Human Network
Human Network, formerly Mishti Network, is the threshold cryptography layer underneath the rest of human.tech. It turns things people already have, like a web account, a biometric, or a passkey, into cryptographic keys, without any single party ever holding the result.
It runs as an EigenLayer AVS, so operators are restaked and the honest-threshold assumption is backed by economic security rather than reputation.
What it does
| Capability | What it means |
|---|---|
| Key derivation | Keys are derived from user-side authentication through an oblivious PRF, so no operator learns the input |
| Provable encryption | Data can be encrypted such that a zero-knowledge proof guarantees the ciphertext is well-formed and matches the credential it came from |
| Threshold decryption | Decryption requires a quorum. Each node returns only a share, plus a proof the share is correct. No node holds the full key |
| Programmable conditions | Nodes consult an on-chain gate before participating, so disclosure policy is contract design rather than a protocol change |
Why it matters
These are the primitives that let Proof of Clean Hands escrow an identity without creating a party who can read it, and that let WaaP derive keys from a login without becoming a custodian. Human Network is rarely the thing you integrate directly. It is the reason the things you do integrate can make the claims they make.
See Cryptographic Security for how these fit together.