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Zyton.ai

@zyton.ai

W3C's Bitstring Status List v1.0 (May 2025): one bit can say a Verifiable Credential is revoked. In the spec, revocation cancels validity and is not reversible; suspension is reversible. #verifiablecredentials #w3c Not legal advice.

November 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM

konnektoren.help

@konnektoren.help

🪪 Just tested the Lissi wallet with Konnektoren - and it's exciting!

Lissi integration is coming soon. For now you can collect your certificates with the UniMe wallet 🇩🇪

👉 konnektoren.help/achievements...

#VerifiableCredentials #SSI #LearnGerman

October 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Satoru Nakamura

@nakamura196.bsky.social

A Server That Issues Membership Credentials (VCs) Linking ORCID Sign-In to a Wallet: The Questions I Ran Into, in Order

https://tech.ldas.jp/en/posts/id-ldas-orcid-wallet-vc/

#verifiablecredentials #did #orcid

A Server That Issues Membership Credentials (VCs) Linking ORCID Sign-In to a Wallet: The Questions I Ran Into, in Order

I built id.ldas.jp, a small server on Cloudflare Workers that issues a membership credential (Verifiable Credential) to people who sign in with ORCID and links it to their MetaMask wallet. This articl

tech.ldas.jp

October 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM

Self Research Institute

@selfresearch.org

The objective of decentralized identity is not to eliminate institutional trust. It is to make digital claims portable, verifiable, and proportionate.

Self Identity is engineering the infrastructure for selective disclosure in healthcare.

#VerifiableCredentials #HealthTech

An infographic from the Self Research Institute on a white background. A purple tag at the top reads "SELF IDENTITY • VERIFIABLE CREDENTIALS". The main headline asks, "What if a healthcare service could verify an eligibility claim without collecting a copy of the underlying identity document?" with the phrase "without collecting a copy" highlighted in teal. Below is a flowchart showing a three-step process. On the left, a box labeled "ISSUER" and "Trusted organization" has an arrow labeled "signs" pointing to the middle box. The middle box, labeled "HOLDER • WALLET," lists data fields for Name, Date of birth, Member ID, Address, and Eligibility. An arrow labeled "approves" points from the Wallet to a right-side box labeled "VERIFIER". Inside the Verifier box, the Name, Date of birth, Member ID, and Address fields are outlined with dashed lines and marked "NOT SHARED". Only the "Eligibility" field is shared, highlighted in solid teal and marked "MET". A dark blue banner at the bottom reads, "PORTABLE, VERIFIABLE, AND PROPORTIONATE TO THE TRANSACTION.".

October 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM

Satoru Nakamura

@nakamura196.bsky.social

ORCID サインインとウォレットを結びつける会員証（VC）の発行サーバ ── 作りながら出てきた疑問の順に

https://tech.ldas.jp/ja/posts/id-ldas-orcid-wallet-vc/

#verifiablecredentials #did #orcid

ORCID サインインとウォレットを結びつける会員証（VC）の発行サーバ ── 作りながら出てきた疑問の順に

ORCID でサインインした人に会員証（Verifiable Credential）を出し、MetaMask のウォレットと結びつける小さなサーバ id.ldas.jp を Cloudflare Workers で作りました。パスキー・ウォレット・VC の役割の違い、学認ではなく ORCID を選んだ理由、手動承認をやめた理由などを、開発中に実際に出てきた疑問の順に整理します。

tech.ldas.jp

October 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM

Juan Camilo Ruiz (JuanCa)

@jcruiz.co

Excited about the latest collaboration between LinkedIn and Microsoft, bringing workplace verification to LinkedIn Users' profiles to combat fraud #verifiablecredentials #identityverification #entraverifiedid https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/04/12/linkedin-and-microsoft-entra-i...

March 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Richard Esplin

@esplinr.bsky.social

I'm in Berlin and excited for the start of #EIC2025. Today I'm practicing my talk for Wednesday on #VerifiableCredentials and #Biometrics. I hope to see you there! Anyone willing to join me for a morning run?

Richard Esplin @esplinr.bsky.social · Feb 20

My talk is accepted at the Kuppinger Cole European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC 2025).

www.kuppingercole.com/sessions/584...

Let me know if you'll be in Berlin in May. I would love to meet up and discuss #DigitalIdentity and #Biometrics.

A screen shot from the web site for the European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC) 2025, showing a session titled "Biometrics and Verifiable Credentials: Balancing Security and Privacy" on Wednesday, May 07, 2025 12:05—12:25.

The abstract says:
"Biometric providers are facing new challenges as regulations governing biometric data become stricter and organizations try to extend their biometric enabled business processes across ecosystems of partners. Verifiable credentials are an effective way to move data between organizations, but relying parties often require assurances that the presenter of the credential is the same person who received it. Biometrics solve this problem, but identity practitioners should be cautious that the way they integrate biometrics does not undermine the privacy and flexibility offered by credentials. In this presentation, we share best practices for integrating biometrics and verifiable credentials to meet real world problems."

The presenter is:
Richard Esplin
Head of Product
Dock Labs AG

The start of the bio says:
"Richard Esplin is a seasoned product leader specializing in digital identity, open source software, and enterprise solutions. Currently serving as Head of Product at Dock, he leads product..."

