Introduction

Andamio is a blockchain-based protocol that provides new primitives for:

• Credential issuance and verification
• Localized access control
• Discoverability and resource sharing
• Governance

Andamio builds verifiable trust by addressing a connected series of problems related to purpose, participation, and proof. These problems are outlined in Section 1: Trust.

Andamio primitives are designed to solve for each of these problems. The building blocks of the protocol are outlined in Section 2: Building Blocks.

Trust is built through participation cycles in which people are connected to meaningful opportunities, they collaborate on projects, and they earn credentials for their contributions. These participation cycles are outlined in Section 3: Cycles.

When communities successfully launch and complete a participation cycle, they are ready for what comes next. Organizations can launch new projects. Specialists can find the next opportunity. Initiatives can be started among new collaborators. This process is at the heart of Andamio's design, and we take a closer look in Section 4: Problem Solving.

When groups of people are solving problems, these groups usually overlap, and that creates an ecosystem. The Andamio vision for this ecosystem, and a description of how we'll get there, is outlined in Section 5: Ecosystem.