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Welcome to the Expert Network Attester Quick Guide. This mini-guide shows exactly how to add high-signal attestations to the Localism Fund Expert Network by explaining how peer-to-peer validation works with TrustGraph, what you’re vouching for (inclusion + accuracy), and the essential best-practices for meaningful participation.
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The Localism Fund Expert Network is a peer-to-peer community of trusted experts supporting the Localism Fund’s mission to strengthen political, economic, cultural, and ecological localism — using Ethereum as foundational infrastructure.
If you’re new to the network or want to apply to join, start by visiting the Expert Network Public Portal. That’s where you’ll find the full context — including the network’s purpose, structure, and how to submit your onboarding form. Once you’ve read that, return to this Quick Guide which focuses specifically on how the peer-to-peer attestation process works — how experts get validated, how to give attestations to others, and how trust flows through the Localism Fund TrustGraph.
Whether you’re an applicant seeking validation or an expert attesting to peers, this is an essential guide to help you understand the logic behind the system and how to participate responsibly.
We believe trust should be earned through relationships and flow through networks.
Instead of relying on top-down selection or token-based authority, peer-to-peer networks can grow through attestations — digital vouches made by one person about another. Each attestation expresses recognition and confidence, forming a transparent web of trust that makes credibility visible and verifiable.
TrustGraph is a new tool to bring this principle to life. It can make social trust measurable by mapping attestations between participants and calculating how trust flows through the network. Legitimacy emerges from real connections and relationships — peers vouching for peers — enabling more grounded, transparent, and community-driven governance.
Attestation
A digital vouch — a signed statement from one participant about another person, project, or claim.
TrustGraph
The collective of all attestations within a particular community network — a living map that shows how trust flows between participants in that specific network.
TrustScore
A dynamic score calculated using network algorithms (like PageRank) that represents how much verified trust flows to an individual based on who has attested to them and how confidently.
TrustSeeds
Founding anchors that initiate a new TrustGraph Network and enable trust to grow and spread.
Validation Threshold