of cautiously watching from the sidelines, governments around the world have started investing in, rolling out, and regulating digital identity systems on aggressive timelines. These foundational changes to government infrastructure and the economy are happening largely outside public awareness, despite their generational consequences for privacy. Digital identity systems| Decentralized Identity Foundation
Many in the DIF community are asking about the upcoming Global Digital Collaboration conference in Geneva. As the date is quickly arriving, we wanted to give a sneak preview of what's ahead. Table of Contents: About the GDC Conference The Agenda Learn more and participate About the GDC| Decentralized Identity Foundation - Blog
DIF members showcased their vision at this year's European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC 2025), bringing together experts who are defining the future of human-centric digital identity. As AI capabilities accelerate, DIF members are tackling both the architectural foundations and philosophical implications of self-sovereign identity, and EIC provided an excellent| Decentralized Identity Foundation - Blog
May 2025 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News; 2. Working Group Updates; 3 Special Interest Group Updates; 4 User Group Updates; 5. Announcements; 6. Community Events; 7. DIF Member Spotlights; 8. Get involved! Join DIF 🚀 Decentralized Identity Foundation News DIF| Decentralized Identity Foundation - Blog
The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) has officially launched its Hospitality & Travel Working Group, evolving from the ongoing H&T Special Interest Group (SIG). This new working group will focus on developing standards, schemas, processes, and documentation to support the self-sovereign exchange of data between travelers, services, intermediaries in the hospitality| Decentralized Identity Foundation
April 2025 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News; 2. Working Group Updates; 3 Special Interest Group Updates; 4 User Group Updates; 5. Announcements; 6. Community Events; 7. DIF Member Spotlights; 8. Get involved! Join DIF 🚀 Decentralized Identity Foundation News Global| Decentralized Identity Foundation
By layering End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) on cloud storage services ourselves, we can ensure that our data is protected from unwanted access, even from the storage services themselves.| Decentralized Identity Foundation
March 2025 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News; 2. Working Group Updates; 3 Special Interest Group Updates; 4 User Group Updates; 5. Announcements; 6. Community Events; 7. DIF Member Spotlights; 8. Get involved! Join DIF 🚀 Decentralized Identity Foundation News Creator| Decentralized Identity Foundation
DIF is excited to welcome the Creator Assertions Working Group (CAWG) as a new working group of DIF. About CAWG CAWG builds upon the work of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) by defining additional assertions that allow content creators to express individual and organizational intent about their| Decentralized Identity Foundation
Guest Blog By Colton Wolkins The DIDComm User Group Meeting is open to anyone interested in using and implementing DIDComm. This is a great place for developers to learn, ask questions, and share experiences! DIDComm (Decentralized Identity Communication) is rapidly becoming a fundamental protocol for secure, private, and interoperable messaging| Decentralized Identity Foundation
