How it Works
Key Capabilities
Tech and Tooling
Model and verify who is trusted, for what, and by whom — across people, organizations, and devices. Bring transparent, programmable trust to the digital world.
Root Authority: Delegate from the Top
Initiates the trust structure. Defines roles, issues accreditations, and revokes permissions as needed.
Federation: Set the Rules of Trust
Establishes a shared trust domain, where entities follow common roles, rules, and policies.
Trusted Property: Define What Matters
Specifies what entities are allowed to do, from certifying products to verifying identities.
Accreditation: Connect the Chain
Grants permission through cryptographic delegation that defines trust scope and lineage.
Attestation: Deliver Verifiable Proof
A signed, verifiable statement that confirms a trusted action was performed by an authorized party.
Define and verify trust for individuals, organizations, and devices – enabling end-to-end, programmable trust flows.
Adapt roles, permissions, and constraints to match the logic of your specific ecosystem.
Distribute control via cryptographic delegations – no central gatekeeper needed.
Choose between smart contract-based validation for transparency or local checks for speed and efficiency.
Supply Chains
Certify products at every step with attestations issued by accredited parties, ensuring only trusted entities can validate quality and compliance.
Education
Universities can delegate diploma issuance to departments or professors, creating verifiable, tamper-proof academic credentials.
Legal & Compliance
Public authorities can accredit notaries, auditors, or inspectors, establishing transparent chains of trust for legal documents and reports.
Government
Enable layered governance by delegating roles from national to local authorities. Citizens can verify that permits or certificates are legitimate.
IoT and Automation
Devices can verify commands and data based on accredited trust chains, supporting secure machine-to-machine interactions at scale.
Built on Proven Identity Infrastructure
IOTA Hierarchies extends IOTA Identity with structured delegation and trust layers. It follows global standards like W3C and integrates easily with existing identity systems.
High-Performance, Low Fees
The underlying IOTA network enables high-throughput and low-fee operations, making IOTA Hierarchies ideal for real-time updates, device communication, or resource-constrained use-cases.
Tailored for the Real Economy
From digital product passports to public infrastructure, IOTA Hierarchies aligns with real-world regulatory and operational needs, making it enterprise- and government-ready.
On-Chain and Off-Chain Validation
Choose between RUST/WASM libraries based validation — enabling fast, fee-less checks or secure on-chain proofs depending on your needs.
Rust & WASM libraries
Deploy federations, manage accreditations, and verify trust using the Rust & WASM libraries.
Integration with IOTA Identity and Other DID methods
Compatible with IOTA Identity and other decentralized identity systems – but can also run independently as a trust layer.
Structured Delegation with Constraints
Assign properties, define value constraints, and build fine-grained permission logic using customizable conditions.
Contact us
Reach out to our Product Adoption Team to learn more about IOTA Hierarchies and to explore commercial opportunities.
