Investor Overview — Thesis & Why Now
TrustLayer is building the reputation primitive that every Web3 app has been waiting for. Here is the investor case.
The problem
Sybil attacks, bot farms, and impersonation cost Web3 apps billions. Every project ships its own half-baked anti-sybil solution. There is no shared, portable trust primitive.
The solution
TrustLayer provides a wallet-scoped, cryptographically verifiable Trust Score that any Web3 app can query. It is decentralised, non-custodial, and cheap to consume.
The moat
Network effects: the more humans vouch, the more valuable every score becomes. Because vouches are portable, the graph is impossible to fork away.
Why now
Base has crossed the mainstream threshold. AI-generated impersonation makes proof-of-personhood urgent. Regulators are demanding decentralised, privacy-preserving KYC alternatives.