Explore idOS (IDOS): Own Your Identity and Power the Stablecoin Economy
idOS (Identity Operating System) is a decentralized network giving users full control over their personal data while enabling seamless interactions across the stablecoin economy. By combining secure, self-sovereign data storage with a blockchain-based economic layer, idOS lets users manage, share, and monetize their identity safely and privately.
Through its two-layer architecture—the idOS Storage Network for encrypted data and the upcoming idOS Economy Network for incentivized usage—developers and businesses can integrate identity verification, KYC, and credential sharing directly into apps. Users control who can access their information, while issuers and consumers securely exchange credentials without exposing sensitive data.
Focused on real-world adoption, idOS bridges Web2 and Web3 by enabling reusable identity across wallets, neobanks, financial modules, and decentralized applications, empowering users to own their data while supporting composable, privacy-first financial services.
The IDOS token is now available in the IDOS section on XT Pre-market, giving users the opportunity to participate in early purchases.
TL; DR for Busy Readers
- idOS is a decentralized identity network giving users full control over their encrypted data.
- The Storage Network stores data securely, while the upcoming Economy Network enables a blockchain-based data economy.
- Users can share credentials privately, revoke access anytime, and integrate across wallets, neobanks, and apps.
- The IDOS token powers staking, rewards, and ecosystem participation, aligning incentives for long-term growth.
What is idOS(IDOS) ?
idOS (identity operating system) is a decentralized storage and access management network specifically designed to store user data.
idOS brings portable identity to the stablecoin economy. Allowing users to onboard to stablecoin apps and share their data as easily as moving their money, on- and off-chain.
The idOS Storage Network (L1) enables private and self-sovereign data storage, and allow users to share access to their encrypted data with applications and businesses across the internet. The idOS Economy Network (coming soon, an Arbitrum Orbit chain) implements a flexible data economy in smart contracts and meters the usage of the Storage Network. Applications can use the idOS SDK to perform all core functions they’d need to interact with idOS.
Building on this innovative infrastructure, on July 9, 2024, idOS announced the completion of a $4.5 million funding round led by Fabric Ventures, with participation from Arbitrum, Circle Ventures, Ripple, NEAR Protocol, Gnosis, Aleph Zero, Radix, and Tezos, providing further support for its continued growth and development.
How IDOS Works: Core Mechanisms Explained
At its core, idOS consists of two main layers: the idOS Storage Network and the future idOS Economy Network, plus a set of SDKs and application-layer tools for developers and end users.
Core components
- idOS Storage Network: This is the backbone — a decentralized database network that actually stores your encrypted data. Nodes in this network run a distributed database framework called Kwil, customized for idOS. The network handles authentication (who you are), consensus (making sure data stays consistent), encryption/decryption, and data retrieval.
- idOS Economy Network (future): This will be a blockchain-based economic layer (on something like an L2 chain) that manages fees, staking, and incentives — helping the system sustain itself long-term.
- SDKs & Apps: idOS provides software development kits so developers can integrate idOS into apps — letting websites or services request, store, and verify identity information securely. For users, there are dashboard tools to manage your profile, credentials, and permissions.
Who are the actors?
- User (Owner): That’s you — you log in with your blockchain wallet (supports common wallets on EVM or NEAR chains). You control your data, can decrypt it locally via a secure “Enclave” web app (so the hosting website cannot read your plaintext data), and decide who can access what.
- Issuer: Entities (e.g. banks, universities, government, healthcare) that verify and issue credentials about you (e.g. identity, KYC, qualifications).
- Consumer: Apps or services that want access to your credentials (e.g. a neobank needing KYC). They only get access if you explicitly grant permission using an “Access Grant.”
How sharing works — with privacy
When you grant access, idOS doesn’t just hand over unencrypted data. Instead, you — or your authorized delegate — decrypt the data locally, re-encrypt it with the recipient’s public key, and store that encrypted version on idOS. That means only the intended recipient can decrypt it.
Also, once you grant access, the recipient can retrieve authorized data even if you are offline — the data stays available in the storage network.
Control & compliance
Users can revoke access at any time. And because the underlying storage is not a permanent immutable blockchain ledger but a privacy-aware database (via Kwil), idOS supports real data deletion: which is important for privacy laws like GDPR’s “right to be forgotten.”
Use Cases of idOS(IDOS)
While idOS is a completely generalized system for storage and secure sharing of user data, the team outlined a few specific flows to help explain how different integrations in the stablecoin/crypto fintech space will look, pursuant to our initial market focus on self-custodial, reusable KYC.
