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What is Glitch?
Glitch is a Web3 and Metaverse technology company.
Mission
Glitch mission is to innovate how humans interact in the digital space by building the truly Decentralized Social Metaverse.
Vision
Glitch envisions a future of interoperability where all the pieces of the digital space are together and custom economic & governance systems where humans are at the center.
It's essential to work on a solid foundation that represents humans universally.
Core values
Hard work: "Dreams don't work unless you do (work hard)" Teamwork: Glitch team works together toward the same mission Passion: We love what we do Quality: Glitch products are top-notch Community-driven: the Glitch & Glitch DAO are key to the development of Glitch
Products
With the mission to create the Decentralized Social Metaverse and the vision of interoperability, Glitch is developing two products: Glitch World: An endless virtual world that allows Avatars to create and enjoy unique immersive experiences. Glitch App: An all-in-one app that allows users to build and develop their Digital Identity and use it across Web3 and Metaverse applications thanks to its technology.
What is the Decentralized Social Metaverse?
The framework designed to achieve Glitch mission. The Decentralized Social Metaverse is a framework designed by Glitch to achieve its mission to innovate how humans interact in the digital space.
A framework formed by 6 layers and 2 gateways The following layers form the Decentralized Social Metaverse :
The Avatar (Digital Identity)
Decentralization
Economy
Governance Social
Dapps/Apps
Glitch App and Glitch World products are the gateways to the Decentralized Social Metaverse of Glitch.
The Avatar
Your digital fingerprints in one decentralized entity. When we think of an Avatar, we believe it is just a graphic representation of a person in a digital world, analog to a person's physical appearance in the 'real' world. But, an Avatar is much more than that. An Avatar is a unique Digital Identity that brings all the digital fingerprints of a user into a unified entity.
What is 'Digital Identity'?
Historically, the concept of identity was naturally created when we started to have the necessity to trust other individuals in a society. Identity is a complex and multifaceted aspect of an individual. However, one can be boiled down to the beliefs, values, anatomy, and personality traits. Over the last decades, thanks to the proliferation of the internet, a new form of identity emerged: the Digital Identity. This concept refers to all of our personal information (bank account numbers and transactions, social security numbers, date of birth...) stored in a digital form representing us on the internet.
Centralized and federated identity models
The two most common types of Digital Identity are the centralized identity model and the federated identity model.Centralized identity model.
Centralized identity model
The centralized identity model is the most common type of digital identity in use today. In this model, centralized governments or service providers issue some identifier or credentials to users, such as social media usernames, logins, or university grades.
Federated identity model
In the federated model, an identity provider acts as an intermediate between the user and the organization he tries to access. Some examples are the social login buttons from Google or Facebook. The main problem with these models is that there is no real interoperability. You cannot just get your data from one organization and use it in another. Some identity providers though, such as Google, can indeed share some information about your account with other organizations you wish. However, this amount of data is generally limited (even though they know you better than you know yourself). These models also have some privacy concerns since you are not the owner of your data, but the centralized entities are. So basically, your Digital Identity is broken without interoperability and raising privacy concerns. When you access an app for the first time, you do not have an identity, and you are not in total control of your data. You are just a nobody navigating the internet.
The Avatar as a solution
Decentralized Digital Identity technologies were born years ago to solve centralized and federated identity models' problems.
The Avatar
Glitch uses two types of Decentralized Digital Identity technologies, NFTs and SSI, that allow users to create an Avatar, which is a real representation of their unique Digital Identity. Thanks to The Avatar, users no longer rely on centralized entities to create, develop, and manage their Digital Identity. Instead, they use Glitch App and Glitch World's features.
NFTs
One of these technologies is NFTs, a record on a public peer-to-peer network that assigns an owner to some underlying asset that an issuer created.
Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) The other technology is Self Sovereign Identity (SSI), which is based on Verifiable Credentials (VCs), which are credentials issued by Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs). Both use peer-to-peer networks as anchors to prove ownership of some assets or public keys but are different in that VCs data is off-chain, can be made to expire, and are non-transferrable.
Digital Identity
Get your Digital Identity and enjoy its interoperability! The Avatar is a unique Digital Identity that brings all the digital fingerprints of a user into a unified entity. This unified identity (Avatar) consists of different features and data: On-chain & off-chain data An Avatar Anatomy A unique Universal Username (NFT) Avatar Trust Score Digital Identity is represented by a unique non-transferable NFT.
