🔔 Reminder: DIF Trusted AI Agents WG kicks off next Tuesday! Join us for the inaugural meeting of our new working group. 📅 September 30, 8am PT 👉 More details: https://identity.foundation/working-groups/trusted-agents.html 💳 DIF membership required:  https://identity.foundation/join

⏰ TOMORROW, Sept 23: DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 Show & Tell! Last chance to see three groundbreaking privacy-preserving identity projects showcase their work. 👉 Register:

🚀 DIF Trusted AI Agents Working Group starts Sept 30! Building an interoperable stack for trustworthy, secure AI agents 📅 First meeting: Sept 30, 8am PT 👉 More details: https://identity.foundation/working-groups/trusted-agents.html 🔐 DIF membership required: https://identity.foundation/join

🚀 DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 Show & Tell is coming Sept 23! Three cutting-edge privacy-preserving identity projects are ready to showcase their work. Open to the public! 👉 Register now:

DIF Newsletter #53: 🚀New Trusted AI Agents Working Group launched 🕺DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 showcase Sept 23rd 💼 Leadership roles open Plus: "Scaling AI DIFferently" blog series on AI + decentralized identity https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-newsletter-53/

🤖 AI's biggest bottleneck isn't computational power—it's trust infrastructure. DIF Ambassador Misha Deville's latest post explores how decentralized identity solves the challenges limiting AI adoption at scale 👇 https://blog.identity.foundation/translating-promise-into-value/

DIF Technical Steering Committee Chair Andor Kesselman joined Mike Schwartz on his Identerati Office Hours to discuss Governing the Agentic Web. Check it out!

DIF Ambassador Misha Deville tackles AI's "trust ceiling", and why $100B+ in AI investment hits adoption barriers. The fix? Verifiable identity infrastructure enabling: 🎯 Context ✅ Consent 🛡️ Credibility Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/thinking-ai-differently-the-missing-growth-lever/

DID Traits v1 is now a DIF Ratified Specification! Thank you and congratulations to lead editor / author Jan Christoph Ebersbach, author Otto Mora, and the DIF Identifiers & Discovery Working Group / community for their support! Read the spec here: https://identity.foundation/did-traits/v1.0.0/

🛫 At HITEC 2025, industry leaders explored how SSI can revolutionize hospitality with secure, hyper-personalized experiences while protecting traveler privacy. Recap: https://htwg.identity.foundation/hitec-2025-recap-leveraging-ssi-for-secure-hyper-personalized-and-seamless-travel-experiences/

🚀 DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 kicks off tomorrow (June 24th, 8 AM PST)! Three projects tackling key challenges : - Legally-binding proof of personhood via QES - Privacy-preserving revocation mechanisms - Anonymous multi-signature VCs Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-labs-beta-cohort-2/

DIF's Creator Assertions Working Group is committed to making C2PA / CAWG work for creators of all sizes. Read about their recently-released 1.1 versions of CAWG specifications: 👉 https://blog.identity.foundation/progress-report-from-the-creator-assertions-wg/

🌍✈️ At #HITEC2025, our experts unveiled how Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) can revolutionize travel with secure, seamless, and hyper-personalized experiences. 👉 https://htwg.identity.foundation/hitec-2025-recap-leveraging-ssi-for-secure-hyper-personalized-and-seamless-travel-experiences/

Don't miss our HITEC session to learn how SSI is creating secure, hyper-personalized travel experiences that will transform the industry! https://www.hitec.org/ ✈️ #HITEC2025 #TravelTech #SSI

🚀 The future of travel and hospitality is here! Join us at HITEC 2025 next week as our experts reveal how SSI is creating secure, hyper-personalized travel experiences that will transform the industry!  https://www.hitec.org/ ✈️ #HITEC2025 #TravelTech #SSI

Two long-time DIF contributors (Dmitri Z🧠, former SDS WG Chair and did:webvh editor, and Bumblefudge🦝) went on the Igalia Podcast to give an intro to and update on Verifiable Credentials on the occasion of v2.0 of the specification.

