The human layer for the agentic age.
Manav is the cryptographic identity protocol that proves a real human stands behind every AI agent, every autonomous transaction, and every decision in the agentic economy.
The 100:1 inversion is here.
In May 2026, non-human identities outnumber humans 100 to 1 in the average enterprise. The trust protocol for that world has not yet been built. Manav is building it.
The five layers of the protocol.
Manav is an open protocol implementing all five layers of Human-Agent Trust Infrastructure (HATI). Skip any layer and the stack collapses into a partial answer.
Verified human identity
Persistent, biometrically-bound, device-attested identity. Federates with Worldcoin, passkeys, government eID, eIDAS 2.0 wallets.
Human → agent delegation
Cryptographic delegation tokens, scoped per task, time-bound, revocable in under 200ms across every relying party.
Work attestation
Every artifact stamped author, supervisor, or director. The cryptographic resume, written by the work itself.
Trust score
Dynamic, privacy-preserving reputation derived from attested work history. Compounds across employers, jurisdictions, decades.
Settlement & $MANAV
The economic layer. Earned through Proof of Human Work, consumed as gas for human-agent verification.
Start reading.
Sixty-three long-form essays on Human-Agent Trust Infrastructure, the EU AI Act, Proof of Human Work, and the cryptography of being human in 2026. Browse the full archive →
What this is for.
Manav exists to answer one question the agentic age cannot avoid: when a machine acts in your name, can the world prove it was you? Read the whitepaper, browse the essays, or learn about $MANAV.