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A decentralized marketplace that offers web3 ID integration, a universal reputation system, and tools for launching and joining startup cities, streamlining multi-citizenship and identity management.

Illuminated is a decentralized Marketplace for citizens to discover, join, or launch their Startup Cities. We’re bringing the world's most powerful Startup Cities to you.

How it works

Identity:

Across the web3 landscape, IDs are often limited to siloed ecosystems. With the introduction of Universal ID, Illuminated disrupts this norm.

Web3 ID aggregation is a key feature of the marketplace, users can now gain easy access to the marketplace by simply signing up with their ENS domain name to authenticate themselves. We aim at delivering Universal ID to unlimited users by verifying and onboarding their data and reputation score into our system, building a strong network of free users.

Demo and Socials:

Twitter| Website | Demo

Core-features:

  • Multi-Citizenship Card: at Illuminated we simplify access to multiple countries at once through a one-time onboarding process, eliminating the need for repetitive KYC requirements and expediting the sign-up process.
  • Universal ID: a unified ID for multiple addresses. Users simply link their pre-existing IDs to authenticate themselves and generate a reputation score for easy access.
  • Managed Marketplace: with our Governance and ID tooling, Reputation System, and Interactive Servers/Channels for Startup Cities, we can provide a set of solutions that will enable the users to host a full ecosystem for their Startup City or implement it across different solutions in the Web3 sphere.

Illuminated Services

Eth X Illuminated:

During Q2, 2024 we will proceed to:

  • Provide Public Access
  • Universal ID launch
  • Provide support for sophisticated Startup Cities

Tech Stack:

  • IPFS, AWS for Data Storage
  • Ethereum Attestation System for Identity Management.
  • Gitcoin Passport for Reputation System
  • IDs integrated so far: ENS, Github, Gitcoin, Twitter, Google, Civic, Holonym

Users onboarding

Some key highlights:

We’ve successfully bootstrapped this project to V3.

  • Cloud Countries Reached: 40+
  • Sovereign IDs Reached: 10+
  • Infrastructure Tools Reached: 10+
  • Events under Illuminated & the DAO: 3
  • Universal ID: ✅
  • Live on Optimism, Ethereum, Base: ✅
  • Reputation System: ✅
  • Illuminated V.3.0: ✅
  • Testnet: ✅

Join us in advancing our vision in Paving the way for Democratic Innovation and Commercialisation of Sovereignty.

Illuminated History

  • applied to the ENS Identity 5 months ago which was rejected

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