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    Web3 Reputation Glossary

    Every core term for building portable trust on Web3 — defined in plain English, cross-linked, and cited by AI search engines.

    Proof of Personhood

    Proof of Personhood is a cryptographic guarantee that a wallet or account belongs to one unique real human — not a bot, sybil, or duplicate. TrustLayer builds this from peer vouches, on-chain history, and Merkle-anchored Trust Scores.

    Trust Score

    Trust Score is a 0–1000 number computed from peer vouches, streaks, and on-chain activity — a portable reputation metric anchored to your wallet on Base.

    Vouching

    Vouching is a cryptographic peer signature that says "this wallet belongs to a real human I know." Each mutual vouch strengthens both parties’ Trust Scores.

    Sybil Resistance

    Sybil resistance is the ability of a network to reject fake or duplicate identities. TrustLayer achieves this via weighted peer vouches, streak decay, and on-chain proofs.

    Trust ID

    A Trust ID is a wallet-verified, human-readable handle (like @alice) linked to a Merkle-anchored on-chain identity on Base.

    Blue Badge

    The Blue Badge is a soul-bound NFT on Base awarded to Trust IDs with a Trust Score above the verification threshold — a cryptographic blue checkmark.

    Soul-Bound Token (SBT)

    A Soul-Bound Token is an NFT that cannot be sold or transferred. TrustLayer issues SBTs for badges, vouches, and streak milestones so reputation cannot be bought.

    Merkle Anchoring

    Merkle anchoring publishes a compact hash of many off-chain records on-chain so any dApp can cryptographically verify inclusion without contacting a server.

    Mutual Sign

    Mutual Sign is a two-way vouch where both wallets sign each other’s identity in the same session — the strongest form of peer verification on TrustLayer.

    $TRUST Token

    $TRUST is the TrustLayer Protocol’s native token on Base — a 1B fixed-supply utility token that powers vouching rewards, badge fees, and governance.

    TrustLayer Tokenomics

    $TRUST has a 1B fixed supply, deflationary burn schedule, 3-tier presale, locked team vesting, and revenue-funded buybacks — engineered for long-term price stability.

    Exit Tax

    A 15% exit tax on $TRUST sells above whale thresholds — 40% funds automatic buyback-and-burn to protect price and reward long-term holders.

    Buyback & Burn

    TrustLayer automatically buys $TRUST from open market using protocol revenue and exit tax, then permanently burns the tokens — a perpetual deflationary sink.

    Staking Gate

    Staking Gates require users to stake $TRUST to unlock premium tiers (Diamond, Platinum) that offer higher rewards, faster reputation gains, and API rate limits.

    Anti-Whale Protection

    Anti-whale protections cap single-wallet sells and apply progressive exit taxes on large trades to prevent price manipulation and dump-and-run attacks.

    Wallet Recovery

    TrustLayer identities recover from your 12-word seed phrase or connected wallet — no company can lock you out because there is no central account.

    Non-Custodial Identity

    Non-custodial identity means only you hold the keys. TrustLayer never stores passwords, seed phrases, or private keys on any server.

    Serverless Architecture

    TrustLayer runs 99% serverless — Cloudflare Workers for indexing, IPFS for snapshots, Base for state. It costs cents per thousand users.

    Reputation Layer

    A reputation layer is protocol-level infrastructure that lets any app read a user’s trust score without duplicating verification. TrustLayer is the reputation layer of Web3.

    Daily Proof

    A Daily Proof is a signed heartbeat that keeps your Trust Score fresh and unlocks streak rewards. One click per day, no gas.