Neobank & Wallet Integration
Digital wallets and neobanks can seamlessly integrate idOS into their platforms, enhancing user identity management and financial compliance capabilities. For wallet integrations, idOS components like the idOS Enclave can be directly embedded, enabling secure credential encryption, wallet-based account creation, and in-wallet identity management functionalities. Neobanks benefit from integrating idOS through hosted user interfaces (idOS Isle) or via SDKs, streamlining secure cross-chain identity passporting and providing end-users with full control over their identity data, access grants, and permissions directly from within their existing applications.
Financial Module Integration
The Financial Module Integration use case describes how financial service providers (such as self-custodial banking, debit card providers, or investment platforms) can directly integrate with the idOS network. This integration allows providers to securely access existing user credentials, request and verify new credentials from identity issuers, and meet compliance obligations seamlessly. By leveraging idOS’s standardized identity workflows and encryption protocols, providers reduce the complexity of user onboarding, significantly enhance privacy, and improve the overall customer experience, while reducing compliance risks.
TradFi→ Onchain Integration
This integration scenario focuses on TradFi platforms (traditional financial institutions, fintechs, and centralized exchanges) looking to offer seamless onboarding and interoperability with Web3 ecosystems. By embedding the idOS directly into their existing infrastructures, these providers empower their users to securely migrate identity credentials and compliance data to Web3 applications and blockchain environments. This integration supports monetization opportunities through identity-based gating, allowing businesses to offer premium services based on verified credentials securely moved onto decentralized networks.
IDOS Tokenomics: Utility, Rewards, and Value
IDOS is the utility token of idOS: the decentralized identity network enabling identity portability for the stablecoin economy.
IDOS is an ERC-20 token, first deployed on Arbitrum One. The token has a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) tokens.
As the project approaches the Token Distribution Event (TDE, expected Q4 2025), here’s a transparent look at how the IDOS token supply will be allocated, vested, and released over time.
Allocation Overview
The IDOS Token allocation is designed to keep the majority of the supply focused on ecosystem growth, security through staking, and community participation over the coming decade.
Community (41.3%): Public share of the supply distributed to early supporters across incentives, airdrops and community sales. Breakdown below:
- Staking rewards (15.0%): Supply distributed to idOS storage network stakers for bootstrapping participation and network security. Vesting: 120 months (10 years) – more details on the release schedule and mechanics in the section below.
- Community sales (up to 12.5%): Supply distributed through public rounds pre-TDE to early backers. Vesting: 100% unlock on TDE.
- User Incentives & Airdrops (8.8%): Incentive and marketing campaigns to support early community supporters. Breakdown below:
- Community Reserve (5.0%): Reserve to be allocated to the community for growing the idOS ecosystem.
Team & Advisors (10.9%): The people who design, build, and operate idOS, aligned through multi-year vesting to ensure long-term commitment.
- Team vesting: 12-month lock-up + 36-month linear vesting
- Advisors vesting: 6-month lock-up + 36-month linear vesting
Building Partners (7.6%): Early integrators, infrastructure partners, and builders who help extend the idOS network.
- Vesting: 6-month lock-up + 24-month linear vesting
Private Contributors – Consortium Members (10.4%): Founding ecosystem members and organizations who contributed to the early design, governance, and rollout of idOS within their networks. Include Arbitrum Foundation, Circle, NEAR Foundation, Ripple Labs, Tezos Foundation, Radix Foundation, Gnosis and Aleph Zero Foundation.
- Vesting: 6-month lock-up + 12-month linear vesting
Private Contributors – VCs & Business Angels (8.1%): Early backers and strategic partners who contributed and provided guidance to bring idOS to life. Lead contributor: Fabric Ventures.
- Vesting: 6-month lock-up + 12-month linear vesting
idOS Association – Listings & Liquidity Reserve (9.5%): Supply reserved for liquidity in exchanges (including DEXes) and secure potential listings. idOS is trying to limit allocations in this bucket to the extend possible – any amount not allocated will go to the Association’s Treasury to support the growth of the ecosystem. Full unlock on launch.
idOS Association – Treasury (12.2%): supply managed by the idOS Association Treasury, dedicated to long-term development, operations, ecosystem partnerships, and governance infrastructure.
