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Become a Member DIF Monthly Newsletter Subscribe Our Focus DIF is an engineering-driven organization focused on developing the foundational elements necessary to establish an open ecosystem for decentralized identity and ensure interop between all participants. Technical Specifications Groups in DIF develop specifications and emerging standards for protocols, components, and data formats that implementers can execute against. Reference Implementations Beyond specifications, DIF members develop open source reference implementations of the technical components and protocols they create. Industry Coordination As the leading industry organization in the Decentralized Identity space, DIF seeks to align industry participants to advance their common interests. Our Groups DIF's work is organized into three types of groups, each with a specific focus and structure to support our community's diverse needs. Working Groups Our technical working groups develop specifications, protocols, and reference implementations for decentralized identity standards. Learn more Special Interest Groups SIGs focus on regional coordination and specific industry verticals to drive adoption and implementation. Learn more User Groups User groups provide forums for implementers and users of specific DIF technologies to share experiences and best practices. Learn more Members DIF represents a diverse, international collection of organizations and contributors working together to establish an open ecosystem of decentralized identity that is accessible to all. Partners Contributors 0xKYC, Inc., 4Technology Ltd, 13x Tech, 2060.io, Acchalabs Pte Ltd., Accrete Inc, Acuity Market Intelligence, Advance AI, Afrilogic Solutions, Agence France Presse, AI MINDSystems Foundation, Aid Technology Ltd, Algorand Foundation, All For Tech Empowerment Foundation, Allternet, Amesto Fortytwo, Amplitude Technologies Inc., Andreas Gratz, ANIMO Solutions, Antoinette Murphy & Associates Ltd, AntumID, Applied Recognition Corp., Aquar Labs IT Solutions LLP, Arilon Services Ltd, ARONETICS, Artistverified, Asignio Inc, Assertiv, ATB Ventures, Attesta Inc., Augeos, Aurigraph Inc., Auth In the Cloud, Authbridge, Authenticate, AuthenTrend, Autofyle, AutoSeg, Avoco Secure Ltd., Ayani Tech Inc., AyanWorks Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Benri.io, Berify, Binaria ID, BioKeyPer, Inc., Bitmark Inc., BizSecure Inc, Blerify Inc., Blockchain Commons, LLC, Blockchain Secure, Blockchain USA LLC, Blockster Labs, BlokSec Technologies Inc., Bloqzone, Briartech Consulting Inc., Brinkworks Proprietary Limited, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BSV Association, Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Burgschild Holding UG, Caelum Labs, CentraPass Limited, Chanwanich, Chelpis Co., Ltd., Chinnu Inc., CIRA, Citi Wave, Inc., Civitas Fintech, Cloud Compass Computing Inc., Cloudocracy, Codii Ltd, Comite International des Telecommunications de Presse (IPTC), Connecting Software, ConnEthics, ContentLens, Continuum Loop Inc., ControlBEAM, Inc., coStart Growth Partners, CPQD, Crayonic Inc., Crikx and Co Limited, CRIMZON, CRIPTIQ, Crossmint Inc, Cryptonics Consulting, CryptoSavannah, CWS Alliance LLC, dba PrivacyPlan, Cycurid Technologies LTD, DAL Identity, Daoist Space, Dappworks Technology Inc., DATA MILLING S.L., Datasoc, Dazz Digital Identity, DEDE, DeployementCentric LLC, Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband eV, DGMJR-IO, DGT Network Inc., Dhiway Networks Private Limited, dHub Group, Digital Bazaar, Inc., Digital Catapult, Digital Diode, Digital Governance Institute, Digitary, DLTx Pty Ltd, DoCoCop, Inc., Domi Labs UG, Dominode, Doshy, Doshy, Doxa SAS, Dstillery Inc, DSwiss AG, Dtravel, EarthID Technology Ltd, East Software, ECIJA GPA , Emfisis, Emrify Labs LLC, Encodible LLC, Energy Web Foundation, Entidad, Equideum Health, Equteq Ltd, Eugenio Reggianini, Execute Inc., Exemine, EYD AS, Fact Protocol, Factorytalk, FAIR AND SMART, FIDE Holdings, Inc., Filogex Inc, FISE Technologies Inc, Flindev Pty Ltd, FloCard L.L.C, Fly Health, LLC, FormFree Holdings Corporation, Forte Consulting LLC, Forth Consulting, Gataca ID, GCR, Gen Digital, Gimly, GlobaliD, GoChain, Inc., Good Future, LLC, GoPlausible, Government of Western Australia, Grant Thornton Advisory SLP, GREEN EARTH ZONE SERVICES CORPORATION, Greenswork Extracts & Composites Corp., HACERA, HAND, Happily Ever After, Hasgeek Learning, Hashed Works, Henosisknot, Hkdolts, Horizen Labs Italia