Decentralized Identity Foundation Blog+Newsletter

Steering Committee Election 2025: Candidate Statements

Quick links: * Sam Curren (Indicio, US) * Jan-Christoph Ebersbach (Identinet, Germany) * Rouven Heck (Independent, US) * Matthew McKinney (ArcBlock, US) * Doug Rice (Hospitality Technology Network, US) * Markus Sabadello (DanubeTech, Austria) * Eric Scouten

Decentralized Identity Foundation

23 Oct 2025 · 13 min read

DIF Newsletter #54

October 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

Newsletter

2 Oct 2025 · 11 min read

Scaling AI DIFferently: Why your content needs an ingredient list

In the 1990s, when mass food production introduced hundreds of novel ingredients and industrial processes, people lost significant visibility into what they were eating. Nutrition labels emerged as a solution

Decentralized Identity Foundation

2 Oct 2025 · 9 min read

DIF at the UN: Bringing Decentralized Identity and AI to the Global Stage

Today, two Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) members brought their expertise to the "Trusted Digital Identity for People & AI” panel at the "Digital@UNGA", part of the 80th U.N. General Assembly.

Foundation

26 Sep 2025 · 3 min read

Nominations open for Steering Committee Election 2025

DIF was established to represent our fast-changing community and create a safe space for designing and prototyping ambitious new identity architectures. From the original handful of members 9 years ago,

Decentralized Identity Foundation

11 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

DIF Newsletter #53

September 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

Decentralized Identity Foundation

5 Sep 2025 · 9 min read

Scaling AI DIFferently: Translating Promise into Value

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

Decentralized Identity Foundation

25 Aug 2025 · 7 min read

Scaling AI DIFferently: The Missing Growth Lever

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

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Foundation

8 Aug 2025 · 4 min read

DIF celebrates v1.0 release of did:webvh, with 3 complete implementations

After years of steady and detailed work, DIF celebrates v1.0 release of did:webvh, with two implementations and even a dockerized installation option.

Working Groups

7 Aug 2025 · 9 min read

DIF Newsletter #52

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

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Newsletter

28 Jul 2025 · 9 min read

DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 Kick Off! 🚀

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

Decentralized Identity Foundation

23 Jun 2025 · 3 min read

Progress Report from the Creator Assertions WG

v1.1 specification integrates the novel Identity Aggregator mechanism

Working Groups

17 Jun 2025 · 5 min read

Nearly 100 Experts Are Saying "No Phone Home"

Decentralized Identity Foundation

2 Jun 2025 · 4 min read

Global Digital Collaboration (GDC): Your Questions Answered

Decentralized Identity Foundation

21 May 2025 · 3 min read

DIF at EIC 2025: Advancing Digital Identity at the Crossroads of AI and Self-Sovereignty

Decentralized Identity Foundation

16 May 2025 · 5 min read

DIF Newsletter #51

Newsletter

30 Apr 2025 · 7 min read

DIF Launches Decentralized Identity Foundation Hospitality & Travel Working Group

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

Decentralized Identity Foundation

14 Apr 2025 · 2 min read

DIF Newsletter #50

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

Newsletter

2 Apr 2025 · 6 min read