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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////The modern internet profits from your personal data while you have no real control. Fold DB is building a different model — one where your data stays yours, accessed only on your terms, mediated by AI that works for you.
E2E encrypted | P2P architecture | AI mediated
[Discover the Vision] [GitHub]
Your personal data is scattered across hundreds of corporate databases. You didn't choose this. Here's what's broken:
FRAGMENTED SILOS
Your medical records, financial history, social connections, and daily activity live in systems you don't control and can't easily access. Each company holds a piece of you. None of them have the full picture. Neither do you.
ILLUSORY CONTROL
"Your data" means a download button that exports a ZIP file you'll never open. Consent is a legal fiction. Revocation is meaningless because copies of your data persist across backup systems, analytics pipelines, and third-party data brokers.
COMPLEXITY INVERSION
You manage 100+ accounts, passwords, and privacy settings across services. The system that was supposed to serve you now demands you serve it. The cognitive overhead is the product.
Fold DB reimagines personal data the way we treat people socially — you selectively reveal insight, summaries, and claims, mediated by trust and context. Not bulk data transfers.
01 DATA SOVEREIGNTY
Your data lives on your device, in your Personal Data Node. No corporation holds it. No server stores your plaintext. You are the single source of truth about yourself.
02 CONNECTION-BASED ACCESS
No APIs. No scraping. No OAuth tokens. Access happens through direct peer connections — like choosing who to invite into your home rather than posting your address publicly.
03 MEDIATED DISCLOSURE
A local AI agent answers questions about your data without revealing the data itself. "Can they afford this?" → Yes — not your bank statements, tax returns, or pay stubs.
04 GLOBAL SCHEMA
A shared vocabulary so systems can ask the right questions without dictating how you store or organize your own data. Interoperability without centralization.
PERSONAL DATA NODE
Your private database. All your data — documents, records, activity — stored locally and encrypted. Cloud backup available but always encrypted client-side before it leaves your device.
* Schema-aware storage
* Local-first architecture
* Permission-gated access
* Encrypted cloud backup
AI MEDIATOR
Your personal AI gatekeeper. It reads your data so others don't have to. When a service needs information, the mediator provides claims and answers — never raw data.
* Answers queries locally
* Returns claims, not data
* Context-aware disclosure
* Never phones home
E2E ENCRYPTION
Keys live on your device. The cloud stores ciphertext. Even we can't read your data. Zero-knowledge by design.
* Client-side encryption
* Zero-knowledge cloud
* Key never leaves device
* Tamper-evident storage
FEATURE TODAY'S INTERNET FOLD DB MODEL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Location Corporate silos Your Personal Data Node Access Model Proprietary APIs Peer connections Sharing Bulk transfer / blanket Fine-grained, query-level Control Illusory revocation Immediate, real revocation Data Flow Data moves to computation Computation moves to data Encryption Server-side (they can read) E2E (only you can read) Identity Platform owns your identity You own your identity
TODAY
1. Collect pay stubs, tax returns, bank statements
2. Upload sensitive documents to lender's portal
3. Lender stores your data on their servers indefinitely
4. Data shared with underwriters, credit agencies, third parties
5. No control over who sees what, or for how long
WITH FOLD DB
1. Lender sends a query: "can they afford this?"
2. Your AI mediator reads your local data
3. Returns a signed claim: "income ≥ 3x monthly payment"
4. No documents leave your device
5. Revoke access anytime — real revocation
The lender doesn't need your life story. They need an answer. Fold DB gives them one — without giving them your data.
The internet should feel like a network of people again.
Fold DB is open source and in active development. Join us in building an internet where people control their own data.
1. CLONE
git clone https://github.com/shiba4life/fold_db.git cd fold_db
2. INSTALL
npm install
Requires Node.js 18+ and Rust toolchain
3. RUN
./run.sh --local
Opens at localhost:8080
folddb v0.1.0 Open source. Data sovereignty for everyone.
PROJECT GitHub GOAL.md
LINKS Schema Registry E2E Proposal
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