river.founding
Human trust without surveillance.
- Vouched Human
- Control Proven
- QR Active
Holding a printed QR does not prove identity or ownership.
Signed card · live QR · revocable
A public card
for real humans
Prove enough for the situation—without phone numbers, government ID, ads, or scan analytics. The QR is the door; current status is the point.
No phone
No ID
No ads
No tracking
Not legal ID. Not KYC. Not pay-to-verify. A sticker does not prove who is holding it.
Mobile scan preview — illustrative
How it works
The trust loop, not another profile link
A generic QR profile points to content. A Humanity Card is a signed, revocable trust object that always resolves to current status.
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Create a signed card
Your keys stay on your device. The public card is inspectable, portable, and yours to export or revoke.
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Get vouched by real people
Accountable social trust under published rules—not follower counts, hidden scores, or pay-to-be-real status.
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Scan for live status
HTTPS QR resolves to what the card proves right now: active, revoked, suspended, or unknown—with limits stated plainly.
What it can show
- Signed public card data
- Current QR and card status
- Vouched Human under rules
- Recent live control of the card key
- Revocation and suspension states
What it does not claim
- Legal identity or KYC
- That the nearby person owns the card
- Bot-proof or fraud-proof humanity
- Silent scan analytics
- Platform-owned identity
This card is signed, current, revocable, socially vouched where shown, and able to prove live control when needed.
Who it’s for first
Communities that already feel the cost
- Founding meetups & events
- Cooperatives & mutual aid
- Unions & worker orgs
- Privacy & open-source groups
- Clubs tired of platform lock-in
- Online spaces fighting bot spam
Commons Pass
Community membership without surveillance platforms
After the personal card loop works: mobile web passes for communities—invite members, scan QR for current status, check in to events, issue signed stamps. No phone numbers. No ads. No scan analytics.
Merch-led wedge
Curiosity in the wild
A physical sticker as walking QR—strangers scan, read honest limits, and decide. Belonging comes from vouches and founding cohort, not merch alone.
Governance path
Built to become commons
Founder-built first, with public rules and a founding cohort. If the trust loop works, infrastructure moves toward member and worker governance.
Build status
What exists right now
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This site humanity.llc — the story, principles, and how to reach us.
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Humanity Card + resolver In build: signed card, HTTPS QR, revocation, honest scan page.
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Founding sticker drop Next: one physical SKU, one story—a walking QR, not verification in the mail.
Founding cohort
Help test whether the trust loop is real
We’re inviting a small group to create cards, scan each other, try vouching and live control proof, and catch anything confusing before public launch. You’re not buying verification—you’re stress-testing honest infrastructure.