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The Terminal 3 Network (T3N) is a decentralized private data network that empowers individuals and enterprises with self-sovereign control over sensitive data, enabling verifiable private identities, secure AI agent interactions, and a trusted data economy. T3N allows applications, smart contracts, and AI agents to perform actions and transactions without directly exposing raw user data. Example use cases include:
  • Reusable verified user data: reusable, interoperable, and regulatory compliant KYC/AML credentials that reduce friction, speed up onboarding, and keep data secure and private.
  • Automate transactional tasks with AI agents: enable AI agents to conduct “last mile” transactions (e.g., booking a hotel) without sharing sensitive data with the agents.
  • Delegate access to human helpers: temporary and restricted access to a person’s private data or credentials may still be necessary for human helpers, such as personal assistants, family members, or professionals, to complete certain tasks.
For enterprises, T3N addresses critical challenges in AI agent identity, permission and delegation, data privacy, and auditability challenges, making it suitable for high-stakes and inter-enterprise workflows.

Users

The participants in the T3N ecosystem include:
  • Developers - Developers (e.g., AI agent application developers or API integrators) who build AI agent applications.
  • Data owners - Owners of private or sensitive user/enterprise data.
  • Data providers - Data providers are the entities that supply user data into the decentralized user data network. Data providers are typically data owners themselves; however, they can also be any third parties granted consent by data owners.
  • Data consumers -Data consumers are the entities that utilize user data from the decentralized user data network. These consumers are typically required to compensate data owners for accessing their data.
  • Node operators -Node operators maintain the infrastructure of the decentralized user data network.
  • Compliance authorities - Compliance authorities are entities tasked with ensuring that organizations adhere to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards. These authorities typically include both government-established regulatory agencies and industry-specific bodies.
  • Verifiable credential (VC) issuers - Verifiable credential issuers are entities that issue digital credentials that can be verified independently.
  • VC verifiers - VC verifiers are entities that validate and verify the authenticity and trustworthiness of VCs.

Getting started

Depending on your role, you will interact with T3N in different ways: