April 23, 2020
The 30th edition of the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) will be taking place from April 28th to 30th, and unlike previous editions, this one will be totally online. The event provides a fantastic opportunity for the Sovrin community to come together to accelerate the SSI mission of “decentralized identity for all”. Someone once said that IIW […]
January 6, 2020
In the space of just a few short months, the landscape for the Hyperledger Identity community has dramatically altered. Three projects now exist within the Hyperledger greenhouse (Indy, Aries, Ursa) offering a plethora of tools and libraries to begin the trusted exchange of decentralized identity credentials. More contributors and maintainers than ever are working together […]
December 20, 2019
It has been thrilling to see the Sovrin community grow by leaps and bounds. With the establishment of Hyperledger Indy, then Hyperledger Ursa, and the new project Hyperledger Aries, widespread adoption of Sovrin compatible products and services is closer than ever. This growing industry of self-sovereign identity (SSI) products and services is part of what drove […]
September 27, 2019
By Daniel Bluhm, Associate Software Engineer, Sovrin Foundation I recently had the opportunity to represent the Sovrin Foundation at Rebooting the Web of Trust IX. The conference was held at a very unique location: a three-story coffee shop in the heart of Prague that only accepts bitcoin payments, with kiosks on each floor to exchange […]
May 14, 2019
The staff of the Sovrin Foundation always looks forward to getting the opportunity to gather together with our colleagues from around the identity community and work together on some of the most pressing issues facing decentralized identity. On April 30, 2019, nearly 270 people working in identity gathered at the Computer History Museum in Mountainview […]
January 16, 2019
The Sovrin Foundation is hosting a Sovrin Agent Connectathon. We will test and develop agents against the established standards that are a part of the Sovrin Agent Protocol. Progress will also be made on establishing new standards for agents. If you have developed an agent for use within the Sovrin ecosystem, this event is for […]
November 2, 2018
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop standards across the internet. Every year the W3C holds combined Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meetings (TPAC). This year TPAC 2018 took place at Cité Centre des Congrès de Lyon, France from October […]
October 31, 2018
Last week was another exciting opportunity for collaborators and contributors to solve identity issues together at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). A team from Sovrin attending IIW was delighted to note that a lot of the talks focused on self-sovereign identity, related systems and the technology in development to make it a reality. For those who […]
October 2, 2018
Attending Grace Hopper Celebration has always been on my professional bucket list. Having worked in the technology industry for over a decade, this event has something of a reputation for those of us who regularly use #womenintech on Twitter and, generally, face little to no wait for our gender specific restroom in our offices. Unlike the […]
October 1, 2018
This past week, Sovrin Foundation CTO Nathan George and Sovrin Security Maven Mike Lodder attended the seventh meeting of Rebooting the Web of Trust (RWOT) in Toronto, Canada. The mission of RWOT is to share ideas, discuss important digital identity topics and write papers on the ideas and technologies being used to improve decentralization for […]
September 4, 2018
The Utah Sovrin Meetup group recently hosted a Developer Brown Bag in Provo, UT that brought together developers from throughout the digital identity ecosystem. Software engineers from BYU’s Pico Labs and the Sovrin community came together with programmers and enthusiasts from companies like Evernym and ControlFusion to talk about Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Pico Engines. […]