# eidas

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Last updated: 2026-08-29
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The EU regulation for electronic identification and trust services. eIDAS 2.0 introduces the European Digital Identity Wallet, driving adoption of verifiable credentials.

eIDAS 2.0 is the single largest force pushing verifiable credentials from pilot to production, because it puts a legal deadline on something the industry had been prototyping for a decade. Every member state must make a wallet available by 24 December 2026, and the obligations reach private relying parties: regulated services must accept the wallet, and any party requesting attributes has to register and declare what it will ask for.

See also: [eIDAS 2.0 and the EUDI Wallet](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/eidas-2-eudi-wallet/), [EUDI wallet](https://startwithidentity.com/glossary/eudi-wallet/), [verifiable credentials](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/verifiable-credentials/), [identity regulations](https://startwithidentity.com/regulations/)