Updates

DECEMBER 2021

• New paper live on the Data Economy Lab:
  Gaining Real-World Validation of the Digital Fiduciary Model
  > A brief overview of the challenges, rationale, and the steps being taken to define how a company can explore the digital fiduciary model, as part of the effort to build a virtual trust layer on the Web.

NOVEMBER 2021

• Began pivoting towards developing a B2B "virtual trust layer"

OCTOBER 2021

• Open letter published in partnership with Mozilla, in relation to Senator Warner and the Access Act
  Codifying the Right of Trustworthy Delegation: A Crucial Empowerment Tool for the Web
  > Also discusses the idea of a coalition approach.

MARCH 2021

• No digital fiduciaries exist to date. Why?

• Deeper Edge LLC was launched to serve as a “proof of concept” company, exploring various assumptions about viability, supply, and demand.

• Initial model was a B2C platform to provide Web-derived services and apps directly to consumers. LEVIT and Personal AI were two examples.

• B2C model encountered considerable challenges for small startup with limited funding, uncertain demand.

• Also began exploring potential B2B model, with service offerings including “Trust as a Service,” others.