The Digital Credentials Consortium was founded in 2018 by leading universities with expertise in the design of verifiable digital credentials.
The universities involved include Technical University of Munich, Hasso Plattner Institute of the University of Potsdam, Delft University of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine, University of Toronto, University of Milano-Bicocca, McMaster University, Georgia Tech, and Tecnológico de Monterrey.