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    DIF 2024 Hackathon: Winners Announced!
            The DIF 2024 Hackathon showcased incredible talent and innovation. Participants tackled real-world challenges across Verifiable AI, Proof of Personhood, Education & Workforce, Privacy-Promoting Credentials using Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Decentralized Storage, and
        
        Foundation
        
    20 Nov 2024
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    Join the DIDComm Interop-a-thon
            Pushing Forward Interoperability in Decentralized Communication

The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) is thrilled to invite organizations, developers, and community members to participate in an exciting event centered around fostering interoperability
        
        Foundation
        
    19 Nov 2024
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            DIDComm
        
    The Rise of DIDComm and its impact on Key Industries preparing for eIDAS
            How key industries are preparing for eIDAS with DIDComm

The successful formal verification of DIDComm paves the way for tremendous DIDComm adoption. To help provide an understanding of this important
        
        Foundation
        
    4 Nov 2024
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    🚀 Don’t Miss These Exciting Challenges at the DIF Hackathon 2024! 🌍
            The DIF Hackathon 2024 is in full swing, and we’ve got a fantastic lineup of challenges waiting for you! From reusable identity to revolutionizing digital identity in education, this
        
        Foundation
        
    8 Oct 2024
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            hackathon
        
    DIF Hackathon 2024: Sponsors and Challenges Revealed
            DIF is excited to announce our impressive lineup of 2024 Hackathon sponsors and provide a preview of our challenges. This year’s hackathon promises to push the boundaries of decentralized
        
        Foundation
        
    25 Sep 2024
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            foundation
        
    Launch of the DIF Africa Special Interest Group
            Dear DIF Community,

We are excited to announce the launch of the Decentralised Identity Foundation (DIF) Africa Special Interest Group (SIG). This initiative represents a significant milestone in our collective
        
        Foundation
        
    23 Sep 2024
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            decentralized identity
        
    Balancing Online Trustworthiness and Anonymity with Personhood Credentials
            An important paper on digital identity has just been released. “Personhood Credentials: Artificial Intelligence and the Value of Privacy-Preserving Tools to Distinguish Who Is Real Online,” published by researchers at
        
        Foundation
        
    16 Aug 2024
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            did
        
    Update on DID Method Standardization
            We've been blown away by the positive reception to the DID Method standardization LOI. We wanted to thank you for your support, and also provide clarifications and updates.
        
        Foundation
        
    9 Aug 2024
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    Decentralized identity leaders partner to accelerate DID method standardization
            Collaborating to support DID-based ecosystems

Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are elemental in building secure digital identity systems, offering extensibility and agency for both organizations and individuals.

Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), Trust
        
        Foundation
        
    30 Jul 2024
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    Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) as an Identifier Metasystem
            Authors: Zaïda Rivai (Danube Tech), Kim Duffy (DIF)

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), offer an often overlooked benefit: they function as an identifier metasystem, enabling future-proofing and interoperability across diverse identity systems.
        
        Foundation
        
    15 May 2024
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    An Overview of the DIF Identifiers & Discovery Working Group
            By Markus Sabadello

I would like to take this opportunity to write a few words about the Identifiers & Discovery Working Group at the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), which is
        
        Foundation
        
    13 May 2024
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    Bridging the Gap: OpenID and DIDComm
            Join the Decentralized Identity Foundation community call on 27 May at 09:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT /  18:00 CEST to learn how organizations can leverage the combined capabilities of
        
        Foundation
        
    10 May 2024
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    Welcoming Ankur Banerjee to the Helm of DIF TSC
            The past year at the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) has been a period of remarkable progress. We have made significant strides in advancing the interests of the decentralized identity community,
        
        Foundation
        
    29 Apr 2024
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    Presentation Exchange v2.1: Working Group Approval
            We are excited to announce that Presentation Exchange v2.1 has reached a significant milestone and is now under review for Working Group Approval. This update marks a critical step
        
        Foundation, Working Groups
        
    12 Apr 2024
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    Full steam ahead for the Veramo User Group
            The Veramo User Group has kicked into action with a well-attended and productive first meeting. 

The meeting on 15th February provided context for the origins of the popular Javascript framework
        
        Foundation
        
    20 Feb 2024
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    Veramo User Group
            DIF is thrilled to announce the donation of the Veramo project and the formation of the Veramo User Group.

Veramo is a broadly-used SDK that is a popular choice for
        
        Foundation
        
    31 Jan 2024
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    Announcing the DIF China Special Interest Group (SIG)
            DIF is honoured to host the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), one of China’s leading scientific research institutes, founded in 1957, as the founding member of
        
        Foundation
        
    9 Nov 2023
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    Guest Blog: Dock — How Verifiable Credentials Drive Business Value
            Founded in 2017 with a vision of empowering organizations and individuals with verified data, Dock has established itself as a pioneer in the decentralized identity space.

Dock’s Verifiable Credential
        
        Foundation
        
    10 Oct 2023
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