Msingi

Msingi

Anonymous IoT device identity and autonomous wallets

Status: research
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Core Team

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Solomon Kembo
Lead Author

Project Meta

Last Updated 12/11/2024
Editor solomon

Core Thesis

Anonymity requires device-held keys, and ZK-enforced spending policies make device wallets safe.

This is not a design preference—it’s a logical requirement. If a human wallet pays for a device’s transaction, the payment links device to human identity, destroying all privacy guarantees.

Three Pillars

  1. BRACE: Blind Registration
  2. IAR: Incentivized Anonymous Relay
  3. ACR: Anonymous Contribution Rewards

Integration with EdgeChain

EdgeChain protects farmer identity while Msingi’s BRACE protocol protects the IoT sensors collecting field data. Together, they form a complete privacy stack.

Msingi sensors submit anonymous attestations. These can be consumed by EdgeChain’s Dual Merkle Root system to verify IoT data separately from manual farmer reports.