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Developing a complete architecture for Internet Digital Trust.

And a better Internet for everyone.

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Who We Are

We’re an independent project hosted within the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust Foundation umbrella, working with pan-industry support from leading organizations around the world.

Our mission is to provide a robust, common standard and complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust.

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OUR WORK

Technology architecture

Announcing the First Public Review Draft of the ToIP Technology Architecture V1.0 Specification

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Trust Spanning Protocol Specification

The first Implementers Draft is available of the protocol that is to digital trust what the Internet Protocol (IP) is to digital data.

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Trust Registry Query Protocol Specification V2.0

An Implementers Draft is now available for The Trust Registry Query Protocol: a simple and consistent way to programmatically get answers from authoritative ecosystem sources.

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ACDC Task Force public review

We’re pleased to announce a 30-day public review of three specifications from the Authentic Chained Data Container (ACDC) Task Force.

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Latest News

May 12, 2025 in Blog

2025-05-01 Agri-food Data Canada – Carly Huitema

Learn about Agri-food Data Canada's Semantic Engine, a suite of tools designed to enhance research data management in the agri-food sector by making data FAIR. Podcast and YouTube inside.
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May 12, 2025 in Blog

EGWG 2025-03-20: Richard Whitt, GliaNET

Learn about Richard Whitt's vision for a more human-centric internet built on trust. Podcast and YouTube inside.
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May 12, 2025 in Blog

EGWG 2025-04-03: Stephan Wolf, Verifiable Trade Foundation

The launch of the Verifiable.Trade Foundation and the introduction of the International Secure Trade Transfer Protocol (ISTTP), a promising protocol for secure and decentralized global trade. Podcast and YouTube inside.
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The Market Problems We Solve

Passwordless authentication and intelligent authorization for faster, easier, and privacy-respecting digital experiences

Lifetime private digital connections with customers, suppliers, partners, and regulators, with full audit trails for regulatory compliance

Verifiable Origins for physical and digital goods, with a provable journey through a supply or ownership chain

Benefits of ToIP

Explore The Model

Our four-layer model combines cryptographic trust at the machine layer and human trust at the business, legal, and social layers.

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Join Us

Our community of individuals and organizations is committed to solving the toughest technical and human-centric problems in digital trust. It’s a place to collaborate, learn, and build the future together.
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DELIVERABLES FEATURE

Design Principles

Helping us inform, guide, and constrain the design of the ToIP stack.

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