TrustLayer is the decentralized human trust layer for Web3 — a Base-native protocol that publishes portable, sybil-resistant Trust Scores derived from peer vouches and on-chain proofs. Any dApp can verify a user is a real human in a single Solidity call, without KYC or biometrics.

Yes. Creating a Trust ID, vouching peers, and earning $TRUST rewards is free. Only optional premium tiers or write operations charge $TRUST fees.

Does TrustLayer require KYC or biometrics?

No. TrustLayer never collects KYC, iris scans, or personal data. Identity comes from peer vouches and wallet signatures — reputation is math, not documents.

What is the $TRUST token?

$TRUST is TrustLayer's native token on Base with a fixed 1B supply. It powers vouching rewards, badge fees, staking gates, and revenue-funded buyback-and-burn.

How does TrustLayer compare to Worldcoin?

TrustLayer requires no biometric hardware, is fully non-custodial, and lives on Base. Worldcoin uses iris scans and centralized orb hardware. See the full comparison at /vs/worldcoin.

Is Web3 reputation the same as a credit score?

No. A credit score measures debt repayment; a Web3 reputation score measures verifiable humanness and peer trust. It is not a lending underwriting signal by itself.

Do I own my Web3 reputation?

Yes — in wallet-native systems like TrustLayer your reputation is bound to a wallet you control. There is no central account to close.

Can it be transferred?

No. Reputation is soul-bound. Any transfer attempt fails at the contract level.

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What Is Web3 Reputation?

TL;DR

Web3 reputation is a portable, wallet-native trust score derived from on-chain proofs, peer vouches, and behavioural signals — carried across every dApp without KYC.

Key Facts

▸Wallet-bound: reputation follows your address, not an account.
▸Portable across dApps via on-chain proofs and standard APIs.
▸No KYC or biometrics required in wallet-native systems like TrustLayer.
▸Sybil-resistant: peer graphs and velocity guards discount fake accounts.
▸Public verifiability: any observer can re-check the math on-chain.

Last updated 2026-07-12

Why reputation is Web3’s missing primitive

Every dApp today rebuilds anti-sybil, KYC, and trust from scratch. Web3 reputation solves this by exposing one shared, cryptographically verifiable score that any protocol can read in a single call.

How Web3 reputation is computed

Modern systems combine peer vouches (weighted by the giver’s own score), streaks, verified social links, personhood attestations, and negative signals from sybil clustering into a single 0–1000 score.

What Web3 reputation unlocks

Fair airdrops, sybil-safe DAO voting, reputation-gated lending, verified social profiles, and Blue Badges for real humans — all without touching a KYC provider.

What Is Web3 Reputation?

Why reputation is Web3’s missing primitive

How Web3 reputation is computed

What Web3 reputation unlocks

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