As AI-generated content accelerates across every platform and medium, the ability to prove that something was created by a real person, at a specific moment in time, is quietly becoming one of the most important primitives on the internet. Today, there is no widely accessible way for an individual to capture a photo, a story, or a cultural artifact and permanently anchor its origin, integrity, and authorship in a way that no platform can alter, delete, or claim ownership over.
Momento addresses this gap directly. It turns the Autonomys Network’s permanent distributed storage network (DSN) and EVM-compatible execution into a seamless capture-and-verify experience that requires no blockchain knowledge from the end user. In doing so, it serves as one of the first consumer-facing applications to bring Autonomys infrastructure to everyday people.
Momento is designed as a modular protocol with three core components, each mapping to a specific layer of the Autonomys stack.
Momento Capture is the authenticity layer. When a user captures content, the system generates a cryptographic hash along with signed metadata, then anchors that proof immutably on-chain via the Autonomys EVM domain while storing the content permanently on the DSN through Auto Drive. The guarantee is precise and intentionally scoped: this content existed in this form at this time, with its human-generated origin supported by the capture pipeline and signed metadata. Stronger attestations, including device-level proofs and community validation, can be layered in progressively as the protocol matures.
Momento Link is the identity layer. It organizes a user’s verified records into a shareable, user-owned profile tied to a decentralized identifier, giving users a personal data index for their authenticated moments accessible through a standard web interface.
Momento Framework is the open integration layer. Built on Auto SDK, it exposes APIs that allow developers and researchers to build on top of authenticated human data, turning verified records into reusable infrastructure for decentralized AI applications.
The Subspace Foundation Grants Program exists to accelerate the growth of decentralized AI on the Autonomys Network. Momento aligns with that mission in ways that compound over time.
It generates real usage of core infrastructure. Every moment captured is a write to Auto Drive and an anchor on Auto EVM. As adoption grows, Momento becomes a consistent source of storage demand on the DSN, directly reinforcing the economic model that sustains Autonomys’ farmer network.
It lowers the barrier to entry for everyday users. Momento is designed from the ground up around the experience of people who have never used a blockchain. Users interact through familiar interfaces, capture content the way they already do, and receive a verified record without needing to understand what happened underneath. The complexity of decentralized storage, on-chain anchoring, and cryptographic verification is handled entirely by the protocol. This is the kind of Web2-equivalent experience that turns infrastructure into adoption.
It creates a human data layer for AI3.0. The Autonomys Network is the foundation layer for decentralized, human-centric AI. For that vision to become real, the network needs authenticated human data on-chain. Momento is purpose-built to put it there. Verified records stored on the DSN can serve as provably authentic inputs for AI agents, training pipelines, and personalized AI applications, all within a framework where the individual retains ownership and control.
Every major network in web3 has been defined not just by the strength of its protocol, but by the applications that made its value tangible to people who never think about infrastructure. The Autonomys Network needs applications that turn permanent, verifiable, decentralized storage into something accessible and easy for people to use without the barrier of having to understand its technical specifics.
Momento is building toward that goal. It takes the most differentiated capability in the Autonomys stack, the ability to store data permanently and prove its integrity forever, and wraps it in an experience designed for the billions of people who create content every day but have never owned a single piece of it. This need is growing as large-scale AI data harvesters, often referred to as “AI slurpers,” scrape and ingest human-created content across the internet.
That is what the Subspace Foundation Grants Program is designed to fund. Not infrastructure for its own sake, but infrastructure that delivers real value to real people.
We are eager to share updates as the Momento team progresses through their milestones and brings this vision to life on the Autonomys Network.
Learn more about Momento: keepmomento.com
Learn more about the Subspace Foundation Grants Program: subspace.foundation/grants
Start building on Autonomys: develop.autonomys.xyz
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