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    Guest blog: Tim Boeckmann, Mailchain
            Mailchain, founded in 2021, aims to revolutionize decentralized identity and communication with its services, including Vidos and the Mailchain Communication Protocol. These offerings streamline management of, and interaction with, decentralized
        
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    22 Feb 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
        
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    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
        
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    31 Jan 2024
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    DIF Hackathon Meet The Winners: Edward Curran
            What led you to start working with Decentralized Identity? 

I studied computer science at university and wrote my dissertation on Bitcoin, as well as developing using Hyperledger Fabric, so I’
        
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    31 Jan 2024
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    DIF Hackathon Meet The Winners: Harsh Tyagi
            Please tell us about yourself and how you got involved in the Hackathon

I’m currently in my final year at university. I’ve been building apps for the past
        
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    31 Jan 2024
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    DIF Hackathon Meet The Winners: Ken Watanabe
            Please introduce yourself and tell us the background to your project, "Anonymous Door Unlocking with Anonymity Revocation"

My name is Ken Watanabe. I’m studying cryptography at Waseda
        
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    30 Jan 2024
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    Guest blog: Jay Prakash, Silence Laboratories
            Founded in 2022, Silence Laboratories is a cybersecurity startup enabling adoption of privacy preserving threshold signatures and secure computations through its developer-focused cryptographic stack. The company also organizes Decompute, a
        
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    25 Jan 2024
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    DIF Hackathon drives skills, community engagement and participation
            The first DIF-sponsored hackathon wrapped up with a Meet The Winners Twitter Space earlier this month which highlighted how the event has supported skills development, engagement with the decentralized identity
        
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    23 Jan 2024
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    DIF welcomes our new Executive Director
            DIF is thrilled to welcome Kim Hamilton-Duffy as our new Executive Director. 

Kim is a well-known figure at the heart of the decentralized identity technical community. She has been instrumental
        
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    15 Jan 2024
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    DIF Member Spotlight with Ivan Basart of Validated ID
            We recently interviewed Ivan Basart, who is the co-founder and CTO of a Spanish based digital services company called Validated ID. Validated ID have been long standing Associate members of
        
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    1 Dec 2023
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    Guest Blog: DIDComm Demo
            A “DIDComm 101” presentation at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) in Mountain View last month inspired the creation of a new tool that enables anyone to easily send and receive
        
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    21 Nov 2023
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    Guest blog: Polygon ID — Verifiable Credentials meet Web3
            Polygon is a decentralized blockchain network that allows for the permissionless exchange of value.

Polygon ID, part of the Polygon ecosystem, provides a Self-Sovereign Identity solution leveraging the power of
        
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    15 Nov 2023
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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
        
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    9 Nov 2023
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    Guest Blog: .zkdid™
            With the DIF Hackathon starting on October 26, DIF caught up with Toby Bolton, Founder of .zkdid™ who is looking to collaborate on his innovative use case for Decentralized Identifiers
        
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    25 Oct 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
        
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    10 Oct 2023
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    Steering Committee Election Results
            Following the recent Steering Committee elections, we're delighted to announce that Yodahe Zemichael, Executive Director at National ID Ethiopia, Ankur Banerjee, Chief Technology Officer at cheqd and Steve
        
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    2 Oct 2023
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    DIF attends conference on Next Generation Authentication
            DIF was prominently represented at 2023 Next Generation Authentication Research Society Workshop in Yongsan, Seoul earlier this month.

Members of the recently-formed Korea SIG were among those present at the
        
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    27 Sep 2023
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    Guest Blog: Condatis — the NHS Digital Staff Passport
            Condatis delivers bespoke Identity and Access Management solutions designed to simplify onboarding, enhance security, and boost overall business efficiency for clients globally.

The company is a leading systems integrator for
        
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    25 Sep 2023
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