LF Decentralized Trust

Open Source Powers the Planet. April 14–21, get 35% off sitewide with code EARTH26 to build sustainable technical skills Linux Foundation Education. Featured LF Decentralized Trust training and certifications: - Hyperledger Fabric: Design, Develop and Deploy (LFS270) Technical training on Fabric network structures, chaincode deployment, and shared ledger operations. - Hyperledger Fabric Certified Practitioner (HFCP) Certification for validating knowledge of Hyperledger Fabric components, identity management, and production deployment models. - Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Certification for demonstrating technical proficiency with Besu - Open Source Ethereum client designed for enterprise and consortium environments. 🔗 Catalog: https://lnkd.in/eY6ch8k7 #LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource #HyperledgerFabric #Besu

Open source identity infrastructure gets stronger when proven work moves into community governance. That's what happened this week. DSR Corporation has open sourced the Hiero Heka Identity Platform and contributed it to the Hiero project as a new subproject, bringing an enterprise-ready SSI toolkit into the same neutral home as the open source codebase that powers the Hedera network. Heka covers the full credential lifecycle: issuance, verification, and management, with support for OpenID4VC, DIDComm, SD-JWT, and AnonCreds across mobile wallet, web, and backend layers. Modular by design, it gives teams a production-grade starting point without having to build core identity components from scratch. Read on for more details → https://lnkd.in/e78k_t32 #Hiero #DecentralizedIdentity #OpenSource #VerifiableCredentials

Introduction to Lockness – Production-Ready MPC ecosystem Building and deploying a distributed system that removes the Single Point of Failure is difficult. At Lockness (https://lnkd.in/g8_a5Hje), we make Multi-Party Computation (MPC) more accessible to both consumers, who integrate MPC into their infrastructure, and cryptographers, who develop distributed protocols. Join our introductory call to discover what Lockness offers, how you can benefit, and how to get involved in the ecosystem.

Ten years ago, a group of organisations decided to build the foundations of digital trust together, in the open. At the LF Decentralized Trust Member Summit, we celebrated a decade of that work. And we did what we've been doing since the beginning: we asked the people building this ecosystem to tell us what it looks like from where they're standing. Over the coming weeks, we're publishing 21 of those conversations, from the people who designed the governance infrastructure to the contributors who found the community through a social media post. CTOs who've been here since day one. Founders processing $4 billion a month, and researchers building the trust layer that AI agents will run on. It starts with Daniela Barbosa's summary. Follow along as the rest publish. 📍If someone in your network belongs in this conversation, tag them here. #MemberVoices2026 #DecentralizedTrust #OpenSource

Norges Bank has published the final report from Phase 5 of its CBDC exploration, assessing retail and wholesale models and testing a sandbox built on Hyperledger Besu. While the bank concluded that a CBDC is not currently warranted, the findings inform a decision on Norway's future digital currency issuance. The project source code is now publicly available as open source to assist other central banks in their CBDC research and experimental testing. Central bank digital currency – final report for project Phase 5: https://lnkd.in/gxgGb--f #LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource #HyperledgerBesu #CBDC #DigitalCurrency

From Identity-First to Authority Continuity We built security around identity, tokens, and roles. It was never quite right, capability theorists knew this decades ago. AI agents just made the cracks impossible to ignore. This is the moment to correct the model. We will reason from first principles. What identity is. What an identifier is. What authority actually is, not a token you hold, but a continuous property of execution that can only shrink, never expand. Why confused deputy and privilege escalation are not edge cases. They are the structural outcome of building on possession.

