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.
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More in DIF Newsletter #66.
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DIF Newsletter #66
October 2026
DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive
Table of contents
* Decentralized Identity Foundation News
* Universal Resolver
* Working Group Updates
* Upcoming Events
* Get involved! Join DIF
Decentralized Identity Foundation News
* The Korean SIG restarted fortnightly meetings. The initial focus of the group will be commercial use cases for
blog.identity.foundation
October 21, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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...
More in DIF Newsletter #66.
🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
It all feels like a rerun of the old DIDComm versus OIDC debate, with the same split between peer relationships and relationships that run through a provider.
October 14, 2026 at 8:10 AM
It all feels like a rerun of the old DIDComm versus OIDC debate, with the same split between peer relationships and relationships that run through a provider.
DIDComm is staying at DIF, with the WG turning its attention toward DIDComm 3.0 rather than pursuing an IETF RFC.
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DIF Newsletter #65
September 2026
DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive
Table of contents
1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News
2. Steering Committee Updates
3. GDC Update
4. Working Group Updates
5. Upcoming Events
6. Get involved! Join DIF
Decentralized Identity Foundation News
Steering Committee Elections are around the corner, with nominations
blog.identity.foundation
September 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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...
🔗 blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
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...
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...
DIF Newsletter #64
August 2026
DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive
Table of contents
1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News
2. Working Group Updates
3. Upcoming Events
4. Get involved! Join DIF
Decentralized Identity Foundation News
It's been a hot summer at DIF, with both Grace and Juan attending DWeb Camp
blog.identity.foundation
August 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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...
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 DIDComm WG is discussing what it would take to bring some version of DIDComm into scope for an IETF working group, alongside work on DIDComm’s strategic direction and priorities for a potential version 3.
🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
DIF Newsletter #64
August 2026
DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive
Table of contents
1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News
2. Working Group Updates
3. Upcoming Events
4. Get involved! Join DIF
Decentralized Identity Foundation News
It's been a hot summer at DIF, with both Grace and Juan attending DWeb Camp
blog.identity.foundation
August 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The DIDComm WG is discussing what it would take to bring some version of DIDComm into scope for an IETF working group, alongside work on DIDComm’s strategic direction and priorities for a potential version 3.
🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
🔗 August DIF Newsletter: blog.identity.foundation/dif-newslett...
DIDComm supports group E2EE. it just has slight performance issues with very large groups, as I understand it
February 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
DIDComm supports group E2EE. it just has slight performance issues with very large groups, as I understand it
has anyone on the team done any research on DIDComm for this yet? totally understand if it's not a high priority, but seems to me you could get pretty good secure 1:1 DMs fairly easily with it
February 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
has anyone on the team done any research on DIDComm for this yet? totally understand if it's not a high priority, but seems to me you could get pretty good secure 1:1 DMs fairly easily with it
ATProto over DIDComm... and DIDComm over libp2p / mesh network...
November 25, 2024 at 8:47 PM
ATProto over DIDComm... and DIDComm over libp2p / mesh network...
Bluesky should prioritize E2EE DMs ASAP and I am once again reminding everyone of the secure messaging protocol for DIDs: DIDComm
November 6, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Bluesky should prioritize E2EE DMs ASAP and I am once again reminding everyone of the secure messaging protocol for DIDs: DIDComm
would love if they went the DIDComm route. it's right there!
May 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
would love if they went the DIDComm route. it's right there!
Paul, please tell me you guys are at least looking into DIDComm for the e2ee version? I would be so happy I'd cry
May 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Paul, please tell me you guys are at least looking into DIDComm for the e2ee version? I would be so happy I'd cry
will DMs be E2EE? have you considered DIDComm?
May 8, 2024 at 12:56 AM
will DMs be E2EE? have you considered DIDComm?
DIDs, DIDComm, Verifiable Credentials, Witness Protocol. Do you recognize any of those words? Check out my little article:
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Using Timestamped Credentials with Witness Protocol, Veramo and DIDComm
Verifiable Credentials issued by DIDs provide powerful verifiability on the claims made. You can trustlessly verify that a specific…
medium.com
April 10, 2024 at 9:55 PM
DIDs, DIDComm, Verifiable Credentials, Witness Protocol. Do you recognize any of those words? Check out my little article:
medium.com/@oknickreyno...
medium.com/@oknickreyno...
Would need users to have their own keys on device, obviously, but would love to see DIDComm eventually!
May 1, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Would need users to have their own keys on device, obviously, but would love to see DIDComm eventually!
Zero‑knowledge proofs belong where identities are not platform‑anchored.
Affinidi Meeting Place uses DIDs as both identity and endpoint, with DIDComm v2.1 for E2EE messaging. Ideal for VC + ZKP flows without data leakage.
Read the Blog: www.affinidi.com/blog/zero%E2...
Affinidi Meeting Place uses DIDs as both identity and endpoint, with DIDComm v2.1 for E2EE messaging. Ideal for VC + ZKP flows without data leakage.
Read the Blog: www.affinidi.com/blog/zero%E2...
July 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Zero‑knowledge proofs belong where identities are not platform‑anchored.
Affinidi Meeting Place uses DIDs as both identity and endpoint, with DIDComm v2.1 for E2EE messaging. Ideal for VC + ZKP flows without data leakage.
Read the Blog: www.affinidi.com/blog/zero%E2...
