Digital Identity That Serves Human Connection
We're building the Kunuleco Ecosystem where you control your digital presence, can verify information, and connect safely across platforms and protocols.
Our Vision: Building Digital Bridges
In our fragmented digital world, we've gained the ability to reach across vast distances but lost control of our identities and the reliability of information. Kunuleco aims to change this by creating a framework for authentic connection, community building, and truth verification.
After years of watching our online identities get scattered across platforms, our data sold to advertisers, and misinformation spread unchecked, we decided it was time for a different approach.
Kunuleco (meaning "fellowship" in Esperanto) is creating a universal, self-sovereign identity layer that works across multiple protocols—giving you complete control over how you present yourself and interact with communities online.
Self-Sovereignty
You should own and control your digital identity. With Kunuleco, your data stays with you and you decide what to share and with whom.
Cross-Protocol
Connect across IPFS, Veilid, NOSTR, ActivityPub, and more with a consistent identity that you control completely.
Truth Verification
Our observer framework helps communities establish information reliability and reduce the spread of misinformation.
How Kunuleco Works
Your Identity, Your Control
Kunuleco uses cryptographic technology to create a secure identity that you host yourself. Unlike traditional platforms, we don't store your data on our servers—it remains with you, on your devices.
You can create multiple personas for different contexts while maintaining cryptographic proof that they're all linked to your core identity (but only if you choose to reveal this).
How It's Different
Instead of creating separate accounts on each platform, your Kunuleco identity works across them all—but you control what information is shared with each service or community.
Progressive Trust Framework
Kunuleco uses a progressive trust model where reputation builds over time based on your interactions across communities.
This allows for pseudonymous participation while still creating accountability—making it harder to spread misinformation while protecting privacy.
Combating Misinformation
Our observer framework lets communities establish reliable information sources and verification methods, creating shared reality while respecting diverse viewpoints.
Kunuleco Platform Abstraction Objects (KPAOs)
Under the hood, Kunuleco uses KPAOs—virtual machines that construct a universal platform abstraction layer across different protocols.
These specialized computational environments act as connective tissue, allowing disparate protocols like IPFS, Veilid, and ActivityPub to interact through a common interface. Your identity, relationships, and content flow seamlessly between platforms while maintaining their integrity.
Protocol Independence
KPAOs create a universal language that allows different protocols to communicate. This means you're never locked into one platform—your digital presence remains consistent even as technologies change or new ones emerge.
Capsules: Your Sovereign Digital Spaces
Capsules are the personal environments where your identity, data, and connections live. Think of them as specialized containers that you own and control completely.
You can create multiple capsules for different contexts—family, professional, creative—each with its own rules for sharing and interaction, while KPAOs connect these spaces across protocols.
Safe, Specialized, Sovereign
Capsules give you power over how you interact with the digital world. They're safe (cryptographically secure), specialized (purpose-built for different contexts), and sovereign (under your complete control—not owned by corporations or platforms).
Building Better Communities
Kunuleco enables diverse groups to create safe, purposeful spaces across digital landscapes:
Multi-Protocol Communities
Connect seamlessly across modern decentralized protocols and traditional web platforms with a consistent identity. Your community remains intact even as technologies evolve, with conversations bridging different ecosystems while maintaining contextual integrity.
Self-Publishing and Syndication
Host your own content directly on your Kunuleco node while seamlessly syndicating it across the network. Create, publish, and share without relying on centralized platforms—your content remains under your complete control while still reaching your intended audience.
Interest-Based Groups
Focused spaces where people with shared passions can connect deeply across multiple platforms without the noise and distraction of general-purpose social media. Your creative community stays cohesive regardless of which protocols or platforms individual members prefer.
Local Community Networks
Neighborhood groups that blend online coordination with real-world activities, using identity verification to ensure safety while protecting privacy. Organize events, share resources, and build local resilience with tools that cross digital divides.
