Hi there, explore this month's highlights from our global community! Click on any bullet below to read more. 

Main Announcements

• Welcome to Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust! 

• Introducing Hiero: Bringing Hedera’s Core Network Software to Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

• Lockness: A new home for trusted key cryptography

• Hyperledger Fabric v3: Delivering Smart Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus

• Introducing Signare, a Hyperledger Lab

Events & Webinars

• Join the Besu community on Oct 29 8AM PST for the workshop, "Besu Plug-ins: Fork-free Client Modifications to Extend Besu Use-Cases." This will be an in-depth exploration of Besu plug-ins, where we’ll unveil how they can enable fork-free client modifications to extend Besu’s use cases.
• Meridian 2024, the Stellar Development Foundation’s annual conference: 50% off tickets for community - London, Oct 15-17
• Chainlink SmartCon 2024: Join the Global Web3 & Finance Convergence - Hong Kong, Oct 30-31
• Join us for the virtual Blockchain & AI Expo - Oct 31
• Join us at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024. Nov 6-8. Register here with a 20% discount.
• Devcon 2024 Bangkok: Hart Montgomery on Open Source Lessons from Linux Foundation - Nov 12-15

Member News

• Fnality tech partner Adhara collaborates with Ownera for tokenization interoperability
• Hedera transfers the entire code to the Linux Foundation: a journey towards decentralization
• Nigerian think tank, Soramitsu partner on blockchain study
• Print2Block Joins Linux Foundation’s Decentralised Trust Initiative As Founding Member
• Hedera Joins MiCA Crypto Alliance with Ripple and Aptos, Launches Asset Tokenization Studio

LF Decentralized Trust & Technologies in the News:

• Linux debuts decentralized trust with Hedera and 100+ members (Cointelegraph)
• Hyperledger rolls into Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust as Hedera transfers code (Ledger Insights)
• Linux Foundation: New organizations for blockchain and developer relations (Heise Online)
• Building a Decentralized Identity Management System with Hyperledger Indy and React (Dev)
• Pledging the ledger: At the tipping point of blockchain networks that work together (Waters Technology) 

LF Decentralized Trust Projects in Action

• HSBC issues HK$1 billion digital bond using Orion DLT (Hyperledger Fabric)
• How Paraguay is Redefining Blockchain Sovereignty with Legaledger – No More Gas Fees (Besu, Hyperledger Fabric)
• Northern Trust launches carbon ecosystem using blockchain (Besu)
• UN Agency IFAD wins global award for fund traceability innovation using blockchain (Hyperledger Fabric)

• Cartórios 'onchain': Blokchain já é responsável por registrar 40% de todas as notas dos cartórios do Brasil {'Onchain' notary offices: Blockchain is already responsible for registering 40% of all notes in Brazilian notary offices) (Hyperledger Fabric)