Affinidi Meeting Place uses DIDs as both identity and endpoint, with DIDComm v2.1 for E2EE messaging. Ideal for VC + ZKP flows without data leakage.
Read the Blog: www.affinidi.com/blog/zero%E2...
Building trust infrastructure? New Affinidi Radix docs show how to launch a Trust Registry instance for TRQP v2.0 queries, with #REST, optional #DIDComm, and #Redis, #DynamoDB, or CSV backends. If you're a developer or architect, this is worth a read.
docs.affinidi.com/products/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/products/aff...
Affinidi Radix
Standards-compliant registry providing authoritative trust verification for decentralised identity ecosystems.
docs.affinidi.com
April 29, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Building trust infrastructure? New Affinidi Radix docs show how to launch a Trust Registry instance for TRQP v2.0 queries, with #REST, optional #DIDComm, and #Redis, #DynamoDB, or CSV backends. If you're a developer or architect, this is worth a read.
docs.affinidi.com/products/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/products/aff...
VDSP is a modern way to request data without collecting everything. Verifiers can ask only for what they need, holders stay in control, and credentials are shared securely and verifiably using DIDComm and DCQL. Privacy-first data requests, built to scale.
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/af...
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/af...
March 30, 2026 at 2:49 AM
VDSP is a modern way to request data without collecting everything. Verifiers can ask only for what they need, holders stay in control, and credentials are shared securely and verifiably using DIDComm and DCQL. Privacy-first data requests, built to scale.
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/af...
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/af...
Building secure, private messaging into your app? Check out DIDComm for Dart, a lightweight way to use DIDComm v2 for encrypted, verifiable comms. Perfect for decentralized apps and wallets.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Messaging #Affinidi
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Messaging #Affinidi
GitHub - affinidi/affinidi-didcomm-dart: DIDComm library for Dart
DIDComm library for Dart. Contribute to affinidi/affinidi-didcomm-dart development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Building secure, private messaging into your app? Check out DIDComm for Dart, a lightweight way to use DIDComm v2 for encrypted, verifiable comms. Perfect for decentralized apps and wallets.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Messaging #Affinidi
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Messaging #Affinidi
Affinidi Meeting Place Control Plane API for Dart lets participants publish discoverable connection offers and establish secure DIDComm‑based channels for private, decentralized communication. Build safer messaging apps.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
Affinidi Meeting Place - Control Plane API
Integrates with Meeting Place SDK to enable secure discovery and communication channel management.
docs.affinidi.com
March 11, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Affinidi Meeting Place Control Plane API for Dart lets participants publish discoverable connection offers and establish secure DIDComm‑based channels for private, decentralized communication. Build safer messaging apps.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
Ship secure messaging faster with the Affinidi Meeting Place SDK for Dart. Add interoperable DIDs and DIDComm v2.1 so your app can trustlessly discover, verify and talk to users, businesses and AI agents out of the box.
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/me...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #DID
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/me...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #DID
Meeting Place SDK
Toolkits to build a messaging app for a safe and secure method to discover, connect, and communicate with others (individuals, businesses, and AI agents).
docs.affinidi.com
March 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Ship secure messaging faster with the Affinidi Meeting Place SDK for Dart. Add interoperable DIDs and DIDComm v2.1 so your app can trustlessly discover, verify and talk to users, businesses and AI agents out of the box.
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/me...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #DID
docs.affinidi.com/dev-tools/me...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
#DIDComm #DID
Check out Affinidi Messaging, a secure and private messaging framework built on DIDComm v2.1. It uses decentralised identifiers and public key cryptography to ensure messages reach only intended recipients with strong privacy and trust.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
February 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Check out Affinidi Messaging, a secure and private messaging framework built on DIDComm v2.1. It uses decentralised identifiers and public key cryptography to ensure messages reach only intended recipients with strong privacy and trust.
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
docs.affinidi.com/open-source-...
github.com/affinidi/aff...
Building the Internet of Trust one open standard at a time.
Affinidi’s open‑source Rust and Dart SDKs bring private, verifiable DIDComm v2.1 messaging to apps across backend, mobile, and web.
Explore the SDKs: bit.ly/4tKvf42
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Rust #Dart #DecentralisedIdentity #InternetofTrust
Affinidi’s open‑source Rust and Dart SDKs bring private, verifiable DIDComm v2.1 messaging to apps across backend, mobile, and web.
Explore the SDKs: bit.ly/4tKvf42
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Rust #Dart #DecentralisedIdentity #InternetofTrust
GitHub - affinidi/affinidi-tdk-rs: Affinidi Trust Development Kit - Rust
Affinidi Trust Development Kit - Rust. Contribute to affinidi/affinidi-tdk-rs development by creating an account on GitHub.
bit.ly
February 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Building the Internet of Trust one open standard at a time.
Affinidi’s open‑source Rust and Dart SDKs bring private, verifiable DIDComm v2.1 messaging to apps across backend, mobile, and web.
Explore the SDKs: bit.ly/4tKvf42
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Rust #Dart #DecentralisedIdentity #InternetofTrust
Affinidi’s open‑source Rust and Dart SDKs bring private, verifiable DIDComm v2.1 messaging to apps across backend, mobile, and web.
Explore the SDKs: bit.ly/4tKvf42
#DIDComm #OpenSource #Rust #Dart #DecentralisedIdentity #InternetofTrust