Cross-Protocol Community Example
Imagine a local gardening group where members can:
- Share content from their own nodes to the broader community network
- Maintain a consistent identity across all platforms while controlling privacy
- Organize seed exchanges and garden tours with localized tools
- Create verified knowledge resources that sync across the network
- Build reputation through consistent contributions regardless of platform
- Remain resilient as individual platforms and protocols evolve
With Kunuleco, communities transcend artificial platform boundaries while maintaining the context and relationships that make them valuable.
For Developers Preview
Kunuleco is building an open-source framework for identity and community building across protocols. Our SDK and tools will allow developers to create applications that respect user sovereignty while enabling new forms of connection.
Building with Kunuleco
Community Platforms
Create spaces where users maintain control of their data while still building shared context. Enable community governance that works across platforms with persistent identity and reputation.
Ideal for: Social networks, special interest groups, learning platforms
Privacy-First Applications
Build applications where users selectively disclose information while still enabling functionality. Create spaces where information can be verified without revealing unnecessary details.
Ideal for: Healthcare apps, digital credentials, secure messaging
Information Verification Systems
Implement community-driven verification frameworks where information sources can be validated within context. Create reputation systems that reduce misinformation while respecting diverse perspectives.
Ideal for: News platforms, knowledge bases, community journalism
Cross-Protocol Bridges
Create applications that seamlessly work across multiple protocols with a unified identity layer. Let users bring their content and connections between platforms without rebuilding their presence.
Ideal for: Content platforms, creative tools, social aggregators
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Guiding Principles
- Self-sovereignty: User control of data and identity is non-negotiable
- Progressive disclosure: Share only what's necessary for each context
- Protocol agnosticism: Build for interoperability across the digital landscape
- Community governance: Systems should serve people, not platforms
Open Source Collaboration Q3 2025
Kunuleco's core will be open-source, allowing developers to audit, contribute, and extend the platform. We believe in transparency and community-driven development.
Coming soon: Core libraries, documentation, and example applications
Development Roadmap
- Q3 2025: Founding member Alpha release
- Q4 2025: Core SDK release & documentation
- Q1 2026: Protocol bridges (Activity Pub, AT Protocol, NOSTR, Veilid)
- Q2 2026: Community tools and governance frameworks
- Q3 2026: Integration tools for existing platforms
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Our Journey
Phase 1: Foundation (Current)
We're currently building the core identity framework and IPFS protocol integration. Our focus is on creating a solid foundation for self-sovereign identity that will stand the test of time.
Phase 2: Protocol Expansion
Next, we'll expand to support additional protocols including AT Protocol, Veilid, NOSTR, and ActivityPub, creating seamless identity management across the decentralized web.
Phase 3: Community Tools
We'll develop tools for community creation, governance, and information verification, allowing groups to establish their own trust frameworks and moderation systems.
Phase 4: Bridge to Existing Platforms
Finally, we'll build bridges to existing social platforms, allowing Kunuleco identities to interact with centralized services while maintaining privacy and control.
Frequently Asked Questions
Kunuleco is a universal identity framework that works across multiple protocols and platforms. It matters because right now, our digital identities are fragmented and controlled by corporations. We're building a way for people to own their digital presence, control their privacy, and connect with communities on their own terms—while also addressing the growing problem of misinformation online.
Kunuleco addresses misinformation through our observer framework, which allows communities to establish trusted verification processes. Unlike traditional platforms that apply one-size-fits-all fact-checking, our approach enables communities to develop context-appropriate methods for establishing information reliability while respecting diverse perspectives.
The progressive trust model also means that reputation builds over time, making it harder for bad actors to spread false information while still allowing new members to join communities.
We're starting with IPFS integration, and our development roadmap includes:
- Veilid
- NOSTR
- ActivityPub (used by Mastodon, Pleroma, etc.)
- Bluesky's AT Protocol
- Opt-in cryptocurrency protocols for commerce features
Our goal is to create a universal identity layer that works across the entire decentralized web.
We're currently in the foundation phase of development. Our timeline includes:
- Q3 2025: Open-source release of our core framework
- Q4 2025: Developer SDK and initial protocol integrations
- 2026: Community tools and expanded protocol support
Join our mailing list to be notified as we reach these milestones and to get early access to our tools.