Brazil's Ministry of Women has implemented a blockchain-secured reporting system for Ligue 180, the national hotline for women experiencing violence, built on Hyperledger Fabric by a consortium of BrBPO and Metasix Tecnologia to provide immutable, tamper-proof records for violence complaints. The system ensures that reports cannot be altered, lost, or suppressed across Brazil's protection network. By utilizing Hyperledger Fabric’s private data collections and certificate-based access, the Ministry maintains victim privacy while providing a complete, auditable trail for authorities. "There are a lot of moving parts, and every component needs to be hardened for security. We built a strong team and leaned heavily on the LF Decentralized Trust community, which was crucial." — David Reis, BrBPO Blockchain Team Leader. Results: - Complaints filed increased 64% in the first year after blockchain deployment - Cost per interaction processed dropped 73% - System sustains 1–2 million transactions per month - 16 states are integrated into the network, with 8 more in negotiation - Team contributed back to Hyperledger labs, including Fabric Ansible Collections and Kubernetes Chaincode Builder The implementation transforms Ligue 180 into a connected national protection network, providing the verifiable integrity required for more victims to come forward. 🔗 Read our latest case study: https://lnkd.in/gUKvZN49 #LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource #HyperledgerFabric #BlockchainForGood

Open Source Powers the Planet. April 14–21, get 35% off sitewide with code EARTH26 to build sustainable technical skills Linux Foundation Education. Featured LF Decentralized Trust training and certifications: - Hyperledger Fabric: Design, Develop and Deploy (LFS270) Technical training on Fabric network structures, chaincode deployment, and shared ledger operations. - Hyperledger Fabric Certified Practitioner (HFCP) Certification for validating knowledge of #HyperledgerFabric components, identity management, and production deployment models. - Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Certification for demonstrating technical proficiency with #Besu, an #OpenSource Ethereum client designed for enterprise and consortium environments. 🔗 Catalog: https://lnkd.in/eY6ch8k7 #LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource #HyperledgerFabric #Besu

Upcoming LF Decentralized Trust events focus on authority continuity, institutional tokenization, and zero-knowledge development. Here's where to find us: From Identity-First to Authority Continuity: Apr 14, Virtual Nicola Gallo and Alan Karp (PIC) will discuss the structural limitations of possession-based identity models and how authority continuity addresses delegation and privilege escalation. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gFQRN5hk Paris Blockchain Week 2026: Apr 15–16, Paris, France Daniela Barbosa and Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO (Qivalis), will hold a fireside chat, “Securing Europe’s Financial Future in the Age of Stablecoins,” to examine the intersection of digital assets and financial innovation. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ghdM2hUf Trust Over IP All Member Meeting: Apr 15, Virtual Quarterly meeting featuring updates from ToIP Working Groups on recent deliverables, including new protocol work and emerging approaches to digital identity and trust infrastructure. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e_SUimSy Introduction to Lockness – Production-Ready MPC ecosystem: Apr 16, Virtual Denis Varlakov and Noah Cornwell (Lockness) will introduce the Lockness ecosystem and discuss making Multi-Party Computation (MPC) more accessible for infrastructure integration and protocol development. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/getGhWq9 Open Standards for Tokenization: Why Interoperability Matters: Apr 22, Virtual Surendra Kalidindi, CTO (OpenAssets), will examine the Open Tokenized Asset Standard (OTAS) and how protocol-agnostic standards enable compliant digital securities to operate across multiple platforms. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gRyUV426 ZK Learning Group: ZoKrates: Apr 24, Virtual Daniel Szego, DLT Architect, leads this session as part of a systematic study group exploring aspects of zero-knowledge and SNARK programming in application development. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g-FmnyA8 HederaCon 2026: May 4, Miami Beach, FL HederaCon convenes builders and ecosystem partners to examine real-world applications of trust infrastructure, featuring a session by Daniela Barbosa. Hedera 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gMb_VNak Consensus 2026, Miami: May 5–7, Miami, FL Daniela Barbosa will speak on privacy-preserving identity and agentic wallets as part of this program exploring the intersection of blockchain, finance, and emerging technologies. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gXdC-BkD Open Source Summit North America: May 18–20, Minneapolis, MN Maintainers, technologists, and community leaders will gather to share knowledge and collaborate on open source solutions and emerging technologies. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gPcpJ2uz #LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource #DigitalAssets #DigitalIdentity #Tokenization