Dr. Carsten Stöcker
carstenstoecker.bsky.social
Dr. Carsten Stöcker
@carstenstoecker.bsky.social
CEO Spherity GmbH | Decentralized Identity, Enterprise KYC, DPPs, Provenance, Compliance, Circularity & ESG | WEF Fellow | Don’t look up | born 329.43 ppm CO2

www.spherity.com

#Web3 #DID #Identity #AI #ESG #DPP #OrgID #DPP #Physics #Cryptography #Entropy
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Hi @bsky.app!

I'm Carsten, a physicist and entrepreneur. I love #decentralized #identity, KYC, DPPs, compliance, and #circular #economy solutions. Also a WEF Fellow.

Born at 329.43 ppm CO2, passionate about #ESG and swimming! 🌊

Let’s connect & build a sustainable future. #Science #AI
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🌍 Digital Identity Trust Diplomacy

China builds control through the Digital Silk Road.
US Big Tech rules by platform dominance.
Europe still has one card to play: trust.

eIDAS 2.0 | EUBW → a law-anchored identity layer for global trade, AI & Industry 4.0.

Whoever defines trust, defines the rules.
Digital Identity Trust Diplomacy: Europe’s Strategic Alternative to China’s DSR & the US Big Tech…
In the emerging multipolar cyber-physical age, Europe must operationalize its trust frameworks — eIDAS 2.0 and the European Business…
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November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌍 Digital Identity Trust Diplomacy

China builds control through the Digital Silk Road.
US Big Tech rules by platform dominance.
Europe still has one card to play: trust.

eIDAS 2.0 | EUBW → a law-anchored identity layer for global trade, AI & Industry 4.0.

Whoever defines trust, defines the rules.
Digital Identity Trust Diplomacy: Europe’s Strategic Alternative to China’s DSR & the US Big Tech…
In the emerging multipolar cyber-physical age, Europe must operationalize its trust frameworks — eIDAS 2.0 and the European Business…
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: The Next Phase of Tech Power — and Europe’s Response

It is about growth. And a full-spectrum strategy to hardwire China’s position as a dominant tech-industrial power — across clean energy, AI, quantum computing, digital infra & military capability.
#cooperate #strategic #insights | Dr. Carsten Stöcker
𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 Beijing’s newly unveiled 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). It is about growth. And a fu...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: The Next Phase of Tech Power — and Europe’s Response

It is about growth. And a full-spectrum strategy to hardwire China’s position as a dominant tech-industrial power — across clean energy, AI, quantum computing, digital infra & military capability.
#cooperate #strategic #insights | Dr. Carsten Stöcker
𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 Beijing’s newly unveiled 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). It is about growth. And a fu...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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AI Slop, AI Noise, and the Urgent Need for Digital Trust in an Agent-Flooded Internet

AI-generated “slop” is flooding social media, worsening bot abuse, deepfakes, and bias.

Attention & reputation signals are breaking; identity, provenance are the cure.

tinyurl.com/3s6n3f63
AI Slop, AI Noise, and the Urgent Need for Digital Trust in an Agent-Flooded Internet
Verifiable Provenance for the Attention and Reputation Economy — Identity, PoA, the EUBW, and AISP/TEVV to Restore Trust
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August 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
AI Slop, AI Noise, and the Urgent Need for Digital Trust in an Agent-Flooded Internet

AI-generated “slop” is flooding social media, worsening bot abuse, deepfakes, and bias.

Attention & reputation signals are breaking; identity, provenance are the cure.

tinyurl.com/3s6n3f63
AI Slop, AI Noise, and the Urgent Need for Digital Trust in an Agent-Flooded Internet
Verifiable Provenance for the Attention and Reputation Economy — Identity, PoA, the EUBW, and AISP/TEVV to Restore Trust
tinyurl.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There is a Taliban Proverb:

You have the [outdated] watches, we have the time.

Means Taliban have the endurance to outlast the US troops. What they did.

Wrt to the quantum threat this proverb is even much more to the point.

Learn why: cstoecker.medium.com/countdown-to...
Countdown to Quantum Threat: Upgrade Your Digital Identity With A PQC-ready European Business…
Post-Quantum Cryptography for Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, Data Spaces and Critical Infrastructure: Risks, Readiness, and Roadmaps
cstoecker.medium.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🌐 We’re already in a cyber war. AI-driven attacks, state-sponsored sabotage, and centralized vulnerabilities threaten our digital world. Why must we urgently build resilient systems now? My new article explores why:
🔗 medium.com/@cstoecker/c...
Cyber Storm Rising — Designing for the Warzone
Building Digital Sovereignty & Resilience Before AI and Cyber Warfare Strike — Why embracing true decentralization, zero-trust security…
medium.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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🧵1/ Making Products Smarter: AI-Enabled Digital Product Passports

Digital Product Passports (#DPPs) are no longer just for compliance. With AI + Model Context Protocol (#MCP), they become dynamic, intelligent tools across industries.

