Draft:Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
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Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF Decentralized Trust) is an umbrella project of the Linux Foundation created to "consolidate and leverage the Linux Foundation’s extensive portfolio in blockchain and digital identity."{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Daisy |date=2024-06-28 |title=How Will LF Decentralized Trust Transform Digital Identity Tech? |url=https://b2bdaily.com/fintech/how-will-lf-decentralized-trust-transform-digital-identity-tech/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=B2Bdaily.com |language=en-US}} It hosts the collaborative development of a number of open source technologies that support decentralized networks and applications. These technologies, which include Besu, Hiero, Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperledger Iroha, are used in government{{Cite web |title=NIC India Hosts 8 Million Govt. Documents On Five Blockchains |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/cryptocurrency/nic-india-hosts-8-million-govt-documents-on-five-blockchains/91885/1 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=CEDTyClea |date=2025-03-12 |title=Local governments, barangays tap digital document handling solutions |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/technology/2025/03/13/658916/local-governments-barangays-tap-digital-document-handling-solutions/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=BusinessWorld Online |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Napolitano |first=Decrypt / Liz |date=2024-10-09 |title=Island Nation Palau Puts Digital Savings Bonds on Blockchain |url=https://decrypt.co/285467/palau-digital-savings-bonds-blockchain |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Decrypt |language=en-US}}, finance{{Cite web |last=PYMNTS |date=2025-05-14 |title=Why Central Banks Are Piloting Monetary Policy Tools for Blockchain |url=https://www.pymnts.com/blockchain/2025/why-central-banks-are-piloting-monetary-policy-tools-for-blockchain/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=PYMNTS.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Blakey |first=Douglas |date=2024-08-20 |title=Blockchain goes banking mainstream |url=https://www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com/comment/blockchain-goes-banking-mainstream-scott-zoldi-fico/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Electronic Payments International |language=en-US}} and supply chain{{Cite news |date=2022-01-05 |title=How Walmart Canada Uses Blockchain to Solve Supply-Chain Challenges |url=https://hbr.org/2022/01/how-walmart-canada-uses-blockchain-to-solve-supply-chain-challenges |access-date=2025-06-11 |work=Harvard Business Review |language=en |issn=0017-8012}}{{Cite web |last=Insights |first=Ledger |date=2021-05-12 |title=Volvo owned Polestar adopts blockchain to track emissions |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/volvo-owned-polestar-blockchain-to-track-emissions-circulor/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise |language=en-US}} networks and applications around the world. These include asset tokenization projects and products from BIS{{Cite web |last=Insights |first=Ledger |date=2023-06-16 |title=BIS, Bank of England complete CBDC trial using blockchain |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/cbdc-bis-bank-of-england-blockchain-rosalind/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise |language=en-US}}, Citi{{Cite web |last=Insights |first=Ledger |date=2024-10-11 |title=Citi Token Services for Cash goes live |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/citi-token-services-for-cash-goes-live/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise |language=en-US}}, DTCC{{Cite web |date=2025-04-02 |title=DTCC launches blockchain-based collateral management |url=https://www.americanbanker.com/news/dtcc-launches-blockchain-based-collateral-management |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=American Banker |language=en}}, HSBC{{Cite web |last=Insights |first=Ledger |date=2024-09-27 |title=HSBC issues HK$1 billion digital bond using Orion DLT |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/hsbc-issues-hk1-billion-digital-bond-using-orion-dlt/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise |language=en-US}} and Swift{{Cite web |last=Insights |first=Ledger |date=2023-03-09 |title=SWIFT cross border CBDC solution to progress to beta |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swift-cross-border-cbdc-interoperability/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise |language=en-US}} as well as Central Bank Digital Currency projects in a growing number of countries{{Cite web |title=Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker |url=https://cbdctracker.org/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker |language=en}}, including Brazil{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Ian |date=2023-08-21 |title=Brazil names CBDC 'Drex' as central bank expands tests of DLT-based