sigyl / about

what is this

A lightweight, human-dependent web of trust. Publish a JSON file on a domain you own. A human who knows you vouches for it on their mirror. That's it.

No servers. No database. No blockchain. No algorithm. Humans required.

Math that turns "hey man, there's a beverage here" into an identity. Your passphrase is a sentence only you would say. The math makes it permanent.

WebRing 2.0 that brings back Web 1.0.

why it works

Domain as collateral. Your domain has your name on it. You control what goes there. Nobody can fake that without controlling your DNS. "I swear on my domain" is the stake.

Human vouching. You don't get on a mirror by signing up. Someone who knows you adds you. That's the spam filter, the moderation layer, and the bot defense — all in one.

No platform. Your identity lives on your domain. If this mirror disappears, your file is still there. Nobody can take it.

how to get on this mirror

1. Generate your key at sigyl.org/keygen. Happens in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.

2. Publish the file it gives you at yourdomain.com/sigyl.json. Any static host works — GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, Netlify. All free.

{
  "public_key": "your-key-here",
  "mirror": "https://sigyl.org"
}

3. Reach out to the admin. They know you, they vouch you, next crawl you're on the list.

run your own mirror

One GitHub repo. GitHub Pages for hosting. $10/year for the domain. Everything else is free.

You decide who's on it. You vouch for them with your domain and reputation. If you vouch for bad actors, other mirrors stop trusting yours. Accountability is human and local.

Most mirrors will have 5–20 people. That's not a limitation — that's the architecture working.

github.com/qualityshepherd/sigyl