Tomorrow's meeting of DIF Hospitality & Travel SIG will feature Shane O'Flaherty of @Microsoft on Microsoft’s View of Cybersecurity - it starts with identity! 📆 June 5 at 10:00ET / 15:00GMT / 16:00CET 🔗 Joining info: https://identity.foundation/special-interest-groups/hospitality-travel.html

DIF joined 100 experts including ACLU and Bruce Schneier to raise the alarm: digital identity systems being built today must not contain tracking capabilities that could enable surveillance for generations. Blog: https://blog.identity.foundation/no-phone-home/ Statement:

Global Digital Collaboration: your questions answered. Read DIF's latest blog about this unique event, see a preview of the agenda, and learn how to get involved. https://blog.identity.foundation/gdc/

🧑🏻‍🏫 DIF Staff Drop-In Office Hours (APAC) coming up in 40 minutes. Bring your questions, feedback, jokes. All are welcome. Take note: 🕰️ Today, 5PM PDT / 8AM CST 🔗 See link in DIF Calendar:

📢 DIF made waves at #EIC2025! Our experts tackled topics of AI agent identity, personhood, and the values embedded in digital standards. See how we're building the architecture for human-AI trust in a world of synthetic identities. Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-at-eic-2025/

🆕 DIF's May Newsletter has arrived! https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-newsletter-51/

🚀 DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 RFP is here! Topics include Personhood Credentials, Content Authenticity, Applied Cryptography, Verifiable AI & Industry. Includes mentorship & ecosystem support. Submit proposals by May 20 Read more: https://labs.identity.foundation/posts/042825_request_for_proposals/

📣 DIF's new Hospitality & Travel Working Group starts tomorrow April 29!  👉 Get involved: https://identity.foundation/working-groups/hospitality-travel-wg.html 📖 Read more about it here: https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-launches-hospitality-travel-wg/

🎉 Decentralized Identity meets Chess! Congratulations to @foundation.algo.xyz  and World Chess on the Universal Chess Passport! Read all about it, and sign up for the live discussion on May 6.

📣 DIF's new Hospitality & Travel Working Group is creating standards for self-sovereign traveler data—giving people control over what they share with airlines, hotels & services while making travel smoother! https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-launches-hospitality-travel-wg/

📣 Just released! DIF Newsletter #50 covers the Global Digital Collaboration Summit (July 1-2, Geneva), DIF Labs Beta Cohort wrap-up, and exciting progress across working groups. Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-newsletter-50/

🔬 DIF Labs' Beta Cohort results! Three projects—Veranon, Linked Claims, Ordinals Plus—reshaping decentralized identity. Beta Cohort 2 starts May 20! Join us in building human-centric digital trust solutions. Details: https://labs.identity.foundation/posts/beta_cohort_show_and_tell_results/ #DIFLabs

Our Kim Hamilton-Duffy spoke on a panel about non-dystopian futures for digital identity with Manu Sporny and others. Read the Project Glitch newletter's cypherpunk-leaning take-aways about the looming "show me your papers" internet: 

The governments are at it again, threatening encryption at scale. Maybe now is a good time to visit the DIDComm User Group hosted by DIF, where we design friend-of-friend networks and protect end-users from these sudden movements from the powers that be?

Thank you to the Security Industry Association for this webinar discussing the latest in security standards, and for featuring DIF's latest efforts in this blog

The upcoming DIF Africa SIG will feature special guest Anushka Soma-Patel. She will share insights on decentralised identity innovation and the Ayra ecosystem Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Time: 13:00 SAST All are welcome; how to join: https://identity.foundation/SIG-Africa/

🚀 The March DIF Newsletter (#49) is now available with exciting updates from the decentralized identity world! Read the full newsletter: https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-newsletter-49/ #DecentralizedIdentity #DigitalIdentity #DIF #VerifiableCredentials #SelfSovereignIdentity

📣 Creator Assertions WG (CAWG) is coming to DIF! Building on C2PA, CAWG helps creators prove digital ownership over their creations. This collaboration between DIF, @trustoverip, and CAWG members will be chaired by @ericscouten.me .  👉 Sign up here: https://blog.identity.foundation/welcome-cawg/

