Decentralized Identity Foundation Blog+Newsletter

Age Assurance: not what but whom

Grace Rachmany, Executive Director at Decentralized Identity Foundation Within the identity space, the topic of age verification and age assurance has gotten a lot of attention. The recent Australian government

Decentralized Identity Foundation

12 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

Two Blockchain-based Recommended DID Methods

An update from our joint working group with the Trust-Over-IP Foundation in LFDT The public-service work of vetting and curating a shortlist of DID systems for production-

Decentralized Identity Foundation

21 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

DIF Newsletter #66

October 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents * Decentralized Identity Foundation News * Universal Resolver * Working Group Updates * Upcoming Events * Get involved! Join DIF Decentralized Identity

Decentralized Identity Foundation

20 Oct 2026 · 12 min read

Reflections on AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026: The best of the big shill?

Juan Caballero, Community Manager at Decentralized Identity Foundation Last month I had the privilege to represent DIF and the Trusted AI Agents Working Group at AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 in

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Working Groups

6 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Who makes the decisions at DIF? It could be you! — Part 2

Next week we start DIF’s Steering Committee Nominations, but if you want an influential role at DIF, you don’t need to be elected–you can step up to

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Foundation

30 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

DIF Newsletter #65

September 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Steering Committee Updates 3. GDC Update 4. Working Group Updates 5.

Newsletter

17 Sep 2026 · 7 min read

Who makes the decisions at DIF? It could be you! — Part 1

Elections for the DIF Steering Committee are coming up in November, as they do every year. In this blog, we’ll tell you all about the Steering Committee, who can

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Foundation

14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

Blocking Delegation is an Anti-pattern

Guest Post by Alan Karp, Principled Architect of The Global Computer, DIF Member, Trusted AI Agents Working Group Editor’s Note: To Silicon Valley insiders, Alan Karp has been the

Working Groups, Guest Posts

3 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

DIF Newsletter #64

August 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Working Group Updates 3. Upcoming Events 4. Get involved! Join DIF

Newsletter

18 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

Ten Axioms for Digital Identity Design

Guest Post by Ben Taylor, CEO of LedgerDomain, of the Trusted AI Agents Working Group Abstract AI terraforms the cybersecurity and fraud landscape by making many previously academic, impractical, or

Working Groups, Guest Posts

13 Aug 2026 · 22 min read

Significant Donations from DID:Webvh Community

Juan Caballero, Community Manager at Decentralized Identity Foundation Stephen Curran, Principal at Cloud Compass Computing Inc. The did:webvh work item in the Identifiers & Discovery WG is a quiet

Decentralized Identity Foundation, Working Groups

22 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

DIF Newsletter #63

July 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Ask Me Anything with Grace-zel 3. Upcoming Events 4. Get

Newsletter

16 Jul 2026 · 9 min read

Who uses DIDComm?

Decentralized Identity Foundation

14 Jul 2026 · 3 min read

First-Class Identity for Digital Actors

Decentralized Identity Foundation

9 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

DIF Newsletter #62

Newsletter

22 Jun 2026 · 12 min read

DIF, ToIP Joint Announcement: Two Recommended DID Methods

Decentralized Identity Foundation

19 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

DIF Announces Public Release of HATPro Schema for Hospitality, Travel, and Leisure

DIF’s Hospitality and Travel Working Group has been taking on a herculean task: creating a protocol for travelers to manage their travel preferences in a privacy-preserving way, through

Decentralized Identity Foundation

16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

DIF Is for Humans

Two small but major changes to AI policy have been integrated into DIF’s governing documents. While other organizations are struggling to agree on how to deal with Agent participation

Decentralized Identity Foundation

28 May 2026 · 4 min read