SRL, Horkos, Inc., Hospitality Technology Network, LLC, humanID, Humn.ai, Hypermine Ltd, IAMX AG, ID Crowd Limited, identinet GmbH, Identity Methods Ltd., Identity Praxis, Inc., Identity Works LLC DBA Identity Woman in Business, IDmachines, IDnow GmbH, IFESA, Ignite Consulting LLP, iGrant.io (Sweden), Imageware, Imara Digital Media Foundation LTD, Immutability, Impactility, Indicio, Indie Computing Corp., IndyKite Inc., InfoCert, INFOTROPIC LTD, Inguro OU, Inji Niji, Innovations Accelerated, Inrupt Inc., Inspirit Vision LLP, Instnt Inc., Internet Identity Card, InternetNZ, INTESECC, Intrusion, IOHK, Island Way Technology, LLC, IxFintech, Janeiro Digital, Kataru Co., Ltd., Keeplist, Inc., Keyring Network, Kiva, Kloudone Inc., Know Your Customer Limited, Knowledge Catalyst Pte. Ltd., Knox Networks, Kongju National University, Konodrac, Korsimoro LLC, Kung Fu Software, Kycor LTD, Larissa.Health, Layer3 Software, Legendary Requirements, Linkedtrust , Long Tailed Leopard, LLC, Lumoin Oy, Mailchain Limited, Mavennet Systems Inc., MaygID LLC, Mazik Tech Solutions Pvt., MCN, MediBloc, mesur.io, Minds, Inc., Ministère de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique, MN8 Technology OÜ, msg security advisors, My Vista Inc., MYKEY Lab, Mysilio Co, National ID Program Office, Ethiopia, NetSys Technology Limited, NEXTBIGFOUR LLC, NiHS Research, Nitro Agility S.r.l., Noosphere Technologies, Inc., norbloc AB, Northern Block, Novabit projetos sistemas e Treinamentos, Nutec Development, ObjectSpaces Ltd., octopus.sh, Off-Blocks Ltd., Ohio-At-Home Health Care Agency, OneID Ltd, Ontology Foundation Ltd., Open Reserve LLC, Openitio Ltd., OpenSoftware.pl, Optivide, OriginVault LLC, OwnYourData.eu, Pacio Core Ltd., PANDECYT, Parallelspace Corporation, Partners in Digital Health, Passbase, PathCheck Foundation, Patient Privacy Rights, Payments Engineering Incorporated, Peters-IT Consult GmbH, Philippe Rixhon Associates Ltd, Phoenix Business Solutions Inc, PJW LC, Polysensus Ltd., POPSMASH, Portable Data Corporation (dba JLINC Labs), Prism Hospitality Consulting, Privatyze, Proof, ProofSpace, Provenant, Inc., PRYVIT NZ LIMITED, PT Securetasks Global Teknologi, Pulse Connect Co., Q5id, Inc., Quantum One DAO LLC, Quartzbyte Ltd, QueryVision, Quintessence Research B.V., Radical Ledger Technologies Pvt Ltd., RANDA Solutions, RCM Labs, Real Items Foundation, Inc., RECTALE Inc., ReddCoin Solutions LLC, Reputationaire, Revelin7 Technology Pvt Ltd, Ri Equation, Rinku, RK Tech Works, LLC, RootsID LLC, Sabhi, SafePay Systems, Seakingdata Information Technology (Tianjin) Co., Secours.io, Security, Privacy, and AI Research Lab (SPAIRL), SelfKey, SemanticClarity, Sensay, SettleMint, Sezoo, Shovel Company, SIA UHODL, sideos, Simard OU, Skystone Technology, SmartID LLC, Snapper Future Tech Pvt Ltd, Sonic AI, Sonr, Sophtron, Inc., SoulVerse, Spazio IT, SPEARIT, Spoole Systems Pvt Ltd., STammin Inc., Stargazer Domains S.L., Stellar Quanta Labs, Stichting Tonomy, Stratcity inc, STROMDAO GmbH, Subspace Labs, SWN Global, Sybil Solutions, Talao, Tech41 GmbH, TechWealth, LLC, Tetr & Aeder Consultants, Textile.io, The Authenticity Institute, The Mee Foundation, The New World Foundation, The Silicon Bear Company Ltd., The Spontaneous Travel Company (Autoura), The ValidIDe Project, ThinkGraph LLC, Tierum, Tokenine Co.,Ltd., TON Labs, Tonomy Foundation, Trabuco Technology Partners, TradeGroup, TranSendX, Travel.Commerce.UG, Traversity Pty Ptd., TRAVHOTECH & Testbed Vegas, Trevonix Technologies Limited, trippl inc., TrueVote, Inc., Trust Anchor Group, Trust Science, TrustCerts GmbH, TrustFrame, Inc., TrustNXT, TruthShare Software Private Ltd, Truvity B.V., Trybe.ID Inc., Umazi Ltd., UnoTelos, Unum, Vector Space Technologies LLC, Vereign AG, Verida, Veridium, Verifiable Credentials Ltd., Verifiable Ventures Ltd, Verim, Violet Protocol, Violet Sky Security BV, Voatz, Inc., Void, Corp, Wallway Technologies, Waterbalanced Technology Inc., Waveware Technologies Inc, Web Of Identity Network, Web3 Institute, WedaCon Informationstechnologien GmbH, WhoIAM, WOPLLI Technologies LLC, Workgraph, Inc, Workonomix, XATP Inc., XBT.LLC, XMTP, XTSeminars Ltd, xVentures AI, Inc, Yakoa, Yellow Dot Pink, Yes AG, Yoonik S.A., Yorba, YourD, Youverify Inc., ZeHUB, Zero Knowledge Decentralised Identity, Zero Trust Identity, Zion aka Modern Foundry Inc, ZKXP News & Insights News about our work and insights from our members on their efforts to build the decentralized identity ecosystem. 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