platform |url=https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/brazil-names-cbdc-drex-expands-tests-dlt-platform/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.globalgovernmentfintech.com |language=en-US}}, Cambodia{{Cite web |last=xuJsZKsm8uNMLfX4 |date=2022-01-04 |title=NBC's Bakong wins Nikkei award for financial inclusion - Khmer Times |url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000809/nbcs-bakong-wins-nikkei-award-for-financial-inclusion/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |language=en-US}}, France{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Ian |date=2023-07-27 |title=Banque de France shares lessons from 12 wholesale CBDC DLT experiments |url=https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/banque-de-france-shares-lessons-from-12-wholesale-cbdc-dlt-experiments/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.globalgovernmentfintech.com |language=en-US}}, Nepal{{Cite web |last=Rauniyar |first=Dr Komal |date=2025-05-20 |title=CBDCs and the future of money: A global shift towards sovereign digital currency |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/cbdcs-and-the-future-of-money-a-global-shift-towards-sovereign-digital-currency |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}} and the Philippines{{Cite web |last=CEDTyClea |date=2024-07-24 |title=BSP says on track with study and testing of its own digital currency |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/2024/07/25/610130/bsp-says-on-track-with-study-and-testing-of-its-own-digital-currency/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=BusinessWorld Online |language=en-US}}. LF Decentralized Trust technologies are also being adopted as platforms for content authentication{{Cite web |last=McGrath |first=Catherine |title=EXCLUSIVE: OpenOrigins, a blockchain software to combat deepfakes, expands globally with $4.5 million from Galaxy |url=https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/10/31/exclusive-openorigins-a-blockchain-software-to-combat-deep-fakes-expands-globally-with-4-5-million-from-galaxy/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Fortune Crypto |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=trust scorecard |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundations-trust-scorecards-aim-to-battle-rising-open-source-security-threats/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=ZDNET |language=en}} and identity{{Cite web |date=2024-07-06 |title=Blockchain do Hyperledger ajuda a identificar mais de 8 milhões de brasileiros e ganha prêmio internacional |url=https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/hyperledger-blockchain-helps-identify-more-than-8-million-brazilians-and-wins-international-award |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Cointelegraph |language=pt-BR}} solutions.
History and aims
The Linux Foundation announced plans to create LF Decentralized Trust in June, 2024 to "in reaction to the increasing adoption of decentralized technologies."{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Linux Foundation supporting wider array of decentralized technologies {{!}} Biometric Update |url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/202406/linux-foundation-supporting-wider-array-of-decentralized-technologies |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.biometricupdate.com |language=en-US}} Decentralized technologies are core technologies for asset tokenization{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Roomy |title=Asset Tokenization - A Trillion Dollar Market Opportunity |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/roomykhan/2023/06/29/asset-tokenization-a-trillion-dollar-market-opportunity-jp-morgan-blackrock-and-goldman-think-so/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}, decentralized finance{{Cite web |last=Market.us |date=2024-12-24 |title=Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Revolutionizing the Future of Financial Systems" |url=https://www.globaltrademag.com/decentralized-finance-defi-revolutionizing-the-future-of-financial-systems/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Global Trade Magazine}}, trade finance{{Cite web |last=PYMNTS |date=2025-04-14 |title=Rise of Embedded Trade Finance Rests on Tokenization and Interoperability |url=https://www.pymnts.com/supply-chain/2025/rise-embedded-trade-finance-dependant-tokenization-interoperability/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=PYMNTS.com |language=en-US}} and digital identity{{Cite report |url=https://itif.org/publications/2024/09/23/path-to-digital-identity-in-the-united-states/ |title=The Path to Digital Identity in the United States |last=Johnson |first=Ash |date=2024-09-23 |language=en}} {{Cite web |last=Ribes |first=Pierrick |date=2023-08-04 |title=Transforming Governance For The Digital Era: How Governments Around The World Are Adopting Blockchain And Web3 |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-ae/technology/transforming-governance-for-the-digital-era-how/456888 |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en}}networks.
