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What problems does T3N solve?

  • Lack of trust in the digital age: AI has made creating digital identities cheap and effortless, but enterprises and users lack efficient, cost-effective ways to verify whether those identities are real and trustworthy. For examples,
    • Job seekers create fake resumes and credentials, and even attend online interviews with AI.
    • Malicious actors impersonate companies to phish data from job seekers.
    • You frequently have to re‑submit the same evidence (for example, that your identity was verified) instead of re‑using a credential that says it has already been checked.
  • Privacy risks: Today, if you want an AI agent or human assistant to do meaningful work for you, you often have to hand over private data—such as personal identifiable information (PII), passwords, API keys, or private documents. This reliance creates significant privacy vulnerabilities. For examples,
    • AI-powered customer support / service (cx) agents could inadvertently disclose sensitive customer data, including account details, purchase histories, and financial balances.
    • Transaction AI agents pose a risk of leaking user payment information or executing unauthorized transactions.
  • Lack of accountability: AI agents are computer programs that act on behalf of humans. When AI agents misbehave, their owners need to be held responsible. For examples,
    • Autonomous trading agents execute unauthorized transactions, allowing owners to claim the agent acted without consent.
    • Procurement agents bypass approved policies, leading to disputes over authorization and liability.

Why use T3N?

T3N is a decentralized network for user data and AI agent governance. It is designed to help: Data Owners
  • Enjoy a better user experience for managing your identity and user data with secure, reusable verifiable, credentials.
  • Gain peace of mind by keeping sensitive data under your control, allowing AI agents to assist you without ever exposing your private or sensitive information to them.
  • Maintain clear accountability for your AI agents, using cryptographic proofs to verify that every action was authorized by you.
  • Have the option to monetize your data yourself instead of it being fully monetized by a select number of companies.
Developers
  • Accelerate time-to-market by using pre-built infrastructure for secure data handling and agent governance.
  • Build high-trust applications where you process sensitive user data without ever needing to see or store it yourself.
  • Tap into a global network of users with portable, verifiable credentials that work instantly with your service.
Compliance authorities
  • Enable AI agents to operate at their full potential while adhering to international data protection regulations, including but not limited to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act, and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act.
Data consumers
  • Access a reliable, decentralized source of verified user data to improve service accuracy and reduce the risk of fraud.
  • Minimize data acquisition overhead with predictable costs and direct access to high-quality, user-authorized information.
Verifiable credential (VC) issuers
  • Monetize credential issuance by participating in a decentralized marketplace where high-value, verified data is rewarded.
  • Reduce administrative overhead by leveraging a standardized infrastructure for issuing and managing the lifecycle of digital credentials.
VC verifiers
  • Reduce operational costs by automating the verification process and eliminating the need for expensive, manual background checks or repetitive third-party service fees.
  • Ensure data authenticity with instant, cryptographic proof that a credential was issued by a trusted entity and has not been altered.
  • Improve user experience by enabling friction-less, near-instant verification that allows users to access services without lengthy waiting periods.
Node operators
  • Benefit from a growing ecosystem where increased network activity and data utilization translate into sustainable economic incentives.
If you want to explore and understand how T3N helps even further, check out the Use Cases

Getting started

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