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Beyond the vote

Three people vouching for you proves you are a person. Voting is the first use. Here is what else it could do, and why it matters. None of it is live yet.

Laws that look strong, and laws that work

A law can be written to be seen, or written to work. Many of the laws that would protect people already exist.

The under-16 social media ban: a barrister's view

Gillian Dempsey, barrister and board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), argues in an open letter to the ACCC that the under‑16 social media minimum age (Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, in force 10 December 2025) will not protect children as intended:

  • 1.The restrictions don't stop access. They fine platforms when children get past them, and no system beats the ingenuity of most children.
  • 2.A child harmed after getting past the system feels stigmatised, and is even less likely to report bullying or extortion.
  • 3.The restrictions miss many boys. Sextortion victims are mostly teenage boys, and much of it starts on gaming platforms, which the ban does not cover.
  • 4.Face-to-face bullying, fake emails, texts and group harassment carry on, and the ban does not reach them.
  • 5.Parents and carers get a false sense of security, because the eSafety Commissioner said it would make children "safer."
  • 6.Sixteen is arbitrary. People over 16 suffer bullying, predatory algorithms and extortion just as often, statistically more.
  • 7.Victims are not compensated. Fines go to the Commonwealth, and victims and parents may believe they have no criminal or civil remedy.

Dempsey argues the ban answers public pressure more than legal reasoning, and that a better tool is already on the books.

We already have the law. It's called the Australian Consumer Law.

Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, already makes it illegal for any person or company in trade or commerce to mislead or deceive, or to be likely to.

A platform that says it is safe while its algorithms push users towards self-harm, radicalisation or addiction may be engaging in misleading conduct in trade or commerce. The ACCC can already act against social media, gaming platforms, search engines and any online service.

The ban on misleading conduct dates from 1974 (section 52 of the Trade Practices Act). It covers every Australian of every age, not just under-16s on a handful of platforms.

Enforcing the laws we have can do more than announcing new ones. We need the infrastructure to make them matter.

What you get

Your token isn't just identity. It's infrastructure.

Being built

Identity Verification

Three people vouch for you in person. Each vouch is signed and stays yours. No government, no corporation. Sign in works today; vouching opens soon.

Revenue Share

The plan: 70% of every verification fee goes back to token holders. Each time a developer verifies a human, you earn.

Safety Alerts

Triple-tap for help. Verified people nearby get the alert straight away.

Later

Free Search

A search engine that doesn't track you. No ads. No profiling.

How? Your browsing builds the index together. You're the crawler. Ad-funded search profiles you; here you own your data.

Free AI

Chat with AI. No subscription. No data harvesting.

How? Runs on open-source models. Self-hosted or cheap API providers. Your prompts stay yours.

Free Calls

Phone calls and SMS. No carrier. No contract.

How? VoIP over the mesh network. Your call metadata maps the social graph, but the content stays private.

70% of all revenue goes back to token holders.

Every time a developer verifies a human through Omxus, you earn. Not the company. You.

Vouching opens soon. Want an email when it does?

Safety in 60 seconds

Real people, nearby, while an ambulance is on its way. Not live yet: this is the plan.

1

Triple-tap your phone or ring

Silent alert. No fumbling with apps. Three taps and it's sent.

2

Every verified human nearby gets the alert

The mesh sends your location to everyone in range, straight to the people near you.

3

A record no one can delete

Every alert, response and resolution is kept. No one can pretend it didn't happen.

Replace CAPTCHAs with one API call

$0.001 per verification. Real humans, not bots. Your users tap their phone instead of clicking fire hydrants.

How? Two endpoints: create a challenge, verify the signature. Any language that can make an HTTP request works. 70% of the fee goes to token holders. The API is not open yet.

const res = await fetch('/api/v1/verify', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer omxus_...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    token_id: userId,
    challenge: challenge,
    signature: sig
  })
});

const { verified, trust_score } = await res.json();

The network runs on mesh

Every device is a router. No ISP required. Your identity works offline.

How? Yggdrasil for global overlay routing. Nebula for encrypted tunnels. BATMAN for local wireless mesh. Your phone, laptop and NFC ring all take part. IPv6 addresses come from your public key. No NAT, no middleman.

Yggdrasil

Global overlay. Every node gets a unique IPv6 address from its public key.

Nebula

Encrypted tunnels. Nodes find each other and punch through NAT automatically.

BATMAN

Local wireless mesh. Layer 2. Your neighbours' devices route for each other.