Decentralized Identity Foundation

DIF is sponsoring #IIW43 on Nov 3–5 in Mountain View, CA! Executive Director @gracedao.bsky.social will attend and visit several US cities throughout Nov–Dec. Interested in connecting with DIF? Reach out through our website at www.identity.foundation.

DIF's Hospitality & Travel WG continues developing HATPro, a standardized schema for exchanging consumer preferences, including work on modular preference packages. More in DIF Newsletter #66. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

DIF has retired its hosted Universal Resolver service. The new DIF information page explains the transition and points to alternative resolver services operated by DIF members. Read more in Newsletter #66. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

DIF officially recommends two more blockchain-based DID methods: did:ethr and did:cid! Both have completed the DIF DID Methods WG review process for technical viability and maturity. Learn more about the methods and what the DIF recommendation means 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/did-ethr-and...

DIF's DID Methods WG has did:hedera in its 60-day comment period, while DIDComm advances CBOR binary encoding, with implementation work supporting further testing. More in DIF Newsletter #66. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

Agentic AI work continues at DIF: the Delegated Authority Task Force is preparing its v1.0 protocol evaluations report, while KYA-OS explores support for emerging agentic payment protocols. More in DIF Newsletter #66. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

DIF's Korea SIG has resumed biweekly meetings focused on wallet interoperability for cross-border retail. Meanwhile, CAWG is preparing to graduate from DIF into a separate entity. More in DIF Newsletter #66. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

DIF Techincal Lead @bumblefudge.com shares his reflections from representing DIF & AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe, where massive enterprise deployments existed alongside a strong sense that “we’re so early.” 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/reflections-...

DIF member Martin Riedel joins PANEL: Standing Privilege for Machines: The Habit We Can't Break at AIdentity & NHI Impact Day. 📅 Oct 6 · 12:10 📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich 👉 Event details: zurl.co/3UAHl

DIF member Martin Riedel presents No Keys on the Agent: Delegated Authority from DIF Concepts to SSH in Practice [Intermediate] at AIdentity & NHI Impact Day. 📅 Oct 6 · 10:50📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich 👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...

DIF member @curity.bsky.social joins the conversation in Munich, with Gerhard Zehethofer on PANEL: Building Trust for the Autonomous Enterprise. 📅 Oct 6 · 15:40 📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich 👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...

DIF member @curity.bsky.social joins AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day, with Mike Goerlich presenting Secure the Chain: Continuous Authorisation for Autonomous Action [Intermediate]. 📅 Oct 6 · 10:30 📍 Munich 👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...

DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins as a panelist for “Machines Now Outnumber Humans - Is IAM Ready” at AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day in Munich. 📅 Oct 6 · 11:10 📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich 👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...

Being a chair of a DIF Working Group is a great way to get started in the world of standards development. Trusted Agentic AI, Identifiers & Discovery, and DID Methods Working Groups are actively looking for new chairs. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/who-makes-th...

You don’t need to be elected to take on an influential role at DIF. Associate & Contributing members can step up to co-chair a Working Group, help move work items forward & participate in DIF’s Technical Steering Committee. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/who-makes-th...

Who Gave the Agent Permission? DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins KuppingerCole’s Road to Impact Days webinar on delegated authority, trust & accountability in agentic AI. 📅 Sept 29 · 16:00 CEST 💻 Online 👉 Register now: okt.to/RwrkUh Event: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...

🔥 The latest DIF Hot Takes is out! Damian Glover & Ward Duchamps reflect on AI for Good, covering trust management for AI agents, accountability, attestation & agent interactions. 🎥 youtu.be/PnbFWWlRRqs

Unlocking Self-Sovereignty at the MetaTr@versal Immersive Identity Summit. DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins experts exploring open identity standards, authenticity & portable identity in immersive spaces. 📅 Sep 22 | 9am PT / 6pm CET 👉 Register: luma.com/9xhxk5v7

DIF members Sachio, Dylan, and Rosalyn are hosting Agentic Identity, Explained, with sessions on agentic identity happening throughout this week. 📅 September 21-25, 2026 🕘 9am PT · 12pm ET · 5pm London 🎥 Recordings available Register here: www.vouched.id/agentic-iden...

CAWG caught unexpected interest from the MCP community: C2PA/CAWG was pitched for provenance of unsigned, unattributed AI agent “skill files,” requiring no changes to MCP itself. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

Agentic AI work moves forward at DIF: the Delegated Authority report now connects the problem space, solution evaluation, governance & threat modeling, while KYA-OS explores MCP extensions, registries & directories. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

DIDComm is staying at DIF, with the WG turning its attention toward DIDComm 3.0 rather than pursuing an IETF RFC. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

In the DID Methods Working Group, did:hedera and did:soul are in the Recommended DID Methods review period with did:julia showing promise as a potential candidate. 🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

Where’s Your Network State Passport? Why don’t alternative communities have one? Web3 talks about sovereignty and privacy. At Berlin Ethereum Day, DIF's @gracedao.bsky.social explores interoperability, KYC reliance & privacy-preserving identity. 🎥 zurl.co/yQecL

The agentic identity conversation continues Oct. 6 in Munich. DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social will speak on Who Approved That? The One Question Your Agent Logs Cannot Answer [Advanced]. 👉 AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026: www.kuppingercole.com/sessions/789...

DIF TAAWG member Rosalyn Curato of @vouched.bsky.social joins Forcepoint’s podcast, Autonomous Agents Need a Verified Identity, to discuss agent identity, delegated permissions & KYA-OS. 🎧 Listen to the podcast: www.forcepoint.com/resources/po...

