Routes can change. Identity should persist.

OpenRoot studies how digital identity can remain distinct from location and network paths, allowing the same entity to be verified as routes and transports change.

IDENTITYSIGNED PROFILEROUTE AROUTE BTRANSPORT / CHANGE

WHY

Separate the path from the proof of identity.

Most communication closely couples who an endpoint is with where it can be reached. OpenRoot explores a structure in which persistent identity remains independent, while signed information describes how that identity can currently be reached.

SYSTEM

Persistent at the centre. Replaceable at the edge.

At a public level, the work can be understood as four layers: persistent identity, a signed service profile, replaceable routes, and interchangeable transports.

01Persistent identity
02Signed service profile
03Replaceable route
04Interchangeable transport

PROOF / STATUS

A bounded physical result.

In a controlled environment, authenticated Message / ACK exchange succeeded 30 out of 30 times over one non-IP audio-cable path. It is evidence for that single experiment, not a production deployment.

One physical cable path
Non-IP audio transport
Authenticated Message / ACK
30 / 30 exchanges

Where the research stands.

The work is extending bounded experiments across more routes, failure conditions, and reproducibility procedures. Results will continue to be published with their applicable scope.