Verifiable Identity offers
future-proof protection
Our mission is to evolve the world’s data, embracing new standards of security and economics. That doesn’t mean rebuilding everything from scratch, we believe that the path to the future involves Weaving existing technology into the patterns that are commonly known as Web3. Our view is that Web3 data has security, lineage, privacy, economics, and interoperability benefits.
We built Weavechain because it was impossible to give data these features in a way that was easy or compliant. Storing even encrypted data on Public Web3 solutions like IPFS, Arweave, or natively in a smart contract on Ethereum or Solana is neither GDPR nor HIPAA compliant. To be GDPR compliant means that you have to satisfy an erasure obligation commonly known as “the right to be forgotten”, and you can’t delete data from Public Web3 by design. To be HIPAA requires a “physical safeguard” like a firewall, a “technical safeguard” like encryption isn’t sufficient. And rebuilding applications using Private Web3 solutions like Hyperledger is rip and replace on steroids, dramatically more difficult than what’s feasible for most.
CASE STUDY
TruAnon
TruAnon is a distributed identity platform that builds trust. It lets people create, automate, and update their identity without compromising privacy. This keeps identity safe from being bought and sold while helping us connect with other trustworthy people on social media.
TruAnon uses Weavechain for Verifiable Proof of Identity to increase customer trust. Weavechain creates signed verifiable credentials so users can cryptographically prove verified identity ownership from external applications without exposing private data.
CHALLENGE 1
Bringing TruAnon certifications to other apps
After verifying asset control, TruAnon reflects confidence from confirmed accounts and profiles that owners choose to publicly present. This unbiased Rank/Score quantifies the legitimacy of these claims in real time.
Weavechain lets those users easily issue QR codes and Verifiable Credentials of asset ownership signed by TruAnon using W3C cryptographic standards that can be used in other applications. For example a private attestation that I live in New York City and own the @oelnaggar LinkedIn profile. Or a public attestation that I’m the owner of my LinkedIn profile, and that I'm a verified human having a high public trust score. This can even be used to answer private questions from properties such as my healthcare or employment accounts.
CHALLENGE 2
Creating private, partial presentations of ownership
The most sensitive identity attestations should be private and highly specific. TruAnon lets users choose any combination of their data and use Weavechain to issue a signed, private Presentation of their Verifiable Credential for sensitive data sharing. For example, a user could apply for a loan by submitting a Presentation with a validated home address and a validated @microsoft.com Email address to prove their employment. That same user could attest that they’re a Microsoft employee who owns the @cryptolover Twitter handle before speaking at a conference. This pattern lets you bridge the gap between privacy and trust.