- Vesting: 10% unlock on TDE, 90% subject to a 60-month linear vesting
Optimizing for Community Distribution, Transparency and Alignment
The team designed IDOS to have utility from day one. To achieve that, they are releasing more than 1/3rd of the total token supply on TDE, and allocating a large portion of it to our community, to encourage early usage and contribution. 41.3% of the total IDOS supply is planned to be distributed to the community.
The IDOS token exists to align incentives between users, builders, integrators, and infrastructure partners who share the vision of an open, interoperable identity system. Every allocation, vesting schedule, and emission stage has been designed to keep the ecosystem sustainable and community-oriented for the next decade.
5-year Token Distribution Schedule
Please notice the Staking Rewards bucket goes beyond the 5-year schedule
Staking Rewards
Staking is the main mechanism for idOS to bootstrap participation and network security. A total of 150 million IDOS (15% of total supply) is allocated to staking rewards, planned to be distributed across 10 years in a staged emission schedule that balances early participation with long-term sustainability:
- Years 1-2: 30 million IDOS per year (20% of Staking rewards pool/year)
- Years 3-6: 15 million IDOS per year (10% of Staking rewards pool/year)
- Years 7-10: 7.5 million IDOS per year (5% of Staking rewards pool/year)
Over time, staking rewards are expected to be complemented by sustainable fees accruing to the idOS Association from Access Grants. These fees are intended to be used for token buy-backs and to provide additional incentives for securing the idOS network.
Rewards will accrue daily and can be claimed at any time.
How to Buy $IDOS｜Ways to Participate
The token is now available in the IDOS section on XT Pre-market, giving users the opportunity to participate in early purchases. This allows participants to gain exposure before the token goes live on the main market, enabling early supporters to engage ahead of broader trading and liquidity.
In addition to purchasing IDOS, users can also explore other opportunities within the idOS ecosystem. From contributing to network operations to participating in staking, governance, or new dApp integrations, there are multiple ways to engage and benefit from the growing decentralized identity ecosystem. Staying involved can help users discover emerging use cases and maximize their participation in the platform’s expansion.
IDOS Token’s Competitive Edge
IDOS stands out because it combines user-first design, business practicality, and decentralized infrastructure. Users maintain full control over their encrypted data, deciding who can access it and revoking permissions at any time, unlike traditional centralized systems that silo sensitive data. For businesses, idOS is regulatory-ready, supporting GDPR-compliant workflows, financial use cases, and reusable credentials for KYC, while enabling seamless integration across applications.
The network itself is decentralized and chain-agnostic, built collaboratively with leading Web3 ecosystems, allowing cross-chain access without extra software or extensions. By acting as a composable storage and access layer, idOS enables developers to leverage zkProofs, permissionless biometrics, and sophisticated role-based access management. Founded by identity-focused Web3 veterans, idOS emphasizes practical, real-world adoption while progressively decentralizing the system, ensuring security, privacy, and interoperability for users and businesses alike.
Key Risks and Challenges of the IDOS Token
While IDOS provides strong infrastructure for decentralized identity and the stablecoin economy, it faces several risks. Technology and adoption risk arises if developers, neobanks, or financial apps delay integration, limiting network utility and token demand.
Regulatory challenges remain, as global laws on digital identity, data privacy, and crypto finance evolve. Changes could impact operations or limit use cases. Market and tokenomics risk exists: $IDOS value depends on ecosystem growth, staking participation, and stablecoin app adoption. Low engagement, slower growth, or competing solutions could affect token value and sustainability.
idOS Outlook: Powering the Stablecoin Economy
idOS is strategically focusing on the Stablecoin economy, prioritizing practical and high-impact use cases like KYC re-usability for neobanks and financial modules. By allowing users to verify their identity once and reuse it across multiple applications, idOS streamlines compliance, enhances user experience, and reduces friction for developers and businesses building OpenFi solutions. This targeted approach positions idOS as essential infrastructure for bridging Web2 and Web3, empowering users to own their data while enabling seamless, composable financial services.
With the rise of stablecoin applications—including self-custodial wallets, debit cards, lending platforms, and payment on/off ramps—idOS serves as the “glue” that connects these services. It enables decentralized onboarding, identity orchestration, and data re-sharing across ecosystems without repeated verification steps. This not only lowers costs and accelerates innovation cycles for builders but also increases financial inclusion and drives mainstream adoption of blockchain-powered finance. By focusing on tangible, user-centered applications, idOS is positioned to become a core enabler of the next-generation, composable financial system.
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