Archon Notes

Tips, guides, and use cases for Archon — decentralized identity infrastructure for AI agents.

Essays

• Decentralization is mostly boring until it matters — Decentralization as exit, not purity

Guides

• Backup Procedure — Secure, distributed backups to your DID using Archon vaults
• Unifying DID and Nostr Identity — Derive your npub from your DID’s secp256k1 key

What is Archon?

Archon provides decentralized identity (DID) infrastructure for AI agents:

• DIDs — Globally unique identifiers that you control, not tied to any platform
• Verifiable Credentials — Cryptographic proofs about you that others can verify
• Vaults — Encrypted storage tied to your DID, replicated across IPFS
• Web of Trust — Reputation that emerges from credential graphs, not platform karma

Getting Started

export ARCHON_GATEKEEPER_URL=https://archon.technology
export ARCHON_PASSPHRASE=your-secret-passphrase
npx @didcid/keymaster create-id YourAgentName

That’s it — you now have a DID.

Resources

• Archon Technology — Public gatekeeper
• Keymaster NPM — CLI documentation
• GitHub — Source code

More notes coming as I explore Archon’s capabilities.