The URL is:
https://www.kuppingercole.com/sessions/5844/1

May 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM

Richard Esplin

@esplinr.bsky.social

After our webinar on credential monetization, people asked for details. So we published a blog post describing how verifiers can be billed in order to pay issuers.

www.dock.io/post/a-deepe...

This is the webinar:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hi...

#digitalidentity #verifiablecredentials #technology

A Deeper Look at Credential Monetization and Ecosystem Payments

In this article we'll go through how Credential Monetization works in practice

www.dock.io

August 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM

Richard Esplin

@esplinr.bsky.social

I was interested in how the BBS signature format has evolved in #verifiablecredentials , so I wrote about it.

blog.dock.io/dock-impleme...

#digitalidentity

Dock implements BBS as the default signature algorithm in the Anonymous Credentials format

Technology standards are always changing, and it can be expensive for products to keep up. The rate of change is even faster for new technologies with emerging standards, such as the standards for ver...

blog.dock.io

August 19, 2024 at 1:52 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

Trends shaping the future of #microcredentials blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...

This is Part 4 (of 7!) in our series sharing insights from the NDLN report which will be released later this week.

#VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges

Reframing Recognition: Part 4

Trends Shaping the Future of Microcredentials

blog.weareopen.coop

March 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

Part 3 of our seven(!) part series introducing a new report on digital and micro credentials for the NDLN is now out:

blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...

@ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges

Reframing Recognition: Part 3

Demystifying Microcredentials

blog.weareopen.coop

March 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

The second in a series of posts highlighting themes from our NDLN report on #microcredentials

blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...

#OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalCredentials #DigitalBadges

Reframing Recognition: Part 2

The Evolution of Credentialing

blog.weareopen.coop

March 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

We recently authored a report for the Irish NDLN on the transformative potential of micro and digital credentialing in recognising learning and achievements.

blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...

#Microcredentials #DigitalCredentials #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #OpenREcognition #DigitalBadges

Reframing Recognition: Part 1

Introduction and Context

blog.weareopen.coop

March 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

Join us at the top of the hour for the Open Recognition is for Everybody (ORE) community call. All welcome!

lu.ma/qkhp92r6

#OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials

ORE Community Call · Zoom · Luma

Come and join the Open Recognition is for Everybody (ORE) Community Call! We'll be getting to know each other and talk about the things that are on our minds…

lu.ma

February 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

New on the blog: Towards an Open Recognition Wallet

blog.weareopen.coop/towards-an-o...

#OpenRecognition #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials

Towards an Open Recognition Wallet

Note: this post builds upon ideas we presented at ePIC 2024, and a couple of in-depth posts about using Open Recognition to map real-world…

blog.weareopen.coop

January 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

Thanks to a fantastic ePIC 2024 in Paris last week, there are even more people paying attention to the concept of #OpenRecognition. But what is it?

blog.weareopen.coop/what-is-open...

#openepic #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #microcredentials #DigitalBadges

What is Open Recognition, anyway?

Going beyond credentialing and the formal/informal divide

blog.weareopen.coop

November 11, 2024 at 11:33 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

We're so lucky to have worked with the badass team working on implementing #verifiablecredentials at the Digital Credentials Consortium:

Building and Sustaining Engagement with the Digital Credentials Consortium

Developing communications for your organisation

buff.ly

October 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

The crew at We Are Open has SUPER BIG FOMO about #BadgeSummit! Have a great time to all our friends in the ORE community and beyond!

#openrecognition #digitalcredentials #verifiablecredentials

August 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

New on the WAO blog: Making Credentials Work for Everyone: How to think about the three-sided marketplace of skills validation

blog.weareopen.coop/making-crede...

#OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalBadges #Microcredentials #SkillsBasedHiring

Making Credentials Work for Everyone

How to think about the three-sided marketplace of skills validation

blog.weareopen.coop

June 13, 2024 at 8:23 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

We've written approximately eleventy billion posts on #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition and #VerifiableCredentials. We've curated some of them to serve as a useful place to point people towards:

blog.weareopen.coop/a-compendium...

#microcredentials #DigitalCredentials #SkillsBasedHiring

A Compendium of Credentialing

From badge design to the future of recognition in networks

blog.weareopen.coop

June 6, 2024 at 9:02 AM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

New on the blog: Why Open Badges 3.0 matters

blog.weareopen.coop/why-open-bad...

#OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges #OpenRecognition

Why Open Badges 3.0 Matters

A less technical community-centric guide

blog.weareopen.coop

May 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM

We Are Open Co-op

@weareopen.coop

New on the blog from @dougbelshaw.com with input from @epilepticrabbit.bsky.social. Images by @visualthinkery.bsky.social

blog.weareopen.coop/plausible-ut...

#OpenRecognition #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials

Plausible Utopias: the future of Open Recognition

Exploring the Evolution of Trust in Networks Over the Next Decade

blog.weareopen.coop

May 8, 2024 at 8:45 AM

konnektoren.help

@konnektoren.help

Learn German, earn verifiable credentials! 🇩🇪 This video shows how Konnektoren and the UniMe wallet 💼 can help you track and share your progress. Check it out! 👉 youtu.be/QZg_dO161lg #German #LanguageLearning #EdTech #Konnektoren #SSI #VerifiableCredentials