In this session, Agne Caunt and Richard Esplin from Dock Labs break down the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI) at the level most explainers skip: how the ecosystem is actually structured, what matters versus what is noise, and the practical steps an organization can take today.
(00:00) Introduction
(06:18) Regulation: from eIDAS 2014 to the 2024 revision
(07:30) The BLT model: business, legal, and technical layers
(09:19) Where Europe innovated (legal and business) versus stayed conservative (technical)
(10:44) The three credential types: PID, QEAA, EAA
(12:18) Platform and format: when EUDI-compliant and "compliant enough" diverge
(14:39) Wallets: state wallets versus private wallets
(17:01) QEAAs in private wallets and what DICE revealed
(19:18) Google, Apple, and Samsung: where big tech wallets fit
(23:15) Where a technology provider fits across the ecosystem
(26:10) The standards, in one slide: OpenID4VC, HAIP, SD-JWT VC, mdoc
(29:47) What EUDI deliberately left out: JSON-LD, DIDs, and ZKPs
(33:34) An honest assessment of what is still moving
(35:14) Practical steps: the relying party path
(45:12) The issuer path: QEAA versus EAA
(47:48) The wallet provider path and white-labeling
(54:20) The European Business Wallet and the WE BUILD consortium
(57:19) Payment models: who pays whom
(1:01:24) Audience Q&A: country front-runners, multiple wallets, and international interoperability
Website - https://www.dock.io/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/docknetwork/
