Decentralized Identity Foundation

DIF is a non-profit org that facilitates IPR-protected co-development in the decentralized identity space. It produces open-source code, pre-standard specs, market collaboration, & documentation.
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    Building the Agentic Economy
            Building AI Trust at Scale — Series

Part 5 By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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“The utility of
        
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    20 Feb 2026
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    MOSIP Hot Takes with Juan — February 17, 9:00 AM UTC
            MOSIP Connect may have wrapped in Rabat, Morocco — but the conversations are just beginning.

Join Juan Caballero for a focused reflection on key insights from the event: the signals that
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    17 Feb 2026
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            did method
        
    Case Study: Designing for a Regulated Messaging Community
            Member post from LedgerDomain, by Alex Colgan and Victor Dods

When LedgerDomain began building identity infrastructure for the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain, we understood immediately that this was an
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    13 Feb 2026
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    DIF Welcomes Kyndryl as Associate Member to Advance Secure, Decentralized AI Ecosystems
            February 10, 2026 — The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) is pleased to announce that Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, has joined DIF as an Associate Member.  Active
        
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    10 Feb 2026
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    Welcoming Grace Rachmany as DIF’s New Executive Director
            We’re excited to welcome Grace Rachmany as the new Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation!

Grace joins DIF at a critical time. Digital identity is evolving in multiple
        
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    2 Dec 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    Authorising Autonomous Agents at Scale
            Series: Building AI Trust at Scale

Part 4 · By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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Think about how you share a Google Doc. You can add specific people to
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    17 Nov 2025
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    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
        
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    23 Oct 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    Why your content needs an ingredient list
            Series: Building AI Trust at Scale

Part 3 · By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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In the 1990s, when mass food production introduced hundreds of novel ingredients and industrial
        
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    2 Oct 2025
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    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,
        
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    11 Sep 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    Translating Promise into Value
            Series: Building AI Trust at Scale

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DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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Everyone is talking about the promises of AI. Faster decisions, tailored experiences, intelligent agents.
        
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    25 Aug 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    The Missing Growth Lever
            Series: Building AI Trust at Scale

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DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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The Trust Ceiling

The paradox is that we want AI systems that understand us,
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation, Foundation
        
    8 Aug 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    Building AI Trust at Scale: Series
            By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

Part 1 — Building AI Trust at Scale: The Missing Growth Lever

Introduces the idea of a “trust ceiling” in AI adoption. Argues that the real
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    6 Aug 2025
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    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
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    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
        
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    23 Jun 2025
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    Nearly 100 Experts Are Saying "No Phone Home"
            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
        
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    2 Jun 2025
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    Global Digital Collaboration (GDC): Your Questions Answered
            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
        
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    21 May 2025
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    DIF at EIC 2025: Advancing Digital Identity at the Crossroads of AI and Self-Sovereignty
            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
        
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    16 May 2025
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    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
        
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    14 Apr 2025
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