DIF Technical Lead & TAAWG Co-Chair @bumblefudge.com will be at AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe, where the agentic AI ecosystem comes together around MCP, interoperability & agent systems. 📍 RAI Amsterdam · Sept. 17–18 👉 events.linuxfoundation.org/agntcon-mcpc...

🔥 The latest DIF Hot Takes is out. George Fletcher reflects on IETF 126, covering AI’s impact on standards, delegated authorization, agent interoperability & the challenges of moving authorization across trust boundaries. 🎥 youtu.be/fjqxlLMtNlg

Join Damian Glover & Ward Duchamps as they share their reflections on the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva and what stood out from the event. 📅 Sep 14, 2026 · Monday 🕝 9AM PDT Check out the DIF Calendar bit.ly/dif-group-cal or become a DIF member to attend live.

In a new DIF guest post, Alan Karp argues that restricting delegation can encourage credential sharing, proxy workarounds, and weaker security. Read the full blog: blog.identity.foundation/blocking-del...

And another one! 🎉 did:ethr is now a DIF Recommended DID method. Any Ethereum address becomes a valid DID — no registration required. Congrats to Mircea Nistor for sponsoring the method. Come join the conversation: identity.foundation/working-groups/did-methods.html

did:cid is now a DIF Recommended DID method 🚀 Built on the Archon protocol by Archetech — instant, zero-cost DID creation via IPFS with flexible finality options. Fully W3C compliant and production-ready. Follow the work: 👉 archetech.com 👉 identity.foundation/working-groups/did-methods.html

DIF CAWG member Will Kreth speaks at Identity Week America on persistent, interoperable, standards-aligned talent identifiers as infrastructure for consent-based rights frameworks in the AI era.

Digital identity systems also need to account for what happens when identity is compromised. DIF Steering Committee member Steve McCown speaks at Identity Week America in Identity Security: What Happens When Digital Identity Is Compromised? 📅 Sept. 3 · 14:40

DIF’s Dmitri Zagidulin joins an Identity Week America panel on decentralized identity integration, covering frameworks & standards, benefits, “no phone home” lessons and challenges associated with decentralized identity programs.

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Drummond Reed joins GDC for 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 on Sep 3 in Geneva. 🔗 globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26?day=se...

At #GDC2026, Should We Age-Assure the Internet? will examine when stronger, lighter, or no individual age check is justified. @GraceRachmany joins Vinícius Silva & Jeremy Grant—and plans to bring some spice by making the case against age controls! 🔗globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26?day=se...

Rosalyn Curato (Vouched) — who donated the KYA-OS agentic identity framework to DIF — will be at Identity Week America, Washington D.C., 2–3 September. If you're going, reach out to connect with her there. KYA-OS framework: blog.identity.foundation/kya-os/ 👉 www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/i...

At GDC, the Keyring: Peer-to-peer relationship credentials session will explore proof of personhood, age assurance, content provenance & the decentralized trust graph. 📅 Sep 2 · 17:00 📍 Room G · Palexpo, Geneva 🔗globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26?day=se...

At GDC, Christopher Allen of Blockchain Commons will present Self-Sovereign Identity in Cities & Regions, which will examine deployments below the national level incl. implementation lessons, obstacles & risks to self-sovereignty. 📅 Sept. 2 · 4 pm 📍 Kappa · Palexpo, Geneva

At GDC, Sangyub Han of @samsungsds will present an integrated e-wallet key management architecture informed by EUDI, Korean financial security guidelines, DID/VC & HSM-based key management. 📅 Sep 2 · 12pm 📍 Room K · Palexpo, Geneva 🔗 globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26?day=se...

Join George Fletcher as he shares his reflections on @ietf.org (Vienna, July 18–24) and the conversations shaping internet standards and digital identity. 📅 Aug 26, Wednesday (5 pm UTC) Become a DIF member to attend live: identity.foundation/join/

At GDC, Scott Perry will cover the specifications, trust infrastructure & claims for consent, payment rights, metadata, and AI-use disclosure. C2PA & CAWG provide standards for content provenance and attribution across digital media. 📅 Sep 2, 12 pm 🔗globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26?day=se...

At #GDC2026, DIF ED @GraceRachmany, alongside other industry experts, joins Decentralized trust for scalable EU Business Wallet ecosystem under eIDAS framework. 📅 Sept 2 · 11:00 📍 Gamma · Palexpo, Geneva 🔗 More info here: globaldigitalcollaboration.org/gdc26

The DIDComm User Group has a growing demo queue. Following the DIDComm Survey conducted by DIF and Leadpoint, more than a dozen projects are looking to demonstrate their work at upcoming User Group meetings. 🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

The Applied Crypto WG continues work on: 👉 Blind signature API specifications 👉 Device binding for BBS Crypto Suites 👉 A new proof solution 👉 Presentations to the CFRG at IRTF More in the August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

The Hospitality & Travel WG continues work on HATPro, including a translation strategy using BCP 47 language standards and expanding its taxonomies into activities, experiences, and lifestyle preferences. 🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

CAWG Specifications v1.3 has been approved. The Trust Task Force is also finalizing parameters for the Trust Registry action in the CAWG Identity Assertion, using the four standard parameters specified in ToIP’s TRQP. 🔗 Read the newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...

KYA-OS continues its infrastructure and design work following Steering Committee approval. The Delegated Authority Task Force has also moved from rough drafts to first drafts of its evaluation chapters. 🔗 August DIF Newsletter: zurl.co/Cbvc5