EU Grant - NGI Trustchain
Partner
NGI Trustchain
Focus
Decentralized infrastructure
Status
Active
About
The NGI Trustchain initiative, co-funded by the European Commission, is a cornerstone of the Next Generation Internet movement. It is dedicated to fostering the development and widespread adoption of blockchain and other decentralized technologies. The core vision of NGI Trustchain is to fundamentally re-imagine and re-engineer the internet's architecture, transforming it into a more open, transparent, trustworthy, and user-centric ecosystem. This grant empowers innovators and researchers to build the foundational components of a more resilient and human-centric digital future.
Focus Areas
Our work within NGI TrustChain is structured as focused system explorations. Each project acts as a testbed for rethinking core internet primitives—identity, communication, and data ownership. DECAST — Decentralized Communication Infrastructure DECAST explores what real-time communication looks like when built on decentralized primitives. It replaces platform-dependent video systems with a modular stack where: identity is user-controlled access is verifiable storage is distributed System Design Authentication Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) enable self-sovereign identity. Verification Cross-chain validation allows identity and access to move across ecosystems. Accessibility Decentralized storage ensures persistent, tamper-resistant media. What It Enables Token-gated virtual events Verifiable classrooms and credentials Secure, auditable communication environments Why It Matters Most communication systems today are built on centralized control layers. DECAST shifts this model toward: resilience over uptime dependency ownership over access permissions verification over trust assumptions Repository https://github.com/NGI-TRUSTCHAIN/Decast(Currently restricted to TrustChain participants) Reflection Communication infrastructure has been abstracted away as a service. DECAST reintroduces it as a system. (Suggested: system architecture diagram or identity → verification → storage flow visual)
Results and Outcomes
Projects like DECAST demonstrate how these ideas translate into working systems—moving from abstract decentralization principles to deployable infrastructure. As a proud participant in the NGI Trustchain program, Leren Labs has made significant contributions to the advancement of decentralized solutions for a better internet. Our work, directly supported by this grant, focuses on developing infrastructure-level systems and practical frameworks that enhance security, privacy, and user control. The outcomes of our research and development help create a more resilient, secure, and transparent digital ecosystem for everyone, paving the way for novel applications and services that are built on a foundation of trust.
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