Gold Member Guide
You are a founding validator. Here is what that means.
👑 Your Role
Gold Members are the first 20 verified participants of APTOGON. During the bootstrap period (first 60 days or 150 users) you manually approve or decline bond requests from new people.
📱 How It Works
When a new user passes gesture verification with AI confidence < 95%, their request enters the Gold Members queue. Your extension will show a banner.
You see only the AI confidence score (%). No personal data — no name, IP, or device. Your decision is based solely on the AI gesture assessment.
Click "Vouch" in the extension. Your DID key automatically signs the approval. When 3 Gold Members approve — a HumanCredential is issued on Aptos.
Click "Decline" if something seems off. One decline doesn't block — 3+ are needed. The request will go to other Gold Members.
🔌 Extension
- Install the APTOGON extension from the Chrome Web Store
- Open homosapience.org/verify and complete verification
- The extension reads your DID automatically
- When a bond request arrives — the banner appears next time you open the extension
⚖️ Limits & Safety
- ✦ 20 approvals per day — protection against account compromise
- ✦ Cannot vouch for yourself
- ✦ Your DID is stored only with you — no one else can sign on your behalf
- ✦ Bootstrap ends automatically: after 60 days or 150+ users
- ✦ After bootstrap your status becomes a regular guarantor (trust_score ≥ 0.5)
🔒 Privacy
You never see: names, email, IP, device, country, photo. Only the AI motion score (7 aggregated numeric metrics from the gesture). This is by design — vouching is based on behavioral biometrics, not social markers.
❓ FAQ
No problem. The request moves to the next batch of guarantors after 24 hours. You can close the extension without responding.
Yes. But the system requires 3 independent approvals — one Gold Member mistake doesn't issue a credential to a bot. Real harm requires collusion of 3+ Gold Members.
No. The DID is tied to a specific device/key. You can notify an admin if you lose your key — the status will be revoked.
~10 seconds including Ed25519 signing. Everything is automatic via the extension.
Your Gold Member DID becomes a regular trusted guarantor. New users can choose you as a guarantor themselves.