{"title": "Skyless Protocol", "logoImg": "bafkreid6aipvrnpm4wjvxjonecw7tb5d634ty25cvcqs3qkuq3swhhx5um", "website": "https://skyless.network", "bannerImg": "bafkreiasexccv7t322e3mp7gagkydq7i7jakkdtbmgmyxnziys7vfdtomy", "createdAt": 1743467042447, "credentials": {}, "description": "Skyless Protocol is the first general-purpose, stake-free Proof-of-Trust system enabling transparent, interoperable, and AI-integrated governance and verification across digital networks.\n\nAbstract: Skyless introduces Proof-of-Trust (PoT), a stake-free, dynamic, and verifiable trust framework designed to overcome the limitations of both decentralized and traditional governance. PoT formalizes trust as a modular, adaptable primitive, enabling systems to verify participants and make decisions without relying on wealth, popularity, or static credentials. This unlocks fairer, more scalable governance for DAOs, cooperatives, NGOs, and public sector organizations. By making trust computable, Skyless enhances verification, improves public goods allocation, and supports AI-driven and human-governed networks alike — laying the foundation for more inclusive and effective decision-making across digital and real-world communities.\n\nThe founder: Skyless is led by a founder with deep cross-disciplinary experience across AI, music & media, and Web3. Previously employed by Universal Music Group in marketing and operational roles before transitioning into AI-driven product development, Skyless’ founder has built systems and prototypes across AI and Web3 infrastructure and is now focusing full-time on Skyless Protocol. The project is driven by a strong personal mission to create fair, decentralized, and scalable trust systems that remove barriers to participation and opportunity.\n\nStatus: Currently in pre-release, Skyless has established the foundational protocol design and is preparing for grants and an arXiv submission of the technical whitepaper. positioned as the first general-purpose trust primitive designed to integrate seamlessly with AI-driven systems, decentralized applications, and creative platforms, the project has attracted early interest from Web3 and decentralized governance communities. Skyless is being developed in close alignment with the Ethereum public goods ecosystem to ensure interoperability and wide adoption.\n\n\nSkyless: Building trust for a safer open internet.\n\nSkyless is a public goods protocol that turns trust into a shared asset. We help communities openly signal credibility, align intentions, and build awareness – forging a foundation of trust in public good projects.\n\nSkyless Protocol is a privacy-preserving trust layer for decentralized identity, enabling dynamic, ZK-verified reputation compatible with Ethereum, Verifiable Credentials, and future frameworks like the EU’s EUDI Wallet.\n\nSkyless Protocol enables developers to integrate behavior-based, composable trust scores into any identity, wallet, or smart contract system. Rather than relying on static KYC, social graphs, or pay-to-verify models, Skyless issues dynamic trust signals based on observed behaviors, cryptographically anchored to users’ decentralized identifiers (DIDs).\n\nSkyless Protocol is an open-source, identity-agnostic developer framework for dynamic, privacy-preserving trust verification. Built on decentralized identity (DID) and Verifiable Credential (VC) standards, Skyless introduces a novel trust primitive where user trust credentials evolve over time and are verifiable via Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs). Developers can integrate Skyless into dApps, DAOs, games, and social platforms to dynamically verify trust and improve safety without compromising user privacy.\n\n•\tSkyless focuses on providing a dynamic, behavioral trust credential as an additional, composable layer on top of whatever identity the user already has.\n\nIt makes Skyless broadly usable:\n\n•\tEthereum-native communities (DID:ETHR)\n\n•\tEnterprises using W3C DIDs or EU-compliant eIDAS/EUDI credentials\n\n•\tEven semi-centralized platforms needing dynamic trust\nIdentity-agnostic = maximally interoperable and composable.\n\nSkyless Protocol bridges the gap between emerging decentralized identity (DID) standards and the growing demand for dynamic, privacy-preserving trust systems.\n\nWhile initiatives like the EU’s EUDI Wallet and W3C Verifiable Credentials provide the foundation for static identity (e.g., name, age, citizenship), they do not account for evolving trust signals such as behavioral reputation, contextual permissions, or adaptive risk assessments.\n\nSkyless is positioned to help Ethereum developers and traditional identity providers build trust-sensitive, regulation-compliant applications across jurisdictions.\n\nFully modular, composable, and open-source, Skyless is designed for interoperability with existing DID, VC, and reputation systems, supporting use cases ranging from social recovery to dynamic content access and reputation-weighted governance.\n\nThe Problem:\n\nMost verification models today—whether government-issued IDs, Twitter/X-style paid checks, or follower counts—fail to reflect real, evolving trustworthiness. They are static, gameable, and exclusionary.\n\nSkyless addresses this gap by offering a trust verification layer that adapts over time, making trust measurable and composable on-chain and off-chain, without compromising privacy. This opens up new possibilities for peer-to-peer marketplaces, quadratic funding, Sybil resistance, and safe, verified spaces for users globally.\n\nHow does this project align with Gitcoin’s mission?\n\nSkyless is a public good designed to strengthen decentralized ecosystems by improving how trust is measured, verified, and applied. Our open-source tooling enables builders to create safer, fairer, and more inclusive applications without relying on centralized identity providers.\n\nBy reducing Sybil risks and empowering users with verifiable but privacy-preserving trust signals, we directly support the sustainability of public goods funding, governance, and coordination.\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}