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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            artificial intelligence
        
    DIF and Vouched Advance Agentic Identity with KYA-OS as International Demand for Open Agent Identity Standards Grows
            Know Your Agent Operating System extends DIF's open identity standards across the full range of agentic protocols; new members join the Trusted AI Agents Working Group (TAAWG) as
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    22 Apr 2026
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    Asia Alive: ED Report on DIDs and Agentic Identity in China and Korea
            For historical reasons, DIF has been focused on Europe and North America for much of its activities, with membership coming mostly from those countries. In the first quarter of 2026,
        
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    7 Apr 2026
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    Hot Takes from MOSIP Connect
            Description: Juan Caballero, aka Bumblefudge, discusses what was hot at MOSIP Connect in February 2026. Bumblefudge noted the rapid adoption of technology in Global South countries, highlighting how they often
        
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    3 Apr 2026
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            EUDI
        
    European Commission announces the interoperability wallet for identity wallets
            April 1, 2026. Inspired by the Paris transportation system, Brussels has released a third type of wallet specification to join the other eIDAS specifications for digital identity across the European Union.
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    1 Apr 2026
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            decentralized identity
        
    DIF Welcomes Aven Hospitality as Associate Member to Advance Trusted, Interoperable Identity in Hospitality
            Mar 25, 2026 — The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) welcomes Aven Hospitality as an Associate Member.

Aven provides the largest native hospitality transaction platform in the industry. Through their SynXis platform,
        
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    25 Mar 2026
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    DID:UNCONF AFRICA Hot Takes with Eric & Gideon — March 23, 2:30 PM UTC
            Following DID:UNCONF AFRICA, join Eric Scouten and Gideon Lombard for a conversation unpacking key insights from the event — from emerging use cases and regional challenges to the role of
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    19 Mar 2026
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            artificial intelligence
        
    Digital Identity for Agentic Systems
            Two Enterprise Use Case Explorations
Member Report by Contributor Damian Glover

(also available as a PDF)

Executive Brief

Enterprises are moving from AI copilots toward more autonomous, agent-based systems capable
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    12 Mar 2026
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            artificial intelligence
        
    Why We Brought KYA-OS (formerly MCP-I) to DIF (and Why DIF Said Yes)
            Alex Keisner, Head of Know Your Agent @ Vouched
Dylan Hobbs, KYA Principal Founding Engineer @ Vouched

As AI agents become a fixture of daily digital life, a deceptively simple question is
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    5 Mar 2026
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            artificial intelligence
        
    Building the Agentic Economy
            Building AI Trust at Scale — Series

Part 5 By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

Previous in this series:

Part 4 – Authorizing Autonomous Agents at Scale →

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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
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    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
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    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
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    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,
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    11 Sep 2025
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            building AI trust at scale
        
    Translating Promise into Value
            Series: Building AI Trust at Scale

Part 2 · By

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville

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Everyone is talking about the promises of AI. Faster decisions, tailored experiences, intelligent agents.
        
        Decentralized Identity Foundation
        
    25 Aug 2025
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