Building your Digital Identity from Glitch
The journey in Glitch starts with the user signing up to the Glitch App with a Web3 authentification login or email. This user can then: Complete his Avatar Profile from 0 to 100% with his on-chain and off-chain data. Access different apps or services through Glitch App's features, such as communicating with other Avatars.
The Avatar (Digital Identity) will be officially created once a user logs into the Glitch App and claims his Digital Identity non-transferable NFT. The more features and data your Avatar profile contains, the more complete your Digital Identity will be. Consequently, the more valuable it will be within the Glitch ecosystem and outside of it.
Avatar Data
Your digital fingerprints in one decentralized entity. Two types of data can be added to an Avatar, on-chain and off-chain data.
On-chain data
This includes all the data related to all the Avatar's activity across different blockchains. When an Avatar links a Web3 address to his profile (via digital signatures), Glitch automatically collects and structures all of its data to show interesting information, such as portfolio, protocols usage, history, analytics, and KPIs.
Off-chain data
This includes all the data that is not stored on blockchains. Glitch can integrate data from different organizations into an Avatar profile, such as social media information, university grades, credit scores, medical records, gaming information, education degrees, etc.
Avatar Anatomy
Customize your Avatar appearance. Apart from the on-chain and off-chain data, an Avatar also has an Anatomy, which is a 3D representation of the Avatar in the Glitch World. Glitch users can customize their anatomy whenever they want from their Avatar profile.
Universal Username
Be represented universally by an NFT. The Universal Username (UU) is an NFT represented by a unique custom username that a user can register to identify his Avatar profile. When a user obtains a Universal Username, it allows the NFT to represent him universally (in the Glitch App, the Glitch World, and any app that interacts with Glitch).
The Universal Username has to meet the following requirements: Available: meaning that no one else has already registered it Between 3 and 20 characters Maximum of special symbols: 5 Avatar Trust Score
Benefit from your data. Each Avatar has a Trust Score, going from 0 to 100, based on its on-chain and off-chain data. The user must allow Glitch to access some of the Avatar's data to calculate this Trust Score based on an open and public algorithm. The algorithm can be customized depending on the application or platform that requests it.
Glitch does not store any of the Avatar's data, it just calculates the Trust Score and issues a certification.
Use Cases
The Avatar Trust Score is very helpful in a variety of use cases:
Reviews: You can require users to have a specific Trust Score to be able to leave reviews on your platform. Communication: You can require users to have a specific Trust Score to be able to start a conversation with you. Launchpads: You can require users to have a specific Trust Score to be able to invest in some projects.
Apps Use Cases
Glitch Avatar SDK is a foundational technology for Web3, a must-have for every application. Some of the applications and features that can be implemented thanks to the Avatar SDK are the following.
Metaverse Experiences: unlock functionality
Glitch Avatars will make any Metaverse expand its virtual world possibilities. For example, when integrating the Avatar SDK, the Metaverse application can check if a user has a specific NFT or credential to access some event. DAOs and Automatic Community Creation (ACC) The Avatar data will unlock the possibility of creating communities and DAOs with one click. You can create a community with other Avatars that share the same type of credentials as you do, such as students from your university, or Crypto OGs who bought their first Bitcoin before 2012. DeFi: a new global credit score DeFi applications can differentiate users with the help of Avatar data, similar to the banking system with credit scores — for example, an Avatar with a high Equifax Credit Score could access under-collateralized loans or better staking APY.
Jobs portal: filtering job applications The employer could require certain applicants’ abilities before posting a job offer. Only Avatars that pass the requirements are eligible for the job.
Create new kinds of applications and business models. 2. Add/Improve features on the application thanks to the Avatar SDK. That translates to more value-added for the app and the users. 3. Access to the Avatar database of users. Avatars will want to use applications that integrate the Avatar SDK simply because they will benefit more. Applications can play smartly and acquire a large user base from scratch if they have the right incentives. Users instead are incentivized to create an Avatar for these reasons:
Access exclusive features/incentives by some applications that integrate the Avatar SDK. 2.Create meaningful connections and communities with other Avatars. 3.Having a Digital Identity with data and anatomies is very cool. Apps and Users, in this case, complement each other incentives creating a network effect: Avatars -> Apps integrating Avatar SDK -> More Avatars -> More Apps integrating Avatar SDK…
Launchpads: a safer launch
What if Launchpads incorporate our Avatars? They can set launching project allocations depending on the Avatar data of their users — for example, Avatars with higher holder scores get more funding.
