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We’re about everything that keeps citizens free and accountable for their own acts in a growingly digital world.
Decentralized trust and secure self-sovereign identifiers are vital building blocks for a society where digital security, control over your personal data, confidentiality and privacy is more and more threatened by AI, big tech - and big data corporations and overly centralizing state actors; the latter parties supported by the mainstream media and eduction systems they control. The dystopian outcome we’re here to prevent is a surveillance state where you’re guilty unless you prove innocent, vulnerable to impersonation, phishing and spoofing and where you need permission from a faceless system for everything you do, where you go and what you buy and proclaim.
Although labelled as ‘conspiracy theorist’ and ‘anarchists’ by some, we’re just discussing alternatives that have the eminent potential to prevent things from happening that we already experience in jurisdictions like China and India: surveillance.
Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF-DT), Trust over IP (ToIP) and the KERISuite will be regular topics of our in-person meetings planned in 2026.
We started in A-lab late 2017 with meet-ups around crypto projects like Bitcoin and moved to Meetup Berlage for daytime co-working and meet-ups.
From 2023-2025 we used to meet every Wednesday in NFT Playground from 10:00-18:00. Thanks to the volunteers that ran it.
We also thank Meet Berlage for the 5-years corporation (2019-2023)!
These meetups are for realistic fans of decentralized self-sovereign identifiers, and public blockchain technology. Whether you are just exploring, testing or applying decentralized trust: here you will meet people and hear stories that build bridges and support your ideas; either personal or business convictions and initiatives.
Our meetings are organized by the Permissionless Society community in collaboration with LF-DT
The meetups are about knowledge sharing, interactivity by workshops and discussion. Why would you want to join a meetup like this?
We look positively into solutions. We don’t blame people. We only have a critical stand towards organisations they might be part of.
Decentralization is must for scalability of identifiers and digital credentials (like QR codes to represent you or your mandates, privileges, features, etc)
Permissionless Society is setup by Blockchain Workspace and evolved to a decentralized team (the community) running what we call the BlockDAM DAO. The latest step in our evolution is the corporation with Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF-DT), Trust over IP (ToIP) and the KERI Foundation.
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Meetup Digital Freedom - SEDI & KERI Protocol and eIDAS-based EUDI Wallet
The Social Hub Amsterdam City, 129 Wibautstraat 1091 KR, Amsterdam, NLMeetup – Comparing SEDI and the KERI Protocol with the eIDAS-based EUDI Wallet Model
(KERISuite: Free Open-source Identifier Systems Software under TrustoverIP Foundation that is anchored in LFDT)Monday June 29, 7:00 PM
Amsterdam - Social Hub Amsterdam CityA meetup about SEDI and its supporting KERI protocol, and how this compares to the EUDI Wallet (eIDAS-based) that will be introduced across Europe.
A quick introduction of Sheila Ghosh:
EDI-stelselarchitect for the EDI system in the Netherlands. Started in 2000 as an architect for the Dutch government and was the architect for the first version of DigiD and MijnOverheid.
Bio below, more on LinkedIN.A quick introduction of Henk van Cann:
KERI Foundation, KERICONF 2026 and onwards, contributing to LFDT-TrustoverIP with documentation and educational resources.
Lagos, Portugal, and Haarlem, The Netherlands
Bio below, more on LinkedIN.### In short
- SEDI = Model legislated in the State of Utah (US): State-Endorsed Digital Identity. The state endorses a digital identity, while the citizen remains in control.
- KERISuite = technical foundation for secure, self-controlled, persistent, cryptographically verifiable digital identity.
- eIDAS = European legal framework for electronic identification and trust services.
- EUDI Wallet = the European Digital Identity Wallet under eIDAS 2.0, enabling citizens and organizations to store and share digital credentials.
### Relation between these concepts
SEDI and eIDAS/EUDI represent two policy approaches to digital identity: Some US states versus EU.
KERI/KERISuite can be seen as a possible technical infrastructure for implementing such models in a privacy-preserving, decentralized, and verifiable manner.
