Digital identity

In Smallworld, identity is not a service. It's a protocol-level primitive. Every participant in the network — person, organization, or machine — operates through a cryptographically secure identity that is embedded into the data layer itself.

No passwords. No intermediaries. No app-specific accounts. Just a single, global identity that governs access, authorship, ownership, and payment — across everything you touch.

One identity for everything

Every account in Smallworld is a programmable digital identity. It is:

• Globally unique
• Cryptographically verifiable
• Capable of signing, transacting, authorizing, and owning

With a single identity, you can:

• Sign transactions
• Authorize access to data, services, or platforms
• Prove authorship in collaborative workflows
• Receive and send payments
• Own and manage data across decentralized domains

This identity works across apps, industries, and even public institutions — no integration required.

Examples of identity in action

A Smallworld identity can replace:

• Social logins — authenticate directly into Facebook, X, or Instagram with cryptographic proof
• Messaging access — verify yourself in secure apps like WhatsApp
• Bank and payment systems — securely authorize purchases and transfers
• Online shopping — auto-authenticate in your browser, click once to confirm payment
• Government services — tie your Smallworld ID to tax systems or digital passports

Because identity and currency live in the same system, authentication and payment can happen in the same atomic step.

The end of account sprawl

Today, identity is fragmented. Every app has its own login, every service its own verification.

With Smallworld:

• You control a universal identity that travels with you
• Services don't need to manage users — they just validate identities
• You sign once, and you're recognized everywhere

It's the end of passwords, the end of platform lock-in, and the beginning of a unified digital self.

Programmable authorization

Your identity isn’t just passive — it’s programmable. It can:

• Grant access to data or services
• Act as part of a multi-signature workflow
• Delegate rights to a team or automated agent
• Trigger conditional logic on behalf of others

This turns identity into a computational actor — capable of making decisions, enforcing rules, and driving transactions.

Verified by governments and institutions

Because identities are on-chain and cryptographically signed, they can serve as official identifiers.

For example:

• A tax authority could link your Smallworld ID to your national ID
• A university could anchor degrees to your identity
• A voting system could validate and count verified participants — tamper-proof and transparent

In time, institutions could adopt Smallworld as the backbone for verified digital presence.

The internet's missing identity layer

Smallworld offers what the internet never had: a native identity layer — secure, programmable, and global.

• Universal — recognized across platforms, apps, and borders
• Verifiable — backed by cryptographic proof
• Programmable — able to sign, authorize, delegate, and transact
• Self-sovereign — fully controlled by the user

And because it is natively embedded in the network, it doesn’t need third-party identity providers to work. It will become the universal identifier around which all actions of a certain entity revolve.