SILT (Self-Actualised Identity Layer Tool) is a decentralised identity framework that enables individuals to assert lawful, self-determined identity across digital and physical domains without reliance on state-issued documents. Rooted in common law, merchant law, and indigenous knowledge systems, SILT encodes identity, agency, and rights into verifiable digital claim-based certifications and smart contracts. By empowering users with cryptographically secured, legally grounded self-identification, SILT protects against surveillance, censorship, and exclusion in the digital age. SILT interrogates the status of the holder of the ID, and how this status integrates with all other DID, SSI and digital ID projects.
Check out the one-pager to intro the project here.
SILT rests upon the bedrock of identity — rooted, yet fluid — shaped with grace by the ever-shifting tides of time, culture, and consciousness.
SILT addresses a foundational and often overlooked problem in the digital age: the lack of a self-determined, legally recognised identity that exists independently of state, corporate, or colonial authority.
In many jurisdictions—especially authoritarian or post-colonial contexts—access to rights, resources, and platforms is mediated through state-issued IDs or centralised registries, which can be revoked, manipulated, or denied. This excludes stateless peoples, those incarcerated, displaced communities, non-state actors, whistleblowers, and those resisting unjust systems.
SILT provides an alternative: a decentralised, cryptographically verifiable identity layer grounded in common law and honourable commercial conduct, allowing individuals to assert and prove their identity, agency, and consent without relying on oppressive intermediaries. It empowers users to resist surveillance, reclaim autonomy, and participate safely in digital and economic systems on their own lawful terms. The tool puts the power of identity status back in the hands of the holder, using unassailable precedents in law.