Aisha was a quiet genius.
She had been building software since she was a teenager, but she didn’t have a big online following or fancy degree. What she did have were years of solid work, helping early DeFi projects patch bugs, writing smart contracts, and mentoring other developers.
Yet every time she moved to a new gig, she had to start from scratch.
Her work lived in GitHub commits, Discord chats, and lost forum threads. Recruiters didn’t see the person behind those lines of code, just another name in a sea of profiles.
It wasn’t that Aisha lacked skill.
She just didn’t own proof of it.
The Broken System of Online Reputation
If you’ve ever applied for a job, you’ve lived this problem too.
We build our careers inside walled gardens like LinkedIn, Upwork, GitHub, and Fiverr. Each one stores bits of our reputation, but none of it truly belongs to us.
When we leave a platform, our reviews and ratings stay behind.
Even worse, the system is easy to fake. Endorsements can be bought, resumes polished with buzzwords, and skill tests gamed. For freelancers and builders, reputation becomes a fragile thing: visible but not verifiable.
In crypto, that irony runs deep. We’ve built a world of decentralized money and ownership, yet our most valuable asset, trust in human skill, is still locked in centralized silos.
That’s the gap Intuition is trying to close.
Intuition’s Idea: Credentials You Actually Own
Intuition treats identity as something programmable, portable, and provable.
At its core are DIDs (Decentralized IDs), like usernames that you truly own, and attestations, which are signed notes that say “I vouch for this.”
Now imagine combining those with $TRUST, the token that backs each claim with real skin in the game.
Here’s how it works in the world of work:
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Aisha finishes a big project for a DAO. Her project lead signs an attestation saying, “Aisha wrote the contract that saved us from a bug.”
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That note is linked to Aisha’s DID, her on-chain identity, and staked with some $TRUST.
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Other developers who review the code can also sign or stake on that claim if they agree.
Each attestation adds weight to her digital reputation. Over time, Aisha’s DID becomes a living, verifiable portfolio, not a resume but a proof trail.
No platform can delete it.
No HR department can hide it.
And because $TRUST is on the line, people think carefully before they vouch.
A Real-World Example: How It Could Work
Let’s say Aisha applies to work with a new DeFi startup called OceanYield.
Instead of sending a PDF resume, she shares her Intuition profile, a list of verified attestations from past collaborators, all backed by stakes of $TRUST.
The founders click through and see:
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“Wrote audited staking contract for SolarFi (2024).”
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“Contributed to zk-proof implementation for ZeroDAO.”
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“Mentored Solidity cohort at DeveloperDAO.”
Each note links to real code commits, GitHub repos, and attestations signed by known developers.
This isn’t a “trust me” moment.
It’s a “check the chain” moment.
OceanYield’s team can even see the total $TRUST staked behind her record, a public measure of how strongly others believe in her skills.
They hire her without needing three rounds of references or skill tests.
Her work history speaks for itself because it’s on-chain, verifiable, and portable.
Why It Matters for Everyone, Not Just Developers
At first glance, this might sound like a niche tool for crypto engineers.
But think bigger.
Teachers, designers, researchers, writers, anyone who builds or contributes online could use the same system.
Imagine:
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A journalist’s portfolio where every article carries attestations from editors who checked the facts.
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A nurse whose verified training credentials can move across borders without paperwork.
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A student who collects attestations for open-source contributions that prove real-world skill.
Everywhere reputation matters, Intuition could make it transferable.
And because $TRUST is at stake, the system filters out spam and fraud naturally.
Good work earns confidence; bad claims fade away.
The Bigger Picture: From Resumes to Reputation Economies
The internet of the past 20 years was about visibility, posting, sharing, going viral.
The next wave, powered by projects like Intuition, will be about verifiability.
We’ll move from followers to credibility, from likes to attestations.
And as that happens, reputation itself becomes a new form of capital, something you can build, trade, and grow just like tokens or NFTs.
In this world, Aisha isn’t just a developer.
She’s a verified contributor in the global trust graph, her work a small but permanent thread in a larger fabric of truth.
Owning Your Story
Months later, Aisha gets a message from a new team she’s never met.
They found her through an Intuition search filter for “developers trusted by ZeroDAO auditors.”
Her work reached them before she did.
That’s what owning your story looks like, not an algorithm deciding who sees your skills, but your own record of truth, open for anyone to verify.
Intuition isn’t just about credentials.
It’s about giving people back control of their professional identities, piece by piece, attestation by attestation.
And maybe, one day soon, nobody will need to start from zero again.