Nuggets addresses the challenges of digital identity and AI trust through a comprehensive platform built on decentralized identity principles and cryptographic verification. Our solution combines human and AI agent identity management with integrated payments and compliance capabilities.

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Design Principles

Nuggets’ architecture is built on four foundational principles:
  • Open Standards: Leveraging W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to ensure interoperability and avoid vendor lock-in
  • Cryptographic Trust: Eliminating dependency on centralized authorities through cryptographic verification while maintaining regulatory compliance
  • Privacy by Design: Protecting user privacy through decentralized architecture, selective disclosure, and zero-knowledge capabilities
  • AI-Ready Infrastructure: Purpose-built to handle both human and machine identities in an autonomous agent economy

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Technical Foundation

Nuggets is built on proven cryptographic and distributed systems technologies:
  • W3C Standards: Nuggets leverages established open standards to ensure vendor neutrality and broad compatibility
    • Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs): W3C standard for self-sovereign digital identity
    • Verifiable Credentials (VCs): Cryptographically secure, portable credentials
    • OpenID Connect (OIDC): Standard authentication flows enhanced with decentralized identity
    • OAuth 2.0: Secure authorization with Decentralized identity and verifiable credential integration
  • Post-Quantum Encryption: Future-proof security against quantum computing threats
  • Confidential Computing: Encrypted processing environments using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for sensitive operations
  • Blockchain Integration: Immutable private audit trails and decentralized verification networks
  • AI Protocol Support: Integration with MCP, A2A, and emerging AI protocols
This technical foundation ensures Nuggets will remain secure and interoperable as technology evolves, providing long-term value for organizations investing in trusted digital infrastructure. The Nuggets Trust Layer provides purpose-built infrastructure that secures the entire value chain of AI agent interactions. This comprehensive framework addresses the critical gap between AI capabilities and trust requirements through five integrated components:

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Sovereign Identity

Verifiable and persistent digital identity that works across all interactions and platforms, eliminating the invisibility problem of AI actions. This component provides:
  • Cryptographically Verified Identity: Every user, business and AI agent receives a verifiable digital identity using decentralized identifiers (DIDs)
  • Cross-Platform Verification: Identity that works across organizational boundaries and technology platforms
  • Persistent Accountability: Clear audit trails linking every AI identity action to verified responsible parties
  • Anti-Spoofing Protection: Advanced verification mechanisms that prevent deepfakes and synthetic identity fraud

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Personal Data

Secure, privacy-preserving handling of user data through distributed storage, eliminating data breach risks by removing PII from corporate systems. This approach provides:
  • Distributed Data Storage: Personal data stored in user-controlled wallets rather than centralized databases, eliminating breach attack surfaces
  • User-Controlled Access: Organizations access data only with explicit user permission, maintaining privacy while enabling functionality
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Data Minimizationcessing: AI operations on encrypted data without exposing raw personal information
  • Selective disclosure: Users share only the minimum data required for each interaction, preserving privacy while enabling verification

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Authentication 

Verifying actions and intent, behind every action, ensuring all interactions come from properly authenticated users and AI agents. This component enables:
  • Continuous Verification: AI agents undergo authentication for each significant action, not just initial deployment
  • Granular Access Control: Works alongside existing CIAM systems to enable precise permissions ensuring AI agents can only access specific data and systems they’re authorized to use
  • Human Oversight Integration: Real-time user consent and approval workflows for AI agents to access personal data and perform actions on behalf of users

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Multi-Rail Payments

Secure, agent-enabled transactions across traditional and emerging payment rails with cryptographic verification and human oversight. This integration enables:
  • Identity-Verified Transactions: Every payment is cryptographically linked to a verified identity, eliminating fraud and false positives
  • AI Agent Payments: Secure autonomous transactions with user consent and approval workflows
  • Verifiable Receipts: Cryptographically signed transaction records that provide tamper-proof evidence of completed payments and transaction details
  • Universal Payment Support: Integration with traditional payment methods, and emerging payment rails
  • Regulatory Compliance: Built-in compliance with PSD2, AML/KYC, and other financial regulations

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Compliance

Privacy-preserving regulatory compliance with dynamic consent management and audit capabilities. This framework provides:
  • Auditable Proofs: Encrypted compliance proofs (AML/KYC) secured with private keys, enabling regulatory access and retention and investigations whilst maintaining data privacy 
  • Zero-Knowledge Compliance: Prove regulatory requirements without revealing sensitive personal information
  • Auditable Consent: Cryptographic records of user permissions with granular control over data usage
  • Multi-Jurisdictional Support: Framework supporting diverse regulatory environments from CCPA/GDPR to emerging AI governance standards