Puzzles
Frustrating for people. Increasingly easy for machines and farms.
Proof that a human is here.
A short, private moment that shows a real person is present. No puzzles, no identity papers, and no friction that bots have already learned to beat.
Human Badge issued · H2 · valid 10 min
Why now
Puzzles fail. ID checks are too heavy. Bots are everywhere.
Fake signups burn free tiers. Spam scales on its own. Apps need proof a real person is acting right now, not a passport check for every comment.
Identity checks
Strong, but often more than a presence gate actually needs.
Nownce
A living response in the moment. Private by default. Portable when you need it later.
How it works
A quick cue, a human response, a pass that expires.
When an app asks "are you human?", Nownce plays a one-time cue. The person answers with a natural gesture, and the app gets a short-lived pass it can trust.
- 01
Cue
A unique, one-time sequence, not a static puzzle someone can screenshot and reuse.
- 02
Answer
The person taps, tilts, swipes, or speaks in time, the way only a body in the room can.
- 03
Pass
On success, the app receives a brief Human Badge: scoped, expiring, and private.
Try it
Feel the beat. Tap with it.
A quick taste of presence: follow the light, tap along. No forms, no face scan.
- One-time cue each round
- Natural human timing
- Nothing about who you are
Watch the pulse, then tap with it.
Human Badge
Presence, not identity.
Apps get a short pass that says "a human was here." Users keep their name, documents, and biometrics off the default path.
H1
Light gate for comments and low-risk actions.
H2
Stronger check for signups and free-tier claims.
H3
Step-up presence for payouts and abuse-heavy moments.
Where to use it
Six moments where bots do the most damage.
Add a check exactly where it matters. Light checks for everyday actions, stronger ones when money or abuse risk goes up.
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Sign-ups & free trials
Stop one person, or one script, from spinning up hundreds of accounts to farm credits or trial access.
Where: the "Create account" or "Start free trial" button.
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Comments & posts
Cut spam and AI-generated content floods without asking commenters to prove who they are.
Where: right before a comment, review, or post goes live.
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Checkout & limited drops
Raise the cost of scalper bots and inventory-sniping scripts during high-demand releases.
Where: just before checkout on limited or high-demand items.
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Votes, referrals & rewards
Keep it one genuine action per person: no ballot stuffing, no referral farming, no identity collected.
Where: before a vote is cast or a referral reward is claimed.
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Payouts & withdrawals
Add a stronger, in-the-moment presence check for the highest-risk financial actions.
Where: right before money leaves an account.
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APIs & agent-heavy surfaces
Confirm a human is behind a request before it reaches automated systems, keys, or high-volume endpoints.
Where: before an API key is issued or a bulk action runs.
Why Nownce
What changes when presence is proven.
Fewer fake accounts. Less wasted spend. Trust that does not demand a dossier from every visitor.
Stop the farm, not the person
Raise the cost of automated abuse without turning every session into an interrogation.
Privacy stays the default
Prove presence without collecting identity. Users stay people, not profiles in a vault.
Match the risk to the moment
Light checks for everyday actions. Stronger ones only when money or abuse risk rises.
Ready for what's next
Start with a simple presence pass. Grow toward private, portable trust across apps when you need it.
What's next
From "here now" to trust that travels.
Right now, the goal is proving a human is present. Later, that proof should move with the person, privately, without revealing more than the claim itself.
- Now
Presence gate
Live cues, human responses, short-lived badges for the moments that matter.
- Next
Smarter trust
Adaptive difficulty, stronger farm resistance, and checks that fit each action's risk.
- Later
Private credentials
Prove you hold a valid pass without sharing who you are or how you passed.
- Beyond
Agent-era trust
Clear signals for human presence when software agents fill the internet.
Prove the claim. Reveal nothing else.
Down the road, someone can show "I have a fresh, valid Human Badge" without handing over timing traces, biometrics, or a trail that links every app they use.
Who it's for
Teams tired of bot pain.
Companies pay for the trust; people just complete a short presence moment.
AI free tiers
Stop credit burn from signup farms.
Communities
Cut fake accounts and automated spam.
Marketplaces
Raise the cost of scalper bots.
Payments
Confirm a human before high-risk commits.
Get started
Ship a human gate without the ordeal.
Add a presence check where risk shows up, match the strength to the action, and keep people moving while bots stay out.
- Drop in where signups, free tiers, or comments get farmed
- Set the level: light for chatter, stronger for money and abuse
- Grow later: same surface, deeper privacy when you're ready
Vision
The human trust layer for an internet full of agents.
CAPTCHA proved you could solve a puzzle. ID checks proved who you are. Nownce proves a person is present right now, then works toward making that proof private and portable.
Full software built by Xenqube. Presence today; private, portable credentials on the roadmap.