D-Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Zug, Switzerland.
We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data
We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data
We Research and Develop Ecosystems for Compliant & Disintermediated Interactions Using Value-Representing Verifiable Data
Research
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Development
Research
&
Development
The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.
The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.
The Foundation conducts and supports R&D in technological, legal and financial domains to facilitate adoption of public blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) framework and verifiable data for innovative businesses.
Advocacy
Advocacy
Through the implementation of D Chain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.
Through the implementation of D Chain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.
Advocacy
Through the implementation of D Chain, the Foundation promotes and advances the usage of verifiable data in a wide range of business activities built on a transparent and compliant infrastructure.
shape Policies & Regulatory Frameworks
shape Policies & Regulatory Frameworks
The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.
The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.
The Foundation Council is actively engaging with standardising bodies, lawmakers and regulators, offering policy guidance and technological insights to navigate the transformative potential brought by verifiable & value-representing data and decentralised protocols.
supporting teams
Existing
support teams
What Is D-Chain?
What Is D-Chain?
What Is D-Chain?
A public blockchain with advanced features to notarise compliant users' intents and transactions. It is designed to host decentralised applications for financial service providers, fiduciary businesses and other actors.
notarisation By qualified data verifiers
SSI runs on every level of D-Chain. Its governance ensures only qualified validators with valid verifiable credentials can take part in consensus. This creates the foundation for offchain data notarisation services performed by validators - a unique path to onchain Real World Assets representation.
SSI runs on every level of D-Chain. Its governance ensures only qualified validators with valid verifiable credentials can take part in consensus. This creates the foundation for offchain data notarisation services performed by validators - a unique path to onchain Real World Assets representation.
notarised objects lifecycle management
D-Chain enables applications to register custom lifecycle management utilities for notarised objects, such as state transition after execution via an on-chain orderbook. This flexibility allows applications to define specific state transition processes while leveraging the chain's built-in functionalities.
D-Chain enables applications to register custom lifecycle management utilities for notarised objects, such as state transition after execution via an on-chain orderbook. This flexibility allows applications to define specific state transition processes while leveraging the chain's built-in functionalities.
credential provided RBAC
D-Chain implements Credential provided Role-Based Access Control for state transitions of notarised objects. This scalable approach uses off-chain verifiable credentials from trusted issuers, allowing applications to define and enforce roles without maintaining on-chain whitelists.
credential provided RBAC
D-Chain implements Credential provided Role-Based Access Control for state transitions of notarised objects. This scalable approach uses off-chain verifiable credentials from trusted issuers, allowing applications to define and enforce roles without maintaining on-chain whitelists.
the foundation for a flagship application
the foundation for a flagship application
the foundation for a flagship application
Platform-D by NYMLAB
Platform-D by NYMLAB
Platform-D by NYMLAB
Platform-D is a regulatory-grade Real World Asset notarisation and securitisation application implemented on D-Chain, transforming eInvoices into onchain investment grade digital assets. Leveraging on EU eIDAS regulation, eInvoice data are notarised, securitised and transacted onchain. D-Chain validators run software that provides support for both onchain transactions and offchain computation and data verification as part of the consensus process.
Compliance Automation
Compliance Automation
D-Chain can natively automate compliance onchain through the implementation of AVIDA protocol - a smart contract framework which supports the verification of multiple verifiable credential standards. Transacting on D-Chain can simplify audits and reporting, ensuring that data meet all necessary legal and regulatory requirements.
Regulatory Sandboxes
Regulatory Sandboxes
D-Chain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.
D-Chain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.
Regulatory Sandboxes
D-Chain can provide a controlled environment for experimenting with new data verification methods, allowing regulators and businesses to explore innovative approaches without compromising security or compliance.
become a validator
become a validator
become a validator
Validators are onboarded to D-Chain through any Trusted Issuers of Verifiable Credentials recognised by the Chain's Governance.
Validators are onboarded to D-Chain through any Trusted Issuers of Verifiable Credentials recognised by the Chain's Governance.
Trusted Issuer
Coming soon
Trusted Issuer
Coming soon
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D-Foundation Council
D-Foundation Council
D-Foundation Council
Gian Luca Ambrosio
president
foundation council
Gian Luca Ambrosio
president
foundation council
Egidio Casati
Vice-President
foundation council
Egidio Casati
Vice-President
foundation council
Gian Luca Ambrosio
president
foundation council
Gian Luca was CEO of Moore Europe Capital Mgmt, London. He founded Æquilibrium Investments in 1999, a UK-regulated Macro Hedge Fund Manager, was Managing Director and Junior Partner of Goldman Sachs & Co, CEO of Goldman Sachs Milan, and Senior Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Paris.
Egidio Casati
vice-president
foundation council
Egidio was program manager and R&D at Infocert S.p.a. Milan. He worked in several digital transformation projects in the Finance, Telco and Military Industries. In recent years, he co-founded a Digital Art NFT company in HK in the ETH space and contributed to bootstrap a Cosmos Based Network.
Belsy Yuen, PhD
Council Member
Belsy Yuen, PhD
Council Member
Oliver Benkert
Council Member
Oliver Benkert
Council Member
Alberto Pravettoni
Council Member
Alberto Pravettoni
Council Member
Belsy Yuen, PhD
council member
Belsy has designed and developed distributed projects across blockchains / frameworks including Ethereum, Substrate and Cosmos-SDK. She contributed to: Vectis, AVIDA, Anoncreds-rs, Flow USDC & multisig, etc. Previous worked in IBM, PwC, Entropy Labs, Equilibrium Labs.
Oliver Benkert
council member
Olly spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, as head of FI businesses, including short term rates trading and funding. He holds roles as an investor and advisor for a number of specialist technology companies and is the co-founder of HQLAx, a fintech company that uses blockchain technology to optimise efficiency in collateral mobility.
Alberto Pravettoni
council member
Alberto was an ExCo member and ran several businesses at LCH, London. MD and Global Head in Fixed Income and Futures Operations, he spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs between Milan, London and New York. Alberto started his career in Finance at Citibank.
Luc Froehlich
Council Member
Luc Froehlich
Council Member
Andrea Caccia
Council Member
Andrea Caccia
Council Member
Luc Froehlich
council member
Luc, former Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions at Fidelity International, brings 20 years of experience in building and scaling businesses. His expertise spans strategy, product innovation, and managing relationships with officials. Luc is actively engaged in digital assets public policy, academic research, and the World Economic Forum.
Andrea Caccia
council member
Previous experience: eIDAS standardisation, trust services; CEN Pin Award (2017); UNI Premio Scolari (2019).
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