LF Decentralized Trust Member Summit: 10 Years of Building Trust Together
This week I attended the LF Decentralized Trust Member Summit 10th Anniversary, hosted at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)’s offices in Jersey City.
The value of being in the same room as the decision makers of such an incredible group of industry leaders is immense: Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Consensys, Kaleido, Hashgraph, IBM, Espeo Software, OpenAssets, OpenZeppelin, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), DSR Corporation, Futurewei Technologies, and many more. Have a look at the full programme.
Bitcoin sparked innovation with blockchain, which sparked the creation of Hyperledger Fabric in 2014, which sparked the creation of Hyperledger Foundation in 2015, which … fast forward ten years, created an exceptional neutral ground for innovation in Decentralized Trust.
I wish I could summarize all the discussions in a paragraph, but that’s just not possible. The breadth of topics was too wide.
Let me just say there’s a lot of trust infrastructure being deployed, with open source technology, open standards, and transparent governance, because the world needs it and closed boardrooms won’t get us there.
You might think that a room filled with so many industry leaders might feel tense. But the opposite is true. Everyone is aware:
- That trust infrastructure can’t just depend on one company or organisation
- That one solution can’t meet all needs
- That trust is more needed than ever, especially with the challenges that genAI and Agentic AI brings
- That we need all the best minds to work on these challenges together
- That there’s more than enough work that nobody should feel threatened
I started contributing to LFDT, instead of more chain-focused communities, because tribalism never felt like a viable path to decentralized trust. And I left the event more convinced than ever that it’s all playing out that way.
Congratulations to Daniela Barbosa and the whole team for the event, the anniversary, and all the invisible work that goes into building this organization.
If you’re facing challenges in this space and want to know which projects or organizations are working on it, or how to get involved in LFDT, reach out. Let’s collaborate: there’s still a lot of work to be done.
