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🔥 Discover the power of DIF's DWN Community Node from the Experts 🔥 Join DIF Steering Committee Members Daniel Buchner and Markus Sabadello for their panel at We Are Developers. They'll discuss the just-announced collaboration between DIF, TBD, and Google to provide a free DWN Community Node. This allows anyone to build their apps and products on the next generation web infrastructure right away! This Main Stage panel will feature: ✨ Mike Brock, CEO at TBD ✨ Daniel Buchner Head of Decentralized Identity at Block ✨ Angie Jones, Global VP of Developer Relations at TBD (Block) ✨ Nalin Mittal, Web3 at Google ✨ Markus Sabadello, CEO Danube Tech and Decentralized Identity Foundation Steering Committee Panel Details: 📍 We are Developers Conference, Main Stage (Berlin) ⏰ July 19 at 12:20 PM Learn more about DIF's DWN Community Node: 🗺️ Overview: https://lnkd.in/enhvEiTD 🎬 Get started and build! https://lnkd.in/e_h4MrSc

📢 New DIF Blog: Free Managed Decentralized Web Nodes for Developers, from DIF 👀 Here's a preview: The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) today announced the launch of DIF's DWN "Community" Node for developers, powered by Google Cloud technology. Decentralized Web Nodes (DWNs - also referred to as DWeb Nodes) are personal data stores that eliminate the need for individuals to trust apps to responsibly use and protect their data. Instead, data is owned and controlled by the individual — offering developers a brand new way to create apps that request individuals’ per 🔗 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/gtbCJsHg

Don't Miss Out! Special Announcement on Decentralized Web Nodes – Thursday July 18th, 2024 Join us for an exclusive event on July 18th, 2024, at 9am PST/12PM EST/6pm CET, where we will be unveiling a very special announcement regarding Decentralized Web Nodes (DWN). If you are actively involved in building within the Decentralized Web Node or Decentralized Storage space, this event is a must-attend! Event Details Date: July 18th, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM CET Register on Eventbrite ➡ https://lnkd.in/gNmyG3KQ We value your contributions! Share insights about your decentralized storage work by filling out our quick survey: https://lnkd.in/gjVw43BF We look forward to having you join us for this important announcement! Best regards, The DIF Team

📢 New DIF Blog: Decentralizing Trust in Identity Systems 👀 Here's a preview: DIF's Credential Trust Establishment Working Group has released a new white paper titled "Decentralizing Trust in Identity Systems", describing how to achieve scaleable trust relationships in decentralized identity networks. The problem of trust in a decentralized identity ecosystem comes down to the simple question of whether a credential verifier should trust the issuer of a credential. This problem becomes increasingly complex as networks expand to include many credential issuers and delegat 🔗 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/g3UdTCgv

📢 New DIF Blog: Guest blog: Steve McCown 👀 Here's a preview: Anonyome Labs was founded in 2014 to give people control and freedom over their personal and private information. Based in California, Utah and Australia, the company has deep expertise in security, identity management, authentication and authorization, cloud, privacy, and cryptography, and equips businesses with cutting-edge privacy and cybersecurity solutions that seamlessly integrate with existing offerings and systems.  Anonyome Labs Chief Architect and DIF Steering Committee member, Steve 🔗 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/gsrW6HxG

We're excited to announce the first ever DIF HackAlong, co-produced with DIF Associate member Extrimian! 🙌 These HackAlongs are dynamic educational sessions designed to equip both developers and business leaders with essential knowledge about decentralized identity. Join us for the first of it's kind, beginner friendly Spanish-language event. The series will consist of five one-hour sessions, starting on Thursday, August 8, and running through September 12. Want to participate? Visit the Extrimian/DIF event page to learn more and secure your spot today: https://lnkd.in/d2mb495h #decentralizedidentity #DIF #SSI #SelfSovereignIdentity

Join Nick Lambert, CEO of DIF member org Dock and guests at 9am PT / 5pm BST tomorrow to explore the business impact of eIDAS and pose your questions to the panel: https://lnkd.in/eP3VvGbu

📢 New DIF Blog: DIF welcomes JC Ebersbach as co-chair of the Identifiers & Discovery WG 👀 Here's a preview: DIF is delighted to have Jan Christoph (JC) Ebersbach join us as an Identifiers and Discovery Working Group co-chair, and as a new member of DIF Technical Steering Committee. "JC is one of the rare individuals who combine strong technical expertise and creativity with community leadership abilities. Within a relatively short period of time, he has attracted a lot of interest in his work, which is already being adopted, such as Linked VPs and DID Traits. I'm excited that he has agreed to join as 🔗 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/gwcC-Ded

Don't Miss Out! Special Announcement on Decentralized Web Nodes – Thursday July 18th, 2024 Join us for an exclusive event on July 18th, 2024, at 9am PST/12PM EST/6pm CET, where we will be unveiling a very special announcement regarding Decentralized Web Nodes (DWN). If you are actively involved in building within the Decentralized Web Node or Decentralized Storage space, this event is a must-attend! Event Details Date: July 18th, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM CET Register on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/g7tHeDEC We value your contributions! Share insights about your decentralized storage work by filling out our quick survey: https://lnkd.in/gjVw43BF We look forward to having you join us for this important announcement! Best regards, The DIF Team Image courtesy of Pawel Czerwinski https://lnkd.in/gSbee_kB