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  • Comment: Submitting editor: Thank your for your efforts at improving this article, but unfortunately I'm review editor number 4 who has concerns about this subject, for the following reasons:
    a) See WP:ASFAQ and the section "Can I start an article about myself or my company?" and essay WP:COMPORG. Is this really the best way to go? Most organisations will not get a wiki article due to the requirement of WP:SIRS. Would it not be better to have a section within Linux Foundation? Usually if a company truly is notable, someone, somewhere, will write up a genuinely independent article. However I recognise that if there is an upfront declared COI - as here - then that is not a block.
    b) See next the essay WP:THREE along with WP:REFBOMB - this explains why this subject isn't getting a fast review.
    c) Follows from (b) in that when I go through the sourcing, there are some sources that give in depth coverage but they appear to be prompted or primed by the Trust. It's difficult to see they are independent, when the phrase "gather and grow an expanded community" keeps popping up.
    d) I accept the first reference the 2024 story from B2BDaily appears to be OK for notability purposes, but I'm not getting three or four such sources. So if you are still keen to get the subject published, can you perhaps identify those few articles that are genuinely independent, unprompted by your employers, and identify them either in the subject's talk page or your own talk page. For example I'm expecting to see some criticism of the Trust or Linux here.
    e) Not so important, but normally for a company profile I would expect number of employees, office location, brief internal organisation details to be mentioned, and sourced, but that's a 5 minute task.
    I am grateful for your patience since I recognise that you have waited a long time. But have a think about the points raised above and by the other reviewers, and by all means discuss in a Talk page in respect of at least (d) and perhaps (e). ChrysGalley (talk) 14:50, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: As noted in the comments and previous reviewers, the foundation by itself does not notable enough at the moment (as far as included references go) to warrant an article. WeWake (talk) 03:33, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: Since I have previously looked at this article I will wait for another editor to take a look for a second opinion. Thanks! Caleb Stanford (talk) 00:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: I'm not clear on if the topic meets notability. Do none of the listed projects, Besu, Hiero, Hyperledger Cacti and Hyperledger Fabric, merit their own articles? Possibly a candidate for merge into Linux Foundation? Caleb Stanford (talk) 18:30, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: A source quoting a board member or employee at length is almost never an independent source. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:27, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: Most of these sources appear to be unreliable crypto news sites. These need to be removed and replaced with reliable sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:01, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

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."[1] It hosts the collaborative development of a number of open source technologies that support decentralized networks and applications[2].

History and aims

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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.[3] Two additional code bases were contributed at launch as well: Hiero, the distributed ledger technology used to build the Hedera public ledger, and Lockness, a cryptographic key management system contributed by DFNS.[4]

Since launch, it has further expanded its project ecosystem with the contribution of a number of new projects, including CREDEBL by AYANWORKS[5], Minokawa by Shielded Technologies[6] and Paladin by Kaleido[7]. It is “steadily expanding its influence in the institutional blockchain space”[8] with new members, including Bundesbank[9] and The Bank of Korea.

The leadership for LF Decentralized Trust includes Daniela Barbosa, executive director, and Hart Montgomery, CTO.[10]

Members and governance

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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.[11]

The six-member governing board overseeing the foundation is chaired by Dr. Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Technology, Research and Innovation, at DTCC[12]. 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.[13]

Key projects

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Besu - An enterprise-grade Ethereum client for that works with public and private Ethereum blockchains. Contributed by Consensys in 2019 as Hyperledger Besu[14], it is the third most popular Ethereum client[15] and, according to a 2024 Blockdaemon survey of 92 financial institutions, the most widely adopted software for asset tokenization[16].

In 2025, DTCC launched a tokenized real-time collateral management platform built on Besu.[17] Nasdaq announced plans to

Hiero - The Hashgraph consensus algorithm, core services, and related tools underpinning the Hedera network.[18]

Hyperledger Cacti - A pluggable enterprise-grade framework that enable blockchain networks to interoperate. It is a low code, standardized integration.[19]

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.[20] In 2024, Hyperledger Fabric 3.0 was released with the SmartBFT protocol.[21]

The project LF Decentralized Trust mix is continuously evolving. The full project matrix lives here.

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Daisy (2024-06-28). "How Will LF Decentralized Trust Transform Digital Identity Tech?". B2Bdaily.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  2. ^ Name; Perez, Maya (2025-08-27). "Linux Foundation Unveils LF Decentralized Trust for Blockchain and AI Growth". WebProNews. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  3. ^ online, heise (2024-09-18). "Linux Foundation: New organizations for blockchain and developer relations". c't Magazin. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  4. ^ Daws, Ryan (2024-09-16). "Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust aims for web3 innovation". Developer Tech News. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  5. ^ Borak, Masha (2025-02-06). "CREDEBL comes under Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust | Biometric Update". www.biometricupdate.com. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  6. ^ "Midnight Privacy Standards Will Be an Industry-First Says Shielded Technologies Bob Blessing-Hartley". CCN.com. 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  7. ^ Insights, Ledger (2025-11-12). "Paladin privacy framework graduates as Bank of Korea joins LF Decentralized Trust". Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  8. ^ "Privacy Blockchains Surge As Institutions Embrace New Standards". Grand Pinnacle Tribune. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  9. ^ Insights, Ledger (2025-09-25). "Deutsche Bundesbank is latest central bank to join LF Decentralized Trust". Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  10. ^ "Staff - LF Decentralized Trust". lfdecentralizedtrust.org. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  11. ^ Best, Martijn van (2024-09-17). "Blockchain and digital identity initiatives find a new home". Techzine Global. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  12. ^ Parker, Kevin (2025-03-19). "LF Decentralized Trust Appoints Johnna Powell as Governing Board Chair". citybiz. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  13. ^ "Charter – LF Decentralized Trust". lfdecentralizedtrust.org. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  14. ^ Castillo, Michael del. "Hyperledger Unanimously Approves First Ethereum Codebase For Enterprises". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  15. ^ "Hyperledger launches Besu blockchain financial services working group as Citi joins". Ledger Insights. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  16. ^ Anderson, Derek (2024-03-19). "Hyperledger onboards Citi, forms Besu working group headed by DTCC". Cointelegraph.
  17. ^ Basar, Shanny (2025-04-03). "DTCC Offers Tokenized Real-Time Collateral Management". Markets Media. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  18. ^ blogger (2024-09-16). "Hedera joins Linux Foundation, donates source code to new project - TECHTELEGRAPH". Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  19. ^ "Blockchain interoperability framework Hyperledger Cactus goes into production". Ledger Insights. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  20. ^ "A Blockchain Platform for the Enterprise — Hyperledger Fabric Docs main documentation". hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  21. ^ Best, Martijn van (2024-09-17). "Blockchain and digital identity initiatives find a new home". Techzine Global. Retrieved 2025-01-16.