“This contribution represents a historic moment in the evolution of decentralized networks and is setting a precedent for transparency and collaboration in the blockchain industry. By contributing our codebase to LF Decentralized Trust, as project Hiero, we are reaffirming our commitment to open governance and collaboration. LF Decentralized Trust's mission to advance decentralized systems aligns perfectly with our own goals. We look forward to providing developers with unmatched access to tools and resources, creating an environment where decentralized applications can truly thrive."

– Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies

“Hedera’s commitment to community, governance, and open source development has been a cornerstone for its success,” said Daniela Barbosa, General Manager of Decentralized Technologies at the Linux Foundation and Executive Director of LF Decentralized Trust. “Now, as a premier member, code contributor, and project maintainer, Hedera is building on that commitment and helping ensure there is a neutral home for the decentralized trust technologies and applications that are helping reshape the world. As an open source foundation, LF Decentralized Trust exists to ensure the long-term stability of these critical technologies and encourage global, collective innovation in their development and deployments. Hedera’s support as a premier member is critical to this mission.”

– Charles Adkins, President of Hedera Hashgraph

“Joining LF Decentralized Trust is a natural step in our commitment to accelerating the adoption of decentralized technologies across enterprise and public sectors,” said Pradeep Singh, CEO at Gateway.fm. “As core contributors to Ethereum, Gnosis, and Polygon, Gateway.fm combines deep protocol expertise with a strong understanding of enterprise needs. We believe that decentralized infrastructure is already capable of meeting the demands of large-scale, real-world use cases. Through our open-source technology stack, we enable organizations to build secure, compliant, and privacy-preserving applications that integrate seamlessly with the broader Web3 ecosystem. We’re excited to collaborate with the LF Decentralized Trust community to pave the way for responsible and scalable adoption of decentralized data handling.”

– Pradeep Singh, CEO at Gateway.fm

“We are excited to be joining LF Decentralized Trust for a myriad of reasons, namely the active developer community, networking opportunities, and sense of purpose it is fostering to facilitate next-generation infrastructure," said Nicholas Racz, Partner at Key State Capital. "The foundation has a fantastic team supporting these global initiatives, and it’s a pleasure to support our ecosystem together.” 

– Nicholas Racz, Partner at Key State Capital

"Joining the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust marks a pivotal step for Silence Laboratories as we embed privacy‑preserving computation at the heart of tomorrow’s digital infrastructure,” said Jay Prakash, Co‑founder & CEO of Silence Laboratories. “Our proven work in Multi‑Party Computation (MPC) has shown that sensitive data can be computed on—never exposed—across digital assets and the financial ecosystem. As part of LF Decentralized Trust, we plan to contribute the next wave of breakthroughs, including a post‑quantum‑ready MPC stack and our forthcoming Cryptographic Computing VM (CCVM)—a modular runtime that lets developers build verifiable, policy‑enforced applications without touching raw data. Together with the LF Decentralized Trust community, we’ll set new standards for scalable, interoperable, and fully compliant privacy‑preserving computing, accelerating the emergence of transparent, trustworthy financial and digital‑asset ecosystems.”

– Jay Prakash, Co‑founder & CEO of Silence Laboratories

“Open innovation has powered the internet’s growth and collaboration,” said Michael Nicklas, Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group. “As digital finance and blockchain redefine value creation, open source technology will be equally vital. That's why Valor Capital Group is proud to join the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust. Through our team and portfolio, we're committed to building an open tokenized economy.”

– Michael Nicklas, Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group

“As a founding member of Trust over IP (ToIP), we are excited to see the ToIP community join LF Decentralized Trust,” said Wenjing Chu of Futurewei Technologies. “We remain committed to the trust stack we’re building with the community—especially the Trust Spanning Protocol (TSP), a fundamental building block for ensuring authenticity, accountability, privacy, and interoperability in digital technology and artificial intelligence worldwide. Open source and open standards are crucial digital public infrastructures, and we look forward to collaborating with the broader LF Decentralized Trust community to advance this global foundation.”

– Wenjing Chu, CEO of Futurewei Technologies

“GLEIF is committed to advancing global trust through open and verifiable organisational identity,” said Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF. “By joining LF Decentralized Trust, we strengthen our collaboration with the ToIP community to drive adoption of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and verifiable LEI (vLEI) in the digital asset ecosystem. As decentralized finance and tokenized markets evolve, trusted and interoperable identity solutions like the vLEI will be essential for ensuring compliance, transparency, and security. We look forward to working with LF Decentralized Trust and the broader community to enable seamless and verifiable organisational identity in the decentralised economy.”

– Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF

“Open source approaches will be essential in the next phase of blockchain development, and the Axelar community has shown a strong commitment to building an open source stack," said Sergey Gorbunov, CEO of Interop Labs and co-founder of Axelar Protocol. “We at Interop Labs are proud to support the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust to advance transparency, reliability, security, and efficiency in future iterations of the internet.” 

– Sergey Gorbunov, CEO of Interop Labs and co-founder of Axelar Protocol

“Joining LF Decentralized Trust allows us to collaborate with like-minded industry leaders to discuss, develop and accelerate the launch of next-generation solutions,” said Humphrey Valenbreder, Chief Executive Officer, Partior. “This very much aligns with our goal at Partior to address real-world challenges in cross-border payments, while creating an infrastructure where the future of finance is now.”

– Humphrey Valenbreder, Chief Executive Officer, Partior

“AYANWORKS is thrilled to join LF Decentralized Trust and collaborate with its global community,” said Kalyan Kulkarni, Co-founder & CEO of AYANWORKS. “This membership further expands our contributions to the open-source community and marks a significant milestone in our journey to empower individuals and organizations with self-sovereign identity capabilities. We plan to be active code contributors and play a hands-on role in advancing the adoption of decentralized identity solutions globally, fostering trust, security, and privacy for all.”

– Kalyan Kulkarni, Co-founder & CEO of AYANWORKS.

“Joining LF Decentralized Trust is a natural extension of Dhiway's commitment to building secure and open digital infrastructures that empower individuals and organizations,” said Satish Mohan, CEO, Dhiway. “As a company at the forefront of decentralized identity and data tokenization, we are excited to collaborate with the Linux Foundation and the global community to drive innovation, enhance interoperability, and establish a new paradigm of digital trust. We look forward to working with this community to create solutions that are not only transformative but also accessible and reliable, ensuring a more transparent, secure, and inclusive digital future.”

– Satish Mohan, CEO, Dhiway

“We are excited to join LF Decentralized Trust and look forward to contributing and learning from the experiences of this vibrant global community,” said R Vivekanand, President BFSI Products & Platforms, TCS. “We believe blockchain is a foundational technology that will see widespread adoption by governments, businesses, and society. This engagement will help us partner with our customers in the creation of innovative business ecosystems that can benefit from the trust and transparency this technology delivers.”

– R Vivekanand, President BFSI Products & Platforms, TCS

"Secure, reliable, and inclusive interoperability is essential for the widespread adoption of decentralized infrastructure," said Temujin Louie, CEO, Wanchain. "As we continue our efforts to develop industry-wide DLT interoperability specifications, we are excited to join LF Decentralized Trust and collaborate with a community of top companies and projects to shape the impact of blockchain technology on the global stage."

– Temujin Louie, CEO, Wanchain

“We're excited to join Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust and work with the community to grow Lockness, a new project that we contributed,” said Clarisse Hagège, CEO of Dfns. “This will be the first platform to bring together all major cryptographic protocols and digital signatures in one place. By sharing our software with LF Decentralized Trust, we're reinforcing our belief in the value of trustworthy open-source communities. Our goal is to make cryptographic protocols like MPC, TSS, and ZKP a key part of institutional tech systems and widely used across industries. We believe this can only happen in an environment like the one the Linux Foundation creates, where open-source code is carefully reviewed and managed to build lasting trust. We're excited to keep growing and contributing to the digital asset and blockchain industry with technology that’s both valuable and freely available.” 

– Clarisse Hagège, CEO of Dfns

“The Exponential Science Foundation joining the Linux Foundation and LF Decentralized Trust represents a significant step forward for our open source initiatives and the practical application of distributed ledger technologies,” said Dr. Paolo Tasca, Founder and Chairman of the Exponential Science Foundation. “Bringing our expertise to LF Decentralizes Trust’s project ecosystem will accelerate the development of trustworthy, scalable solutions that will define the future of Web3 ecosystems. We expect our membership to demonstrate how open collaboration can transform theoretical breakthroughs into real-world applications, fostering a more transparent, efficient, and inclusive digital economy.”

