--- title: "iDen2 · The trust engine of the internet" description: "The trust engine of the internet. Humans, organizations, and AI agents, verified once and trusted across every industry, jurisdiction, and protocol." last_updated: 2026-10-10 canonical: https://www.iden2.com/ --- # ![iDen2](https://www.iden2.com/assets/iden2-logo-with-icon-CnR7arEH.svg) The trust engine of the internet. Humans, organizations, and AI agents, verified once and trusted across every industry, jurisdiction, and protocol. Chapter 01The shift in actors ## The internet is no longer just for humans. AI agents now open accounts, sign contracts, and move money on behalf of people and organizations. The thirty-year assumption that a person is on the other end is over. New actors, same question: _who is on the other end, and are they allowed to do this?_ 5.4B Humans global internet users 200M+ Services APIs and endpoints 1B+ by 2028 Agents autonomous actors ### Opening a bank account ING asks Anna 1. They ask Are you over 18, and where do you live? 2. They learn Yes. And she lives in Norway. 3. Done Account opened. Her birthday stayed private. Chapter 02 · Forces ## Four forces are converging on the same fault line. Any one of these would be a nuisance. All four at once turn passwords, screenshots, one-off KYC, and static keys into a systemic risk. Force 0110× Generative AI Documents, faces, and voices are synthesizable Force 0240+ Cross-border regulation eIDAS 2, mDL, DPDP, MiCA in force by 2027 Force 0324/7 Programmable commerce Contracts and payments settled by software Force 041B+ Autonomous agents Machine-to-machine transactions at scale Legacy identity stack Passwords · one-off KYC · static keys · PDF evidence Fracturing under load No point solution addresses more than one. A shared layer addresses all four. Chapter 03 · Assumptions expired ## The identity model we still use was designed for a world that no longer exists. Passwords, MFA, one-off KYC, and static API keys rest on four assumptions. All four have expired. What we assumed Broke in What is true now * A one-time check is enough 2019 Sanctions, roles, and mandates change between transactions Continuous risk & sanctions regimes * A shared API key is an identity 2022 Machine identities must be attributable and revocable Supply-chain breaches, key sprawl * There is a human on the other end 2023 Autonomous agents open accounts and transact Agentic software goes production * A document proves who someone is 2024 Generative models produce documents that clear most checks Synthetic media at consumer scale Every assumption the old stack rested on has already expired. The internet, as infrastructureOne layer is missing * Application Websites, apps, workflows Every company * Trust Who or what is on the other end, and are they allowed to do this? Missing layer * Compute Servers on demand Cloud providers * Payments Value settled programmatically Card networks, stablecoins * Transport Encrypted delivery of bytes TLS, TCP/IP * Addressing Resolvable names DNS Every other layer has infrastructure. Trust is still rebuilt inside every product. Chapter 04 · The missing layer ## Every layer the internet treats as infrastructure was once a workaround inside every product. Names became DNS. Transport became TLS. Compute became cloud. Value became card networks. Each capability moved down the stack and became infrastructure everyone shares. Trust is next. As foundational as cloud, as invisible as DNS, as economically significant as payments. Every actor online will need it in every transaction. Our vision > “We stand at the threshold of a digital era where your identity is not a password you remember, it is a cryptographic proof you carry. iDen2 is building the infrastructure that makes that true for every person, every organization, and every AI agent they deploy.” ![Alfy Louis](https://framerusercontent.com/images/j0yvJOwfOrP9DT1E3hz5xpauf5Q.png?width=420&height=420) Alfy Louis Founder, CEO Chapter 05 · What the layer unlocks ## Once trust is infrastructure, proof from one industry holds in the next. Each industry rebuilt verification for itself. The layer replaces all of those stacks with one. [See all nine →](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases) [Gov](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/government "Government")[Finance](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/financial-services "Financial services")[Health](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/healthcare "Healthcare")[Edu](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/education "Education")[Work](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/enterprise "Enterprise")[Agents](https://www.iden2.com/platform/ai-agents "AI agents")[Shop](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/commerce "Commerce")[Travel](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/travel "Travel")[Game](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/gaming "Gaming") Chapter 06 · Delegated AI agents ## An agent is only as trustworthy as the principal behind it. Bind every autonomous action to a verified person or organization. Define scope, expiry, and revocation cryptographically so any counterparty can verify live. * Signed mandates Scoped, expiring authority in W3C VC format. * CAPoC Live re-attestation of principal control every few seconds. * Instant revocation Any principal revokes; every counterparty sees it. [Explore delegated AI agents](https://www.iden2.com/platform/ai-agents) Agent mandate Booking Agent · v1.4 Bound to Alex Larsen · Acme Corp Signed · Revocable Scope Book travel ≤ $2,500 · EMEA · corporate policy v3 Counterparties Airlines, hotels, ground transport (allowlist) Expiry 72 hours or trip completion Proof Continuous Agentic Proof of Control (CAPoC) Live proof of control · re-attested every 45s ![iDen2](https://www.iden2.com/assets/iden2-logo-with-icon-CnR7arEH.svg) Selective disclosure Liveness Qualified signature Reusable KYC Instant revocation Offline verification Agentic authorization Audit trail ![iDen2](https://www.iden2.com/assets/iden2-logo-with-icon-CnR7arEH.svg) * Selective disclosure * Liveness * Qualified signature * Reusable KYC * Instant revocation * Offline verification * Agentic authorization * Audit trail Chapter 07 · Unlock robust and diverse utility ## One Identity Wallet, ultimate control, unlimited utility iDen2 puts people in control of what they share, when they share it, and which agents may act on their behalf. Relying parties get cryptographic proof, compliance evidence, and live revocation without rebuilding trust from scratch. One held identity unlocks selective disclosure, consent, qualified signatures, reusable KYC, and scoped agent mandates across every verifier that accepts the layer. Chapter 08 · Engage ## Trust infrastructure will be as foundational as cloud. iDen2 is building it. [For operatorsExplore iDen2See the platform →](https://www.iden2.com/platform/phenix)[For buildersBuild on itDeveloper docs →](https://docs.iden2.com/) ## Sitemap - [Sitemap](https://www.iden2.com/sitemap.md) - [llms.txt](https://www.iden2.com/llms.txt) - [HTML version](https://www.iden2.com/)