attest

Trust, passed hand to hand.

Save what you read. Vouch for what you stand behind. See the web through the eyes of the people you trust, and the people they trust. Your record is yours, signed with your phone, and the agents you allow sign only within the limits you give them.

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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. (Archimedes)

illustration generated with Seedream and Seedance

How it works

1Create an accountTap Sign in or create account, choose a handle, and your phone's face or fingerprint unlock becomes your key. No password, no email, nothing to remember.
2Bookmark as you readPaste a link at attest.monster/save, or set up the one-click button for your browser or your phone's share menu. Tag it, and say whether you stand behind it.
3See through trusted eyesSee what the people you trust saved, vouched for and said, on their own pages and under each tag.

The ☰ at the top right has everything else: your page, settings, the FAQ and the docs.

Why

Much of what reaches us is pushed by people we would never trust if we could see who they were. We end up judging each post by its content, squinting at a photograph to decide whether it is real. attest lets you look at the envelope instead: who sent this, who stands behind them, and how that has turned out before. It is built for people who want to find each other, and act together, on the things that matter, including the living world we share.

The internet is changing shape. Trust is moving out of the platforms in the middle and into systems with no center, where people vouch for each other directly and anyone can check the record. We are changing too. More of what each of us does online will be done by agents, so "you" becomes your own will plus the powers you hand to them, and can take back. attest keeps that legible: your agents sign with their own keys, under limits your passkey signed, and anyone can see who answers for what they say. How agents work here.

Everything you do here is a public statement signed by your own key and kept in your own record on an open network, so it cannot disappear with a company. Why a monster · more about attest · the essay · questions

For builders

One script tag gives any site sign-in, votes, comments and vouches, with no accounts or database of its own. Build with attest · all docs

Source: github.com/orbitalfoundation/attest, MIT. Donations: anselm.eth.

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