Social networking application
The Web3-native professional networking layer built on physical presence, not content production.
The problem
You connect and forget, with zero trust in who you’re actually talking to. The networks are filled with bots, aiming for your attention. That results in shallow contacts, and a kind of digital exhaustion.
ar-real is here to change how digital social structures work.
ar-real records real-life encounters on the blockchain, creating physical verifiable user profile patterns. The app helps you organise and maintain social connections without relying on content or posts. Just you and your connection.
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From the first tap to a verified credential: what we are building, phase by phase, to turn real encounters into lasting connections.
Meet
Tap to connect at conferences, meetups, or any IRL encounter. No QR scanning, no LinkedIn fumbling.
Meet
Choose what you share and with whom, by creating multiple information masks.
Meet
Cement new connections with context tags, reminders and follow-ups.
Verify · Phase 2
Every verified meeting is written to a blockchain layer. Immutable, user-owned, privacy-preserving.
Verify · Phase 2
A social identity credential built from real interaction history.
Manage
Contacts connected across platforms. Not a groupchat but an organisation of your contacts.
Manage
AI note support, smart follow-up reminders, semi-automated relationship nurturing.
( Validation )
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Every encounter on ar-real is written to a distributed ledger the moment it happens. No self-reported claims, no edits after the fact, no central database that can be deleted or manipulated.
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What’s recorded isn’t your identity but a trace: proof that a moment happened. Like in archaeology, a single trace means little — enough of them reveal a pattern only a real, lived life could produce.
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ar-real bundles these traces into a zero-knowledge proof credential: a profile belongs to an actual human, not a bot — without ever exposing the data behind it.
Phase 1 — Laying the Groundwork
Building
Native mobile app (iOS/Android) with NFC-based contact exchange and contact management. No blockchain verification yet — first a product people genuinely enjoy using.
Visible milestone
Presence at Web3 hackathons and events, first hands-on testing rounds → a product people want to use, plus a network ready to activate.
Audience
Core Web3 & DID enthusiasts. Early contacts and testers, not yet the public.
Phase 2 — Going Live
Building
On-chain encounter verification added to the mobile app — the first public version of ar-real. Premium tier and organizer dashboard follow.
Visible milestone
Public beta launch, first event partnerships, growing ecosystem presence → the flywheel (Acquire → Hook → Compound) starts from a running start.
Audience
Broader Web3 community. Users and DAOs looking for verifiable, portable social proof.
Phase 3 — Beyond Web3
Building
Full DID standard integration, on-chain reputation system, interoperability with DePIN/DeAI networks.
Visible milestone
Official public launch, event partnerships at scale, creative collaborations → ar-real becomes trust infrastructure for professional networking — a layer others build on.
Audience
Mainstream professional audience. Web2, business-casual users who benefit from the trust layer without needing to understand the tech behind it.
FAQ
Not to get started. You can sign up, exchange contacts and build your network without any crypto knowledge. A wallet only comes into play once you want to hold your verified encounter credentials yourself — and we’ll guide you through that step when it’s relevant.
Every contact you make at an event is verified as a real, in-person encounter. That means a cleaner network without bots or cold connections, context notes and reminders for every contact, and a trust signal others can check.
The core app — NFC contact exchange and contact management — will be free to use. Pricing for the premium tier and the organizer dashboard will be announced before the public launch.
Yes. What’s written on chain is a proof that a meeting happened, not who you met or what you shared. You decide what each contact gets to see through your information masks.
Because verification only works if two people were actually in the same physical place at the same time — that’s what makes the credential meaningful, not just another online connection request. ar-real exists to record real encounters; online browsing and messaging may come later, but the connection itself always starts irl.
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