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Hiero

Transitioning Hedera CLI to Hiero CLI: Embracing Open Source and Extensibility

The Hedera command-line interface (CLI) is undergoing a significant evolution. We are excited to announce that the Hedera CLI is transitioning to the Hiero CLI, reflecting its new... Read More

Michiel Mulders, Hiero CLI Maintainer | Oct 9, 2025

Web3j

Celebrating Web3j 5: A Journey from 2016 to Today

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Web3j 5, a major milestone in a journey that began back in September 2016. What started as an open source project to make Ethereum... Read More

George Tebrean, Webj3 maintainer and Blockchain Developer at Web3 Lab | Oct 7, 2025

Minokawa

Compact smart contract language is now Minokawa, newest LF Decentralized Trust project

The contribution by Shielded Technologies marks a big milestone in open sourcing the development of tools to advance the vision of a privacy-preserving internet. Read More

Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO at Shielded Technologies and Minokawa Maintainer | Sep 25, 2025

Labs | Smoot

Strengthening Blockchain Interoperability for Enterprises: Harmonia Lab Merges into LFDT Smoot

The blockchain industry has matured significantly over the past decade, but one challenge remains: interoperability. Indeed, with thousands of blockchain networks currently... Read More

Weijia Zhang and Temujin Louie, Smoot maintainers and contributors from the Wanchain team, Marelize Kriel, Harmonia maintainer, and Peter Munnings, COO at Adhara | Sep 18, 2025

Staff Corner

LF Decentralized Trust at One: Accelerating Innovation, Collaboration, and Opportunity

Today marks one year since the launch of Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT). Over the past 12 months, our community has grown, new projects have taken root, and existing... Read More

Daniela Barbosa, General Manager of Decentralized Technologies at the Linux Foundation and Executive Director of LF Decentralized Trust | Sep 16, 2025

Governance

Technical Advisory Council Report: Year One of LF Decentralized Trust

Introduction As we close out the first full year of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT), it’s clear that our community has made meaningful strides in strengthening... Read More

Tracy A. Kuhrt, LF Decentralized Trust TAC Chair | Sep 16, 2025

Hiero

Hiero Turns One! Celebrating a Community-Driven Journey, Milestones, and What’s Ahead

September marks an exciting milestone for Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust’s newest ledger project: Hiero! Over the past year, the Hiero project has grown from an ambitious... Read More

Hiero Community | Sep 16, 2025

Trust Over IP

ToIP and DIF Announce Three New Working Groups for Trust in the Age of AI

Trust Over IP (ToIP), an LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT) project, and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) have launched three new Working Groups focused on digital trust for... Read More

Drummond Reed, Wenjing Chu, and Andor Kesselman | Sep 15, 2025

Case Study | Besu

How EBSI, LACChain, and RBB are building trust into the core of government services with Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project

Read the full case studyhere. Around the world, governments are deploying blockchain as a way to restore public trust and deliver citizen services more effectively. From EBSI in... Read More

LF Decentralized Trust | Aug 26, 2025

Privacy

Bridging Privacy and Public Blockchains: Reflections from the Privacy for Financial Services Workshop

At the inaugural Privacy for Financial Services Workshop hosted by LF Decentralized Trust in New York, a clear signal emerged: privacy is no longer a theoretical aspiration in... Read More

Pradeep Singh, CEO, Gateway.fm | Aug 20, 2025

Staff Corner: Celebrating Ethereum’s 10-Year Anniversary

This summer marks ten years since the Ethereum network launched, forever transforming the blockchain space and introducing the world to smart contracts, decentralized... Read More

Daniela Barbosa, General Manager of Decentralized Technologies at the Linux Foundation and Executive Director of LF Decentralized Trust | Jul 30, 2025

Developer Showcase | Besu | Community Spotlight

Developer Showcase Series: Antonio Mota, Vice President, Applications Developer and Lead Analyst, DLT Centre of Excellence, Citi Innovation Labs

Back to our Developer Showcase Series to learn what developers in the real world are doing with LF Decentralized Trust technologies. Next up is Antonio Mota, Vice President,... Read More

LF Decentralized Trust | Jul 29, 2025

Hyperledger AnonCreds | Digital Identity | Hiero

Building Trust with Code: How DSR, Hedera, and LF Decentralized Trust, Are Advancing Decentralized Identity

A recent LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT) webinar highlighted a significant advancement in self-sovereign identity (SSI) infrastructure: the release of a new plugin enabling... Read More

Diane Mueller, Advisor, Open Source Development, Hedera Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust TAC member | Jun 27, 2025

Hyperledger Aries | Blockchain Pioneers

Blockchain Pioneers: Hyperledger Aries

As Hyperledger Foundation laid out in the Helping a Community Grow by Pruning Inactive Projectspost, there is an important life cycle to well governed open source projects.... Read More

Ry Jones and David Boswell, Community Architects | Jun 23, 2025

Trust Over IP

How Can We Trust What We See Online? Here's One Way Forward

In a world where AI can create photos, videos, and even voices that look and sound real, how do we know what to trust? Read More

Wenjing Chu, Chair of the AI and Human Trust Working Group at Trust over IP, an LF Decentralized Trust project | Jun 12, 2025

Mentorship Program | Web3j

Web3j Mentorship 2025: Meet the Mentees

Applications closed. Reviews done. It’s time to share who’s joining the Web3j mentorships this year under the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust program. This year, there are... Read More

George Tebrean, Hyperledger Webj3 maintainer and Blockchain Developer at Web3 Labs | Jun 10, 2025

Smoot

Meet Smoot: One Framework to Connect All Chains

In 1958, Oliver R. Smoot, a student at MIT, was famously used as a human measuring stick to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge. Smoot, measuring a mere 5 foot 7 inches (1.70... Read More

Dr. Weijia Zhang and Temujin Louie, Smoot Maintainers and proud contributors from the Wanchain team. | May 28, 2025

Mentorship Program | Telecom | Hyperledger Fabric

OAuth 2.0 Authorization in 5G Core Networks: Architecture, Workflows, and Security Challenges

As a precursor to the LF Decentralized Trust Mentorship 2025 Project, “Blockchain-Based OAuth 2.0 Authorization in 5G Core Networks with Hyperledger Fabric,” this blog is the... Read More

Shubham Kumar, LF Decentralized Trust Mentor, and Vipin Rathi, Chair LF Decentralized Trust Telecom SIG | May 22, 2025

Case Study | Hyperledger Indy

Infosys Boosts Efficiency, Security, and Privacy of Credential Verification with Hyperledger Indy and ACA-Py

Read the full case studyhere. Read More

LF Decentralized Trust | May 20, 2025

Hyperledger Cacti | Mentorship Program

Connecting Chains: Building a Polkadot Connector for Hyperledger Cacti

As blockchain ecosystems evolve, interoperability between networks is becoming increasingly vital. During the 2023 Hyperledger Mentorship Program, I had the opportunity to... Read More

Anmol Bansal, Hyperledger Cacti Contributor and Full Stack Web3 Developer at Holonym Foundation | May 12, 2025

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