今人 — ima jin — "now person"
MJN is an open protocol for sovereign human presence on the internet. It carries identity, attribution, consent, and value natively — at the protocol layer.
HTTP moved documents. TCP/IP moved packets. Neither carried the human. MJN does.
MJN runs as JBOS — Just a Bunch Of Services on a cryptographic substrate. Independent HTTP services sit above a kernel of auth, pay, attestations, and .fair settlement — all backed by DFOS proof chains. Services are commodity. The chains are permanent.
The protocol is organized around two dimensions. Every problem MJN solves — every interaction, every settlement — is a cell in the matrix formed by their intersection.
| Scope | What It Is |
|---|---|
| Actor | One DID, one keypair. The atomic unit. Humans, agents, and devices. |
| Family | Intimate trust. Shared resources, delegated authority. |
| Community | Shared purpose. Trust earned and attested. |
| Business | Structured entity. Roles, hierarchy, delegation chains. |
| Primitive | What It Carries |
|---|---|
| Attestation | Credentials, reputation, endorsement — cryptographically signed from the moment of issuance |
| Communication | Scoped messaging within and across trust rings |
| Attribution | .fair manifests, revenue chains, creative lineage — all manifests cryptographically signed |
| Settlement | Payments, fees, declared-intent marketplace |
| Discovery | Federated registry, node presence, queryable expertise |
The protocol IS the matrix. Consent is embedded throughout — in Attestation and Attribution — because consent without attribution is unenforceable, and attribution without consent is theft.
→ RFC-0001: MJN Core Specification → RFC-0002: did:mjn Method Specification
The reference implementation is maintained by imajin.ai.
14 live services, self-hosted on owned hardware:
- Core platform: auth · profile · registry · connections · pay · events · chat · input · media · www
- Applications: coffee · dykil · links · learn
- Code: github.com/ima-jin/imajin-ai
- First demonstration: April 1st, 2026
37 days. 73 registered identities. Real events with real ticket sales. One person with architectural clarity and the right tooling.
The reference implementation is one node among many. It does not define the protocol. The RFCs define the protocol.
MJN is governed by the MJN Foundation, a Swiss Stiftung currently in formation. The Foundation holds the protocol specification, operates the RFC process, and governs token issuance under Swiss FINMA guidelines.
No entity — including imajin.ai and the MJN Foundation — has unilateral authority to modify an accepted RFC.
Discussion happens in Issues. Everyone is welcome. The protocol belongs to the now persons who use it.
CC0 1.0 Universal. No rights reserved. Public domain.
Any implementation of this specification is a valid MJN node. No license required. No permission needed.
今人 — the sovereign human presence, here, now.