In September 2024, the Linux Foundation launched LF Decentralized Trust as a new umbrella organization for open source blockchain, ledger, identity, interoperability, cryptographic, and related technologies, standards, specifications and communities. At launch, it encompassed two Linux Foundation projects: Hyperledger Foundation and Trust over IP Foundation.{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |date=2024-09-18 |title=Linux Foundation: New organizations for blockchain and developer relations |url=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Linux-Foundation-New-organizations-for-blockchain-and-developer-relations-9881458.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=c't Magazin |language=en}} Two additional code bases were contributed at launch as well: Hiero, the distributed ledger technology used to build the Hedera public ledger{{Cite news |last=Thuo |first=Charles |date=Sep 16, 2024 |title=Hedera donates entire codebase to Linux Foundation's Decentralized Trust |url=https://invezz.com/news/2024/09/16/hedera-donates-entire-codebase-to-linux-foundations-decentralized-trust/ |work=Invezz}}, and Lockness, a cryptographic key management system contributed by DFNS.{{Cite web |last=Daws |first=Ryan |date=2024-09-16 |title=Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust aims for web3 innovation |url=https://www.developer-tech.com/news/linux-foundation-decentralized-trust-aims-web3-innovation/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Developer Tech News |language=en-GB}}
The leadership for LF Decentralized Trust includes Daniela Barbosa, executive director, and Hart Montgomery, CTO.{{Cite web |title=Staff - LF Decentralized Trust |url=https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/staff |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=lfdecentralizedtrust.org |language=en}}
Members and governance
LF Decentralized Trust is a member-supported, not-for-profit organization. The member communities as well as the projects from Hyperledger Foundation and Trust over IP Foundation became part of LF Decentralized Trust at launch. There are more than 100 members of LF Decentralized Trust, including Accenture, DTCC, Hitachi, Polygon, Wanchain and Tata Consultancy Services.{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Martijn van |date=2024-09-17 |title=Blockchain and digital identity initiatives find a new home |url=https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/124474/blockchain-and-digital-identity-initiatives-find-a-new-home/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Techzine Global |language=en}}
The six-member governing board overseeing the foundation is chaired by Dr. Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Technology, Research and Innovation, at DTCC{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Kevin |date=2025-03-19 |title=LF Decentralized Trust Appoints Johnna Powell as Governing Board Chair |url=https://www.citybiz.co/article/673452/lf-decentralized-trust-appoints-johnna-powell-as-governing-board-chair/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=citybiz |language=en-US}}. Technical governance happens at two levels. The Technical Advisory Council provides governance across projects. Each individual project also has a Technical Steering Committee to make decisions for its individual community.{{Cite web |title=Charter – LF Decentralized Trust |url=https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/about/charter |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=lfdecentralizedtrust.org |language=en}}
Key projects
Besu - An enterprise-grade Ethereum client for that works with public and private Ethereum blockchains. It is the third most popular Ethereum client{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Hyperledger launches Besu blockchain financial services working group as Citi joins |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/hyperledger-launches-financial-services-besu-blockchain-working-group-as-citi-joins/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Ledger Insights |language=en-US}} and, according to a 2024 Blockdaemon survey of 92 financial institutions, the most widely adopted software for asset tokenization{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Derek |date=2024-03-19 |title=Hyperledger onboards Citi, forms Besu working group headed by DTCC |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/hyperledger-onboards-citi-forms-besu-working-group-headed-dtcc |work=Cointelegraph}}. A 35-member Besu Financial Services Working Group, led by DTCC, was established to help shape the Besu roadmap. Besu is the platform for Brazil's Drex CBDC{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Ian |date=2024-09-10 |title=Brazil central bank confirms projects for next digital currency tests |url=https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/brazil-central-bank-drex-phase-two-themes/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=globalgovernmentfintech.com |language=en-US}}
Hiero - The Hashgraph consensus algorithm, core services, and related tools underpinning the Hedera network.{{Cite web |last=blogger |date=2024-09-16 |title=Hedera joins Linux Foundation, donates source code to new project - TECHTELEGRAPH |url=https://techtelegraph.co.uk/hedera-joins-linux-foundation-donates-source-code-to-new-project/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |language=en-GB}}
Hyperledger Cacti - A pluggable enterprise-grade framework that enable blockchain networks to interoperate. It is a low code, standardized integration.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Blockchain interoperability framework Hyperledger Cactus goes into production |url=https://www.ledgerinsights.com/blockchain-interoperability-framework-hyperledger-cactus-goes-into-production/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Ledger Insights |language=en-US}}
Hyperledger Fabric - An enterprise-grade permissioned blockchain platform with a modular architecture, Smart Contracts (called "chaincode" in Fabric) and versatility for a broad set of industry use cases.{{Cite web |title=A Blockchain Platform for the Enterprise — Hyperledger Fabric Docs main documentation |url=https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/release-2.5/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io}} In 2024, Hyperledger Fabric 3.0 was released with the SmartBFT protocol.{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Martijn van |date=2024-09-17 |title=Blockchain and digital identity initiatives find a new home |url=https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/124474/blockchain-and-digital-identity-initiatives-find-a-new-home/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Techzine Global |language=en}}
The project LF Decentralized Trust mix is continuously evolving. The full project matrix lives [https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/project-matrix here].
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