ArcBlock has officially joined the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), the leading
consortium formed to create and promote an ecosystem where decentralized
identities are built using blockchain-based ID systems.
The foundation is made up of a diverse group of companies, startups and
open-source projects including other blockchain and technology leaders like
Microsoft, Accenture, NEC, IBM, Hyperledger and more.
Recently, ArcBlock released their new DID ABT Wallet for consumers and decentralized identity
solutions for businesses and developers through their Forge Blockchain
Application Framework that makes it easy to add decentralized identity
capabilities into any DApp or blockchain-ready service. By joining the
DIF, ArcBlock will be working with other leading decentralized identity
organizations to help create and promote secure and interoperable protocols and
decentralized identifiers and ensuring that users of ArcBlock's blockchain
ecosystem have access to expanded marketplaces and services with using apps
like the ABT Wallet.
Robert Mao, CEO of ArcBlock said, "we are excited to announce ArcBlock
has joined the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) as a complement to our
existing efforts to make decentralized identity available to everyone through
our Forge Blockchain Application Framework and recently
launched ABT Wallet. We are excited to join together with other like-minded
organizations and expand our partnerships with Microsoft, and IBM, and making
blockchain-enabled services and decentralized identity across their entire
ecosystems."
The Foundation said that "Our members come from different backgrounds,
market verticals, and regions of the world-in many cases are direct
competitors. However, this diverse set of individuals and organizations is
bound by a common creed: the belief that identity is composed of a deeply
personal collection of data that defines us, and your identity should answer to
no one but you."
As a next step, ArcBlock's identity team will be
joining the active DIF working groups and will be adding their expertise,
open-sourced DID protocols and other decentralized identity tools to the
community and working with everyone to make the vision of self-sovereignty a
reality.