DIF

We are building an open-source decentralized identity ecosystem for people, orgs & devices that enables a new class of apps & services.

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AI security, privacy-preserving technologies, digital identity, and post-quantum cryptography are shaping the next generation of trust infrastructure.

🎥 ITU SG17 Hot Takes with Grace and Juan
📍 Geneva, Switzerland
🗓 June 29, 10 AM PT / 5 PM UTC
📅 https://t.co/5VheME6oQl

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DID Recommended Methods, HATPro, Universal Resolver sustainability, and Agentic AI standards work feature prominently in this month's DIF updates.

Upcoming Hot Takes from ITU SG 17, Identity Week, and the Neocypherpunk gathering.

Read the newsletter: https://t.co/1AW8ql3eYq

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DIF and ToIP announce the first DID methods to complete the DIF Recommended DID Methods process: did:webvh and did:webplus. 

Read more: https://t.co/NRermHtgRQ

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DIF Executive Director Grace (Rebecca) Rachmany joins Kaliya Young, Omer Shafiq, and Gillan Ward at #dice2026 to discuss agent identity, delegated authority, trust relationships, agent memory, and sovereignty.

📅 June 22
🕓 16:20
📍 Trifolium, Copenhagen

https://t.co/VjMXrZJ7jl

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DIF Recommended DID Methods announced: did:webvh and did:webplus have passed the criteria to become recommended methods.

Read more: https://t.co/bnHBfWurn0

#DID #DecentralizedIdentity #DigitalIdentity #OpenStandards #IdentityStandards

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Help shape the next phase of HATPro development.

We're looking for feedback from hospitality, travel, leisure, accessibility, and identity experts to help guide future priorities and development.

Read more: https://t.co/35B42zc68V

#OpenSource #TravelTech #DecentralizedIdentity

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"HATPro is the first detailed schema for self-sovereign identity that is industry specific."

The schema is now open for public comment. Review it, test it, and help shape future versions.

Read more: https://t.co/35B42zc68V

#OpenSource #DecentralizedIdentity #TravelTech

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Most travel profiles barely scratch the surface. HATPro models everything from accessibility needs to more than 1,000 food and beverage ingredients.

DIF's Hospitality & Travel Profile is now open for public comment and available for early PoCs and pilots

https://t.co/h8asNU6537

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Protocols become standards because they're used.

If your organization uses DIDComm, help DIF and Leadpoint build the evidence needed to strengthen future standards efforts.

Take the 5-minute survey: https://t.co/mEjnpVhjxu

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Let's get DIDComm recognized as a formal internet standard.

Real-world implementations are the evidence standards bodies need. If your organization uses DIDComm, help DIF and Leadpoint document adoption.

Take the 5-minute survey: https://t.co/mEjnpVhjxu

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How widely is DIDComm being used?
Certainly more than we know.

Help DIF and Leadpoint map real-world DIDComm adoption by completing this short survey.

Take the 5-minute survey: https://t.co/mEjnpVhjxu

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DIDComm을 사용하고 계신가요?

DIF와 Leadpoint는 DIDComm의 실제 구현 사례에 대한 데이터를 수집하여 도입 현황을 더 잘 이해하고 향후 표준화 작업을 지원하고 있습니다.

5분 설문조사에 참여해 주세요: https://t.co/mEjnpVhjxu

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Using DIDComm?

DIF and Leadpoint are gathering data on real-world DIDComm implementations to better understand adoption and support future standards efforts.

Take the 5-minute survey: https://t.co/mEjnpVhjxu

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We’ve taken a clear position on AI participation in standards development.

DIF now prohibits direct AI contributions to working groups, mailing lists, and repositories.

Open standards require accountable humans.

Read the full announcement about it:
https://t.co/IQ6O5Ot6ee

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📢 DIF has taken a clear position: no direct AI participation in standards development.

Read the full announcement about it:
https://t.co/IQ6O5Ot6ee

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As AI-generated content scales, trust and authenticity are becoming critical challenges.

At #EIC2026 this week, DIF joins the conversation on content authenticity, identity, and trusted digital media.

🗓 May 21, 2026
📍 A 03-04, Berlin Congress Center

https://t.co/xvlsRaG7uf

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Identity conversations are moving fast ⚡

This week’s DIF newsletter covers KYA-OS entering review, DIDcomm updates, Agentic Identity discussions, new WG leadership, and upcoming DIF appearances across Europe.

https://t.co/C5P3a6nd2y

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Chaos (KYA-OS) takes center stage in this week’s DIF newsletter ⚡

Catch updates on Trusted Agentic AI, DIDcomm, Universal Resolver discussions, new WG leadership, Hot Takes interviews, and spring/summer identity events across Europe.

Read more:
https://t.co/C5P3a6nd2y

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Chaos (KYA-OS) headlines this week’s DIF newsletter 🔥

From KYA-OS entering review, to DIDcomm surveys, OAuth & Agentic Identity debates, WG updates, and upcoming EU events — lots happening across DIF.

Read the full newsletter: https://t.co/C5P3a6nd2y

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Brazil recently issued its first rural credit loan using land registry VCs.

This DIF Hot Takes explores the growing push for interoperability profiles, implementation realities, and scaling DID/VC deployments across countries and ecosystems.

🎥 Watch: https://t.co/FzoacsbEkp