The Avatar Effect
Create new kinds of applications and business models. 2. Add/Improve features on the application thanks to the Avatar SDK. That translates to more value-added for the app and the users. 3. Access to the Avatar database of users. Avatars will want to use applications that integrate the Avatar SDK simply because they will benefit more. Applications can play smartly and acquire a large user base from scratch if they have the right incentives. Users instead are incentivized to create an Avatar for these reasons:
Access exclusive features/incentives by some applications that integrate the Avatar SDK. 2.Create meaningful connections and communities with other Avatars. 3.Having a Digital Identity with data and anatomies is very cool. Apps and Users, in this case, complement each other incentives creating a network effect: Avatars -> Apps integrating Avatar SDK -> More Avatars -> More Apps integrating Avatar SDK…
Applications are incentivized to integrate Glitch Avatar SDK mainly because of three reasons:
Avatar Privacy
Glitch is a privacy-first company. Glitch does not store any data related to an Avatar. The user stores all the Avatar's data in Glitch App wallet, which he controls and stores on his devices. The user can display some of their Avatar's data public for other Avatars or organizations. Also, the user can share some of their data private with other organizations he wants through the Avatar SDK. It's always up to him. Notice that selective disclosure and ZK Proofs are also available for some Avatar's data, such as proving that you are older than 18 years old without disclosing your verified date of birth.
Decentralization
Glitch Decentralized Social Metaverse has underneath it a Decentralization layer that allows users to benefit from the following blockchain technology features: Public, distributed, and verifiable data Smart contracts Economy
Glitch Decentralized Social Metaverse has underneath it an Economy layer that allows users to do the following: Transfer value Manage digital assets Be incentivized through the Socialize-to-Earn model
Governance
Glitch Decentralized Social Metaverse has underneath it a Governance layer that allows users to do the following within Glitch: Create DAOs Propose custom governance systems Vote and govern Social
Glitch Decentralized Social Metaverse has underneath it a Social layer that allows users to interact and communicate with other Avatars through the following: Public and private chat, voice chat, forum, surveys, etc. Unique social experiences and special events Dapps/Apps
Glitch Decentralized Social Metaverse has underneath it a dApps/Apps layer that allows users to use unique apps from Gamium and from third parties.
Glitch SDK
Build whatever you want in the Glitch World. The Glitch SDK is a no-code building tool that allows Avatars to: Build their environment Import and create 3D ASSETs Export ASSETs to the marketplace Link apps/dapps into ASSETs Governance design Economic design Decentralized Community Servers
Interact and build with your community on a 3D custom scalable virtual world. Decentralized Community Servers are exclusive cities for exclusive communities within the Glitch World. With the Glitch SDK, Avatars that belong to a Decentralized Community Server can benefit from certain privileges within their Community Server. For example: Exclusive interaction Governance Building their city Creating an economic system
Socialize to Earn
A better way to socialise. Like the Play-to-Earn (P2E) model, our economy potentiates what we call Socialize to Earn (S2E). This innovative socializing system allows Avatars to monetize the value created by their social interactions. Users get rewards, such as tokens, for socializing with their Avatar within Glitch. Glitch aims to create a healthy and fun environment for its users. Our economy assures the creation of good quality interactions and user engagement.
Community
Our community is a crucial part of the development of Glitch. We have one of the most engaging communities within the crypto space, excited about our Roadmap and helping us to push our work to new frontiers. Our community growth from 1 to 30,000 members in less than a month since the launch of our project was truly humbling and such a milestone.
Team
Young, technical, and passionate quasi-humans. Glitch team comprises young visionary people with very high technical skills needed to develop new innovating technologies. We’re a team of dreamers with one objective in mind: building the technology of tomorrow. We are currently more than 30 passionate people working full-time on Glitch, and this number is growing every week!
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