– Dr. Paolo Tasca, Founder and Chairman of the Exponential Science Foundation

“We are excited to join Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust as a Founding Member and strengthen our partnership with a community dedicated to open-source technology," Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph. “Trust is essential for the widespread adoption of DLT and decentralized systems, and we are committed to collaborating with fellow members and projects to build innovative, scalable solutions. We see significant potential in enhancing interoperability and are eager to advance these initiatives."

– Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph

“We are thrilled to announce Ownera’s membership in LF Decentralized Trust, a significant milestone in our mission to advance interoperability within the digital asset space," said Ami Ben David, Founder and CEO of Ownera. "By joining forces with the industry’s brightest minds, we are committed to connecting ecosystem participants that are currently operating in silos. Ownera is working to provide buy side institutions with one seamless gateway to access digital asset products. This mission of LF Decentralized Trust aligns perfectly with our vision of creating a more unified and efficient digital asset marketplace. We’re excited about the potential impact our collective work will have on the future of finance.” 

– Ami Ben David, Founder and CEO of Ownera

“Joining LF Decentralized Trust fits with our goal of making web3 more accessible and shaping a new, more democratic internet,” said Brian Trunzo, VP Global Head of Business Development at Polygon Labs. “We're focused on building a network of interconnected blockchains through the AggLayer and contributing to key scaling tools like Polygon PoS, zkEVM, Miden, and CDK. We're committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible with blockchain technology.”

– Brian Trunzo, VP Global Head of Business Development at Polygon Labs.

"BrBPO joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust driven by the strong synergy between our offerings and values and the decentralized trust technologies the foundation promotes," said Carlos Eduardo Quilici Gurgulino de Souza, CEO, BrBPO. "Managing critical operations and sensitive data is central to our services, which compels us to ensure maximum trustworthiness/reliability from user identity to information storage. Therefore, we see joining not just as a strategic alignment, but as an opportunity to actively contribute to strengthening the LF Decentralized Trust ecosystem by collaborating directly in the development of its platforms."

– Carlos Eduardo Quilici Gurgulino de Souza, CEO, BrBPO

"Our membership in LF Decentralized Trust and collaboration with the Hyperledger Fabric community represent a groundbreaking moment in Gala’s journey to reshape entertainment through decentralized technology," said Eric Schiermeyer, founder and CEO of Gala Games. "With GalaChain, we’re creating a blockchain specifically designed for the worlds of gaming, film, and music—an industry-first. We’re excited to work with the best in the field, driving innovation and setting the standard for Web3 entertainment."

– Eric Schiermeyer, founder and CEO of Gala Games

“Mastercard and the Linux Foundation share a common vision to drive innovation, set new standards for digital transactions, and foster a more inclusive and efficient digital economy,” said Raj Dhamodharan, executive vice president, Blockchain and Digital Assets at Mastercard. “As a founding member of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, we’re excited to bring our expertise and Multi-Token Network (MTN) solution together to advance secure, scalable, and interoperable solutions that support the future of global financial applications and services."

– Raj Dhamodharan, executive vice president, Blockchain and Digital Assets at Mastercard

“Qila.io is excited to become a member of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, contributing to the transformative journey of Web3 infrastructure, where decentralized solutions are reshaping value creation,” stated Sid Ugrankar, CEO of Qila. “By joining this esteemed initiative, we are committed to empowering enterprises, developers, and communities to seamlessly adopt blockchain and tokenization technologies. Our focus is on fostering innovation and transparency to support a more secure and inclusive digital ecosystem, driving impactful changes, and helping to build the decentralized economy of tomorrow.”

- Sid Ugrankar, CEO of Qila

"The Stellar Development Foundation is joining LF Decentralized Trust because it aligns with our mission to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology," said Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon. "Being a part of LF Decentralized Trust allows the Stellar Development Foundation to collaborate with other leaders in blockchain to shape this technology and deliver real-world utility that solves problems for people."

- Denelle Dixon, CEO Stellar Development Foundation

“Real change is driven by a combination of innovative technologies, active developer communities sharing common values, and resilient business leaders with vision. Progress is more powerful when we enable multiparty systems that truly prioritize users and acknowledge the interconnected nature of numerous products and services. As a founding member of the LF Decentralized Trust, Accenture will work alongside the vast developer community, our clients, and our partner network to apply the strength of decentralized systems and drive impactful change in this world.” 

