February 2025
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Table of contents
- Decentralized Identity Foundation News; 2. Working Group Updates; 3 Special Interest Group Updates; 4 User Group Updates; 5. Announcements; 6. Community Events; 7. DIF Member Spotlights; 8. Get involved! Join DIF
🚀 Decentralized Identity Foundation News
DIF's working groups and forums kicked off January with a flurry of activity, including:
- Proof of Age Special Workshop on January 28th, featured in Biometric Update [Read the article]
- DIF Labs prepares for its first cohort Show-and-Tell
- DIDComm User Group added European and APAC-friendly meeting times
Details for these and more to follow in soon-to-be-released posts, so stay turned!
🛠️ Working Group Updates
DID Methods Working Group
The DID Methods Working Group is making progress towards establishing selection criteria and accepting proposals for DID methods. They are evaluating mechanisms for measuring decentralization of methods, and recently evaluated the potential of self-certifying identifier methods.
DID Methods meets bi-weekly at 9am PT/ noon ET/ 6pm CET Wednesdays
Identifiers and Discovery Working Group
The Identifiers and Discovery Working Group, along with its subgroups focusing on DID Traits and did:webvh, continues to make substantial progress towards specification readiness. They reviewed the DID Web VH specification and implementation, explored the use of DIDs in IoT devices and enterprise communities, and worked on verification processes. The DID Traits team focused on finalizing specifications for their 1.0 release and addressed government-approved cryptography standards.
Identifiers and Discovery meets bi-weekly at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 8pm CET Mondays
🪪 Claims & Credentials Working Group
The Credential Schemas Work Item held a special workshop on Proof of Age on January 28th, where the team invited the public to explore standardization of age verification schemas and discussed privacy-preserving solutions. A special report-out will follow.
Credential Schemas work item meets bi-weekly at 10am PT/ 1pm ET/ 7pm CET Tuesdays
Applied Crypto Working Group
The general Applied Crypto Working Group restarted at the end of January to focus on developing a trust model for ZKP self-attestations. After an initial evaluation of Anon Aadhaar, they're ready to work on a general framework that can be applied across different implementations
The Crypto BBS+ Work Item group maintained steady progress throughout January, with weekly meetings focusing on blind signatures and pseudonyms. The team worked on refining API designs and explored the potential of post-quantum privacy, while also addressing the need for test vectors and updates to working group specifications.
BBS+ work item meets weekly at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 8pm CET Mondays
Applied Crypto Working Group meets bi-weekly at 7am PT/ 10am ET/ 4pm CET Thursdays
DIF Labs Working Group
The initial Labs cohort demonstrated substantial progress, with the recent meeting featuring mentor review in preparation for the February show and tell session. More details to follow.
DIF Labs meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 8am PT/ 11am ET/ 5pm CET
DIDComm Working Group
The DIDComm Working Group is considering moving its usual meeting tome to accommodate EU particiants. They are discussing collaboration with the Trust Spanning Protocol (TSP).
DIDComm Working Group meets the first Monday of each month noon PT/ 3pm ET/ 9pm CET
If you are interested in participating in any of the Working Groups highlighted above, or any of DIF's other Working Groups, please click join DIF.
🌎 DIF Special Interest Group Updates
DIF Hospitality & Travel SIG
The team advanced work on a standardized travel profile schema, focusing on multilingual support and international data handling requirements. A major highlight was the January 30th session featuring presentations from SITA and Indicio, who demonstrated successful implementation of verifiable credentials in travel, including a pilot program in Aruba.
Key developments included:
- Progress on JSON schema development for standardized travel profiles
- Advancement of multilingual and localization capabilities
- Refinement of terminology and glossary for industry standardization
- Demo of successful verifiable credentials implementation in live travel environment
Meetings take place weekly on Thursdays at 10am EST. Click here for more details
DIF China SIG
The China SIG is growing to a vibrant community, with over 140 people in the discussion group. In 2024 they organized 9 online meetings and invited different DID experts for discussions, including experts from GLEIF, DIF, and TrustOverIP.
Click here for more details
APAC/ASEAN Discussion Group
The DIF APAC call takes place Monthly on the 4th Thursday of the month. Please see the DIF calendar for updated timing.
DIF Africa SIG
Meetings take place Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday at 1pm SAST. Click here for more details
DIF Japan SIG
Meetings take place on the last Friday of each month 8am JST. Click here for more details
📖 DIF User Group Updates
DIDComm User Group
The DIDComm User Group established additional meeting times to accommodate global participation. They worked on expanding their reach and planned engagement with Trust Spanning Protocol representatives, while also focusing on improving documentation and accessibility.
There are two meeting series to accommodate different time zones, each taking place every Monday except the first week of the month (which is reserved for DIDComm Working Group). Click here for more details.
Veramo User Group
Meetings take place weekly on Thursdays, alternating between Noon EST / 18.00 CET and 09.00 EST / 15.00 CET. Click here for more details
📢 Announcements at DIF
Conference season is kicking into high gear. Explore our Events calendar to meet the DIF community at leading Decentralized Identity, Identity, and Decentralized Web events.
🗓️ ️DIF Members
Member Spotlight: Nuggets
Nuggets, a DIF member company, is pioneering innovative solutions at the intersection of AI and digital identity. In a recent interview, CEO Alastair Johnson details how their new Private Personal AI and Verified Identity for AI Agents products are tackling critical privacy and security challenges in AI adoption. Through decentralized identity wallet technology, Nuggets enables users to maintain complete control over their personal data while interacting with AI systems, while also providing verifiable digital identities for AI agents to ensure accountability and trust. Read the full interview.
Member Spotlight: The Camino Network Foundation
The Camino Network Foundation, a Switzerland-based non-profit, is revolutionizing the global travel industry through its specialized Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure. In a recent DIF member spotlight, they discuss their mission to tackle key industry pain points including high distribution costs, inefficient payment processes, and lengthy market entry times. Through their blockchain-based ecosystem and self-sovereign identity solutions, Camino aims to create seamless, secure travel experiences while reducing fraud and protecting user privacy. Read the full interview.
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