SEDI places more emphasis on individual sovereignty and state endorsement, Sheila: “while eIDAS/EUDI not only emphasizes EU-wide interoperability and legal recognition, but puts privacy, security and ease of use at its core. Building trust among European residents is an important part of broader adoption.”The meetup is organized by the Permissionless Society Meetup Group and supported by the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT).
### Speakers
- Introduction to SEDI and the KERI protocol — Henk van Cann
- Presentation on the characteristics of eIDAS/EUDI from that perspective - Sheila Ghosh
Free entrance.
Doors open at 6:45 PM.The meetup starts exactly at 7:00 PM. At 8:30 PM we'll have a drink and a chat.
Also announced here: https://www.meetup.com/lfdt-netherlands/events/314921548
Meetup – SEDI en het KERI-protocol vergelijken met het eIDAS-gebaseerde EUID.
Maandag 29 juni, 19:00 uur
Amsterdam (zie beneden voor de Social Hub Amsterdam City)Een meetup over SEDI en het ondersteunende KERI-protocol en hoe dit zich verhoudt tot de EUID-wallet (eIDAS-gebaseerd) die we in Europa gaan krijgen.
Kort:
SEDI = State-Endorsed Digital Identity, wettelijk vastgelegd in de staat Utah (US). De staat “endorses” een digitale identiteit, maar de burger blijft zelf de identity provider.
KERISuite / KERI = technische basislaag voor veilige, zelfbeheerde, lang houdbare, cryptografisch verifieerbare digitale identiteit.eIDAS = Europees juridisch kader voor elektronische identificatie en vertrouwensdiensten.
EUDI Wallet = de Europese digitale identiteitswallet onder eIDAS 2.0, waarmee burgers en organisaties digitale credentials kunnen bewaren en delen.
Samenhang:
SEDI en eIDAS/EUDI zijn twee beleidsmodellen voor digitale identiteit: VS versus EU. KERI/KERISuite kan worden gezien als een mogelijke technische infrastructuur om zulke modellen privacyvriendelijk, decentraal en verifieerbaar uit te voeren. SEDI legt meer nadruk op individuele soevereiniteit en de staat die goedkeurende ondersteuning geeft;
Sheila: "eIDAS/EUDI legt niet alleen nadruk op EU-brede interoperabiliteit en wettelijke erkenning, maar stelt privacy, veiligheid en gebruikersgemak centraal. Het opbouwen van vertrouwen onder Europese ingezetenen is daarbij een belangrijk onderdeel van de bredere adoptie."De meetup wordt georganiseerd door Permissionless Society Meetup Group en ondersteund door de Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT).
Er zijn twee sprekers:
Een introductie over SEDI en het KERI-protocol - Henk van Cann
Van DigiD naar de Europese Digitale Identiteit Wallet - Sheila GhoshToegang is gratis. Deur open om 18:45 uur. Het begint precies om 19:00 uur.
Om 20:30 uur uiterlijk napraten met een borrel.Bio Sheila Ghosh
Sheila Ghosh has been working on digital identity and government digitization for more than 25 years. She started as an architect for the Dutch government in 2000 and was involved in the first versions of DigiD and MijnOverheid.Since then, she has helped many government organizations with digital identity projects and digital transformation. In this Meetup, Sheila will share her perspective on the European Digital Identity (EDI) Wallet, explain its core concepts, and discuss the standards that underpin it.
Bio Henk van Cann
- MSc Management and Computer Science (1992) and BSc Water and Soil Management (1987)
- Co-founder ‘Permission-less Society’ Meetups (2016-today)
- Trainer of teachers at Blockchain Workspace (2016-2020)
- KERI Suite documentation and education (2021-today)
- Co-chair Concepts & terminology of Lunix Foundation Decentralized Trust /Trust over IP foundation (2023-2025)
- Founding chairman of KERI Foundation LLC (2024-today)
- Organizer of the KERICONF26 in Utah, US (2025-today)
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