Read the full story 👉 tinyurl.com/AI-enabled-DPP
Making Products Smarter: AI-Enabled Digital Product Passports
How Spherity’s VERA Digital Product Passports Revolutionize Customer Engagement, Value-added Services, and Circularity — Learn About Our…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🧵1/ Making Products Smarter: AI-Enabled Digital Product Passports

Digital Product Passports (#DPPs) are no longer just for compliance. With AI + Model Context Protocol (#MCP), they become dynamic, intelligent tools across industries.

Read the full story 👉 tinyurl.com/AI-enabled-DPP
Making Products Smarter: AI-Enabled Digital Product Passports
How Spherity’s VERA Digital Product Passports Revolutionize Customer Engagement, Value-added Services, and Circularity — Learn About Our…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
AI Gigafactories need more than GPUs — they need trust.

🛡️ Verifiable identity, digital delegation, auditability.
🇪🇺 Only Europe has the tools: eIDAS 2.0 + EUBW = Trust at Scale.

📖 Read how we build it.

“Made in Europe. AI made with Trust.”

cstoecker.medium.com/ai-gigafacto...
AI Gigafactories: Powering Europe’s AI Future with Trust, Sovereignty, and the EUBW
How Large Scale AI Infrastructure Meets European Digital Identity, Delegation, and Governance Standards
cstoecker.medium.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Qualified Verifiable Data Registries (qVDR) as Foundation Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

Enabling Digital Sovereignty, ZTA, Resilient Ecosystems and UN SDGs

DPI Pillars: Identity, Payment, and Data Exchange - securely anchored by qVDR, ensuring digital sovereignty and zero trust by design.
Qualified Verifiable Data Registries (qVDR) as the Foundational Component of Digital Public…
Enabling Digital Sovereignty, Zero Trust Architectures, and Resilient Digital Ecosystems
cstoecker.medium.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Qualified Verifiable Data Registries (qVDR) as Foundation Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

Enabling Digital Sovereignty, ZTA, Resilient Ecosystems and UN SDGs

DPI Pillars: Identity, Payment, and Data Exchange - securely anchored by qVDR, ensuring digital sovereignty and zero trust by design.
Qualified Verifiable Data Registries (qVDR) as the Foundational Component of Digital Public…
Enabling Digital Sovereignty, Zero Trust Architectures, and Resilient Digital Ecosystems
cstoecker.medium.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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🔍 From “Phone Home” to Wallet Dance – Rethinking Verifiable Credentials for Employees vs Individuals; why phoning home and tracking can safe lifes

This discussion highlights a broader issue: VCs might be used very differently in a personal context versus an employment context.

Go deeper:
Verifiable Credentials in ‘Private Individual’ vs ‘Employee’ Contexts (X2I vs X2E)
Introduction
cstoecker.medium.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🔍 From “Phone Home” to Wallet Dance – Rethinking Verifiable Credentials for Employees vs Individuals; why phoning home and tracking can safe lifes

This discussion highlights a broader issue: VCs might be used very differently in a personal context versus an employment context.

Go deeper:
Verifiable Credentials in ‘Private Individual’ vs ‘Employee’ Contexts (X2I vs X2E)
Introduction
cstoecker.medium.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Dr. Carsten Stöcker
EU Business Wallet Talks Webinar

📅 June 4, 2025 | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CEST
👤 Speaker: Mikael af Hällström, Finnish Tax Administration
🔗 Register below

EUBW is critical for EU Data Spaces, Industry 4.0, Professional Services, Critical Infrastructure, Trusted AI, ESG reporting, eProcurement, and DPPs.
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June 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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head empty no thoughts just the jwst tarantula nebula picture ✨
June 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Nice plain language explainer from BBC including reference to the role of climate change, and the role of science in saving so many lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map - BBC News
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.
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May 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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'Forscher befürchten: Der 2.600-Meter-Gipfel könnte bald ins Tal stürzen.'

Überall bröckelt es. Tja.

www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
2.600-Meter-Riese wankt – der Hochvogel steht vor dem Sturz
Ein gigantischer Riss zieht sich durch den Hochvogel in den Allgäuer Alpen. Forscher befürchten: Der 2.600-Meter-Gipfel könnte bald ins Tal stürzen.
www.t-online.de
May 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
EU Business Wallet Talks Webinar

📅 June 4, 2025 | 🕛 12:00–13:00 CEST
👤 Speaker: Mikael af Hällström, Finnish Tax Administration
🔗 Register below

EUBW is critical for EU Data Spaces, Industry 4.0, Professional Services, Critical Infrastructure, Trusted AI, ESG reporting, eProcurement, and DPPs.
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