Patent Pending

Trust network

Third-party trust managers

Each manager is a bank, government agency, or private notary that has already established a trusted relationship with its customers. When a local lookup fails, the request is federated to a peer.

Meridian National Bank

Bank · United States

Chartered depository. Establishes trust at account opening.

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Directory

18420

In this demo

2

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0

Pacific Trust Company

Private notary · Singapore

Private trust company. Cross-border identity attestation.

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Directory

9634

In this demo

1

Requests

0

State Identity Bureau

Government agency · United States

Public authority. Verifies credentials against vital records.

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Directory

41208

In this demo

1

Requests

0

Helvetia Notary

Private notary · Switzerland

Civil notary. Issues cryptographically verifiable credentials.

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5211

In this demo

1

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0

Federation

An initiator registered with Meridian National Bank can still pay a recipient registered with Helvetia Notary. Meridian decrypts the request, finds no local match, and sends a second verification request to Helvetia. Helvetia answers; Meridian forwards the response. The chain never sees either name.