Public identity
Used by organizations, projects, newspapers, universities, law firms and entities that seek public recognition.
Independent technical-legal proposal
Cryptographic Identity
Verifiability without mandatory civil identity, global KYC or central authority.
Verifiable cryptographic identity
Verifiable cryptographic identity does not mean knowing who the person is. It means knowing that a given key is the same key that signed a given content item, name, route or update.
It proves control, continuity and integrity. It does not require civil ID, address, mandatory KYC, state registry or central authority.
Pseudonymous identity
Used by journalists, whistleblowers, researchers and peaceful opposition voices that need continuity without revealing civil identity.
Ephemeral identity
Used for reading, browsing and sensitive sessions, reducing tracking and correlation.
Essential rule: publishing identity should not be browsing identity. A user who merely reads public content should not need persistent identity.