– Michael Klein, Managing Director and Blockchain Technology Lead for Accenture

“The adoption of decentralized infrastructure is at an inflection point, reflecting the increasing demand from both enterprises and consumers for more secure and transparent digital transactions. As the industry leader for onchain data, blockchain abstraction, and interoperability, we’re excited to see the formation of the LF Decentralized Trust and to expand our collaboration with leading financial institutions on advancing tokenized assets and the onchain economy at large.” 

– Todd Barr, CMO, Chainlink Labs

“The expanded scope of the LF Decentralized Trust is a welcome development to further support the evolution of decentralized technologies and assess a broader set of tools with the potential to reshape financial infrastructures. We look forward to building on our collaboration with the Linux Foundation and exploring new opportunities that complement Citi’s efforts to innovate and scale our digital assets capabilities for our firm and our clients.” 

– Ryan Rugg, Head of Digital Assets for Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi

"The formation of the LF Decentralized Trust reflects the growing demand for open source resources that are critical to the management and functionality of decentralized systems such as the Canton Network. We look forward to deepening our relationship with the Linux Foundation and the new LF Decentralized Trust umbrella to support their goals of fostering innovation and collaboration across the industry." 

– Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Asset

"We are encouraged by the launch of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust. This initiative is a major step forward in our commitment to decentralized technologies that drive transparency, security, and efficiency. We look forward to partnering with LF Decentralized Trust to modernize infrastructure across vital sectors and foster a digital-first global economy." 

– Perianne Boring, Founder and CEO, The Digital Chamber

“As a founding member of the Hyperledger Foundation, and given our unique position in the financial markets, we recognize the vast potential for open source innovation and decentralized technologies when it comes to reducing risk, increasing resiliency and improving security. The expansion of Hyperledger Foundation into LF Decentralized Trust represents an exciting opportunity to continue expanding these groundbreaking technologies.” 

– Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Global Head of Technology, Research and Innovation, at DTCC

“Various Hyperledger projects are an integral part in the tech stack of our research activities, which mainly focus on digital identity and digitizing processes. It has been great to collaborate and contribute in such an important open-source endeavor in the past, and we are looking forward to continuing to do so as these projects become part of LF Decentralized Trust.” 

– Andreas Sommerwerk, Researcher at T-Labs, Deutsche Telekom

"As long-standing contributors to the Linux Foundation and Hyperledger, Hedera is excited about the launch of LF Decentralized Trust, which is broader and more inclusive. Firmly supporting the foundation of open source — transparency and meritocracy — we are united in our commitment to fostering the adoption of decentralized technologies. We applaud the efforts of the Linux Foundation to form the Decentralized Trust project and look forward to driving more engagement from our own ecosystem.” 

– Charles Adkins, President of Hedera

“As the Government Chief Information Officer for the Ministry of Citizens’ Services, I am pleased to support the launch of LF Decentralized Trust. This project under the Linux Foundation aligns with our commitment to work in the open. By fostering collaboration, sharing updates, and making community-built trust technologies widely available, LF Decentralized Trust will strengthen the framework for critical services. We believe it will also enhance the success of Aries Cloud Agent-Python, an award-winning open-source software used globally, which the Government of British Columbia led the creation of. This software is vital for decentralized trust ecosystems.” 

– CJ Ritchie, Associate Deputy Minister and Government Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Citizens' Services, Government of British Columbia

“The establishment of LF Decentralized Trust is expected to accelerate the innovation and utilization of blockchain and other foundational technologies, leading to their adoption by a greater number of users in the world.” 

– Kei Fukuta, Director of Blockchain Planning Department, Hitachi

“LF Decentralized Trust demonstrates the substantial progress being made within our pioneering ecosystem. At IntellectEU, we are dedicated to this initiative, supporting various open-source frameworks under the LF Decentralized Trust umbrella through our enterprise-ready infrastructure management solution, Catalyst Blockchain Manager. We look forward to collaborating with the expanded community and creating opportunities for innovation and cross-pollination in decentralized technologies.” 

– Hanna Zubko, Co-founder and CEO, IntellectEU Inc.

“LF Decentralized Trust represents a significant advancement in the pursuit of secure, transparent, and efficient supply chain management and verifiable credentials in the healthcare industry. This initiative by the Linux Foundation aligns perfectly with industry goals around leveraging decentralized technologies to enhance patient outcomes and operational efficiency. I am excited to see the collaborative innovation it will bring to the industry.” 

