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eIDAS 2.0 (Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services)
EU regulation (amended 2024). Creates the EU Digital Identity Wallet — mandatory for member states to offer, optional for citizens. Requires: qualified electronic signatures/seals/timestamps, qualified trust service providers (QTSPs), and the EU Digital Identity Wallet for identity verification across borders.
Who must comply: Trust service providers, government digital identity systems, any organization accepting eIDAS-qualified identities. 27 member states must provide wallets by 2026.
Penalties: Member state enforcement; penalties vary but non-compliance blocks access to the EU digital identity market.
Why it matters: eIDAS 2.0 creates a verified digital identity layer across the EU. The gate stack can integrate with eIDAS wallets as the identity provider for gate rules — "only X, authenticated via eIDAS wallet, may approve this transaction." First-mover advantage: wallets are being built now; the provider