 Folks, just want to give you a quick intro to the newsletter number one Ecosystems are really starting to form Most of the ecosystems we're seeing right now in the SSID central identity space are really application specific Meaning they work in the context of a particular ecosystem. We'll talk a little bit what one's kind of bridging ecosystems It still is kind of aimed at a single purpose. The reason for this is interoperability We'll get into that in another discussion in the future One of the key pieces though that is driving some of the adoption of ecosystems is a new concept Well, it's not that new we've been talking about it for a few years It's really getting a lot of attention right now and that being trust registries Speaking of which we're putting on a webinar kind of explaining that what is a trust registry? Why might you need one? What's the bare minimum for a trust registry and what does it do to help you build up those ecosystems? Speaking of ecosystems the good health pass blueprint the sort of the third item here good health pass blueprint has dropped It goes through quite a bit of detail on how we can improve both the privacy The security as well as the user experience of these what's being called vaccine passports I don't particularly like the term myself. It's more about getting that red X meaning you're not allowed to travel or a green checkmark that says you're good to go Following various different rules that are in place and making sure that you you're maintaining privacy all along the way So the good health pass blueprint dropped. We were a big part of that Our team led actually on the trust registry side as you can tell it was kind of a theme to this particular newsletter issue That is I think in one of the main main chapters there that work actually continues on right now the trust over IP Foundation if you want to dive in and start helping there is a task force that drum and reading myself are leading That we're doing a fair bit of work on that hoping to wind that up in the next few weeks by say mid september That should be more released to a broader audience at least on the corporate fronts companies growing we're we are working with more and more groups who are Looking kind of for that team to help the kickstart things This ssi decentralized identity space really has kind of two approaches to you to dive in one is spend months or years Learning the kind of the basics which I'll I'll dive into the basics in just a second on this There's a lot there the other it's like you got to learn it yourself or you can bring someone in who can spin you up faster We're getting more and more requests for that on that front. The newsletter you'll be introduced to Olivier Dubot He's a gentleman who's just joined my team And he's out to help us understand what exactly it is that folks are needing So you may hear from him. You may hear from me. If you don't just please feel free to reach out asking questions Um, last item. I usually do a book review. I'm going to do two book recommendations two of them Um, here we go smacking the mic first one self-solving identity by manning Uh, link is in the in the newsletter drum and read alex pruchat led the editing on this is about 50 or so Kind of leaders in the D central's identity SSI space Um, I worked with drum and and created the digital wallets and agents Chapter and inside there are trust registries. They're mentioned as well Um, so that's on the sort of the D central's identity space another book to really consider is the infinite game by simon cynic Um, he's the guy behind Start with why? Uh, the infinite game I have found Since reading it multiple times Has come up time and time again. It really makes me think about what we're doing in this industry in that We're not trying to cut up the pie and take more of the pie. We're trying to grow the pie and we're trying to grow The opportunity Um make change Um, there is no individual battle. We're trying to win. It is we are we're not just trying We are making a difference in how things are done That leaves behind benefits for everybody Give that book a read. I think it's a very good strategy and and overall big picture thinking book That's it for now. Talk to you soon