– Daniel Pietrzykoski,  Technical Strategy & Product Innovation - Blockchain & Program Management, Johnson & Johnson

“LF Decentralized Trust represents a significant opportunity to build a more secure and decentralized future, providing open technology infrastructure needed to advance the ecosystem. Kaleido is committed to this initiative and to collaborating in the open so that together we can bring enterprise capabilities to digital assets technologies.” 

– Steve Cerveny, Founder and CEO, Kaleido

"The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has always been a strong proponent of decentralized protocols and technologies. We have been actively collaborating with Hyperledger Fabric and its community. We are excited about NPCI's inclusion in LF Decentralized Trust. This engagement allows us to connect with the broader decentralized tech ecosystem and promote its adoption. We look forward to this new and exciting opportunity to collaborate with the LF Decentralized Trust community.” 

– Mr. Vishal Kanvaty, CTO, NPCI

“Oracle is a longstanding member of the Hyperledger Foundation and has both benefited from and collaborated on the open source technologies that evolved under the Foundation’s ‘greenhouse.’ One of the most notable outcomes is Oracle Blockchain Platform based on Hyperledger Fabric – a foundation used by many Oracle customers for their enterprise blockchain applications. As these applications have evolved to include digital assets, decentralized identity, and other multi-party systems, we welcome the expansion of the Hyperledger Foundation into LF Decentralized Trust, which creates an opportunity to increase our collaboration with the open source community on a broader range of decentralized technologies.” 

– Mark Rakhmilevich, Vice President, Blockchain Product Management, Oracle

“We see a growing demand for decentralized trust in the open industry ecosystem of sellers and developers with integrated hardware and software. LF Decentralized Trust, with its commitment to open development and governance, is uniquely positioned to meet this demand by fostering collaboration and innovation.”

– Andreas Kind, VP Cybersecurity & Trust, Siemens

“LF Decentralized Trust marks a pivotal moment for the future of decentralized technologies. As a leader in the layer one ecosystem, we at Stellar are excited to take an active role in the open governance that the Linux Foundation champions. This initiative will drive forward the innovation and adoption of decentralized systems, ensuring a transparent, secure, and efficient infrastructure for global digital transactions.” 

– Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation

“Visa is supportive of a neutral and open-source approach that the Linux Foundation has been taking from the start. It encourages a unique developer ecosystem that is now being fast adopted by different enterprises for various use cases. This is important as we look to the future of developments in blockchain and tokenization, where an open-source, developer-led environment will help to continuously improve and evolve the software that underlies some of the core infrastructure that many financial institutions are utilizing.” 

– Catherine Gu, Head of CBDC and Tokenized Assets, Visa

"I am excited to learn about the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust initiative, which represents a pivotal step toward further simplifying and accelerating enterprise efforts to develop innovative decentralized solutions. By fostering an open and collaborative environment, this initiative will empower enterprises to focus their resources effectively, driving forward transparency, security, and efficiency in the digital economy." 

– David Palmer, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Pairpoint, Vodafone

"Intersect is proud to support initiatives like the Linux Foundation’s Decentralized Trust, which mirror our commitment to open, inclusive governance. By fostering global collaboration, we can empower ecosystems like Cardano to co-create the future, ensuring decentralization remains at the heart of innovation."

- Jack Briggs, Director, Ecosystem & Marketing, Intersect

"Our partnership with LF Decentralized has made it possible for hundreds of faculty and students from our network 65 HBCUs to participate in informative webinars that we have offered. LF Decentralized Trust's focus on learning and diversity is commendable. The expert team that has assisted us in developing and offering so many workshops and webinars has been simply fantastic! We are proud to be a member of LF Decentralized Trust in developing the talent for a diverse workforce!"

- Ali Emdad, Executive Director, The National FinTech Center

"After 8 years of building leading open-source decentralized technologies, the expansion of Hyperledger to LF Decentralized Trust offers us the opportunity to broaden our focus and enable the Linux community to collaboratively create the future of decentralized trust, accelerating both the innovation and adoption of decentralized technologies."

Oscar Lage, Head of Cybersecurity & Blockchain Research, Technalia

"It is great to see this vision come together and truly get started toward decentralized governance, technology, and support functions for all those incredible technologies. Also great to see Identus move into this new home as well!"

- Christian Taylor, Head of Open Source Office, Intersect