🔐 Join the DIDComm User Group to connect with developers implementing secure, decentralized identity communication! See demos, get help with your projects, and explore adoption trends. Meetings in US and APAC/EU time zones. Learn more: https://blog.identity.foundation/3-reasons-didcomm/

Golda Velez discusses Linked Claims during the recent DIF Labs Beta Cohort Show and Tell. Linked Claims is a standard that is implementation independent, for making claims that can be connected together across different platforms, storages and implementations. Full presentation 🔗 in comments.

Alex Hache of team VerAnon presents his proposal for a protocol for anonymous personhood verification using Semaphore, a zero-knowledge group membership protocol at the recent DIF Labs Beta Cohort Show and Tell. Full video 🔗 in comments.

Cryptographic Pseudonyms 🕵️‍♂️ Discover their history and privacy benefits to digital id. Thanks to Greg Bernstein, Manu Sporny, and Dave Longley for this fascinating deep dive. Read it now! 👉 https://blog.identity.foundation/cryptographic-pseudonyms/ #Privacy #CyberSecurity #TechHistory

The wait is almost over—TOMORROW our Beta Cohort takes the stage to showcase their cutting-edge decentralized identity solutions! Don’t miss it! 🔗 https://s.mtrbio.com/houypklpdr

Our Beta Cohort has spent months refining cutting-edge decentralized identity solutions—now it’s time to showcase them! 🌟 Featured Projects: 🔹 Ordinals Plus → VC on Bitcoin 🔹 Linked Claims → Trust via attestations 🔹 VerAnon → Anonymous IDs with ZKPs 🔗 Link in comments!

Join us Feb 18th for an exclusive showcase of groundbreaking projects from @DecentralizedID's  inaugural DIF Labs Beta Cohort! Check out DIF's latest blog ➡️ https://labs.identity.foundation/posts/beta_cohort_show_and_tell/

Read about DIF's Proof of Age Workshop, led by @ottomorac of @PrivadoID and Valerio Camaiani of @crossmint! https://blog.identity.foundation/dif-workshop-age-verification/

Check out the full listing of all the 🏆 DIF Hackathon 2024 Winners! 🎉🚀https://blog.identity.foundation/celebrating-innovation-winners-of-the-dif-hackathon-2024/

🌟 Welcome Dr. Carsten Stöcker, CEO of Spherity GmbH, as DIF Ambassador! His expertise in decentralized identity and Digital Product Passports will be key in bridging EU Digital Identity with Industry 4.0. 👉 Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/announcing-dr-stocker-dif-ambassador/

🌐 The Camino Network Foundation is building "travel industry layer one" - a SSI-based blockchain ecosystem tackling 20% distribution fees & 6-month onboarding delays in the $11T travel industry. 👉 Read more: https://blog.identity.foundation/member-spotlight-the-camino-network-foundation/

We’re expanding our DIF Member Priority Survey to the entire #DecentralizedIdentity community—your input matters! Help shape our 2025 strategy and let us know how to best support you. It only takes 3–5 minutes: 👉 https://forms.gle/1Zgr8kqpDA9DmagH9 Thank you for sharing your insights!

This week the Veramo User Group meets again at the later US friendly time at 9am PST/ 12pm EST/ 6pm CET.  Please join us and bring any questions you have on Veramo!

Join us this week for the first meeting of the new Veramo User Group at 9am EST/ 15:00 CET on Thursday Feb 15th! This is a non-IPR space so all are welcome to join. Subscribe to the DIF Calendar➡️ calendar.google.com/calendar/emb... blog.identity.foundation/veramo-user-...

Join us for a special New Year's Twitter Space with hackathon winners and the DIF Community! 🎉🎉🎉 Set a reminder here ➡️ x.com/Decentralize...

Thank you to everyone who participated in the DIF hackathon!! All the winners are now posted to our gallery on Devpost!!! 🎉🎉🎉 difhackathon.devpost.com/project-gall...