In@intuitionuition is a decentralized identity protocol that distinguishes itself through several innovative features:
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Universal Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)
Unlike traditional decentralized identity solutions that focus primarily on high-sensitivity credentials such as Know Your Customer (KYC) verification or personal identities, Intuition extends decentralized identifiers to encompass virtually everything. This includes people, pseudonyms, web3 products, organizations, news articles, and more. This universal approach creates a comprehensive identity ecosystem across the entire web. -
Game-Theoretic Collateralization
Intuition employs a unique system where claims are collateralized through three mechanisms:
Economic collateralization – Participants stake financial resources
Reputational collateralization – Users stake their reputation
Time collateralization – Participants invest time, creating “skin in the game”
This triple-layer collateralization ensures that participants have explicit stakes in the claims they make, incentivizing truthful attestations.
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Crowdsourced Knowledge Graph
The protocol functions as an on-chain knowledge graph that captures crowdsourced knowledge about any subject. This information is made available, open, and accessible to everyone in a manner that is easily navigable, queryable, and permissionless. This creates a decentralized alternative to centralized information repositories. -
Probabilistic, Non-Deterministic Identity Models
While existing decentralized identity efforts focus on one-to-one, deterministic verifiable claims (complete certainty that attributes are true or false), Intuition introduces asymptotically probabilistic, non-deterministic peer-to-peer identity models. This approach is better suited for subjective assessments and community-driven evaluations. -
Gamified Attestation Process
Market forces are employed to incentivize participation. Users who are fastest to attest to important, truthful information are rewarded proportionally to the value they add to the system. This creates a dynamic ecosystem similar to decentralized versions of Yelp, LinkedIn endorsements, or social media engagement mechanisms, but applicable to any claim about anything. -
Comprehensive Use Cases
The protocol supports diverse applications including:
Sybil resistance
Credit scoring systems
Decentralized review platforms
Hiring and recruitment
Permissioning systems
Data set quality assurance
Voting systems
Social platforms
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Funding and Backing
Intuition has secured $4 million in seed funding led by Superscrypt, with participation from Shima Capital, ConsenSys, and other investors, demonstrating institutional confidence in their vision.
Intuition’s vision is to supplement human intuition with a rich, robust layer of identity metadata, enabling users to better understand the exponentially increasing number of people and entities they interact with in modern society. The protocol aims to evolve into a seamless backend powering enriching social features and functionalities across the web.