ODINID — Cooperative Network Operator (CNO)

• No custody (no keys, no funds).
• No data monetization or advertising model.
• No vendor lock-in: members can operate nodes independently.

• Operated by members, not a single vendor.
• Governance is auditable and tied to VerusID.
• Fees are designed for cost-recovery, not rent extraction.

• VerusID (Layer 1): the cryptographic identity primitive (your key, your sovereignty).
• ODINID (Layer 2): the cooperative operations layer for governance and integrations.

“CNO” here means Cooperative Network Operator. Within Verus, “CNO” can also refer to “Common Network Objects”. This manifesto uses CNO strictly as an operations and governance role, not a protocol data structure.

• Run your own authority (member-operated).
• Issue your own domain and policies via VerusID.
• Anchor compliance proofs with auditable state transitions.
• Integrate commerce flows without identity custody.

ODINID says: “Identity is not a product. Identity is a right.”

For the formal scope boundaries, see the non-intermediary statement.