Moca Network is a decentralized identity and infrastructure project focused on creating a unified, privacy-preserving identity layer for the internet. It enables users to control and verify their digital credentials across various platforms using technologies like zero-knowledge proofs. ^[1][6]

Overview

Moca Network is developing an identity ecosystem designed to provide users with a single, verifiable digital identity that can be used across different applications and platforms, spanning both Web2 and Web3 environments. The project is closely associated with Animoca Brands, a venture capital firm in the metaverse and gaming sectors, and serves as its identity ecosystem. ^[1]

The network's core infrastructure includes a dedicated Layer-1 blockchain, Moca Chain, built specifically for identity and user data management. This chain is designed to support protocols that allow individuals, devices, and AI agents to manage and verify their digital credentials without relying on centralized entities. The initiative seeks to address issues of fragmented digital identities, redundant verification processes, and the lack of user control over personal data by providing a decentralized framework for identity management and data authentication. ^{[1] [2]}

The network's approach centers on privacy preservation through the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), allowing users to prove facts about their identity or data without revealing the underlying sensitive information. This is intended to facilitate verifiable interactions and access to services while maintaining user privacy. Moca Network also emphasizes interoperability, with Moca Chain being an EVM-compatible blockchain designed to work with other chains and integrate with existing applications through its software development kit, AIR Kit. The project aims to leverage the extensive network of Animoca Brands' portfolio companies and partners to drive adoption and build a large ecosystem of users and applications utilizing its identity infrastructure. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Moca Network was developed as the identity ecosystem of Animoca Brands. The Moca Foundation, a community-owned entity, supports the development and growth of Moca Network and Moca Chain.

The launch of Moca Chain, a dedicated Layer-1 blockchain for identity and user data, was announced on June 25, 2025. The testnet for Moca Chain is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2025, with the mainnet deployment planned for the fourth quarter of the same year. ^{[2] [4]}

Key Features

Moca Network offers several key features aimed at creating a decentralized and privacy-preserving identity layer:

• Universal Account: Provides users with a single, secure login and identity designed to function across various applications and ecosystems. ^[1]
• Credential Verifications: Enables the verification of user credentials, both on-chain and off-chain. ^[1]
• On-Chain Reputation: Allows users to build and utilize a verifiable reputation based on their activities and credentials. ^[1]
• Moca ID: A digital identity built on the AIR Kit infrastructure, intended for use in Web3 environments. ^[1]
• AIR Kit: An identity management software development kit (SDK) designed to help developers integrate Moca Network's identity features into their applications. It includes support for smart accounts and verifiable credentials. ^{[1] [2]}
• Privacy Preserved Identity Layer: Utilizes technologies like zero-knowledge proofs to allow users to verify aspects of their identity without revealing sensitive personal data. ^[1]
• Integrated Wallet Solutions: Includes features like built-in swap and ramp capabilities within the identity framework. ^[1]
• Smart Account with Web2 UX: Supports features like session keys and gas sponsorship to provide a user experience similar to Web2 applications. ^[1]

Technology

Moca Network's infrastructure is built around Moca Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain. The technology stack includes:

• Decentralized Data Storage: Allows users to store their credentials securely and reuse their identity across different platforms. ^{[1] [2]}
• Cross-Chain Identity Oracle: Designed to verify credentials across multiple blockchain networks (stated as 25+ chains) using a relayer-compatible system. ^{[1] [2]}
• zkProofs (Zero-Knowledge Proofs): Cryptographic techniques used to prove the validity of a statement without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself, enabling private identity verification. ^{[1] [3]}
• zkTLS (Zero-Knowledge Transport Layer Security): A method to convert Web2 activity into verifiable Web3 credentials, enabling trusted on-chain identity based on off-chain interactions. ^{[1] [2]}

The modular design of Moca Chain and its EVM compatibility aim to facilitate interoperability and integration with existing blockchain ecosystems and applications. ^[2]

Use Cases

Moca Chain and Moca Network's identity infrastructure are designed to support various use cases across different industries:

• Healthcare: Enabling unified electronic health records that can be verified across different healthcare providers while preserving patient privacy. ^[2]
• Recruitment: Providing verifiable education credentials and training history for job applicants. ^[2]
• Finance: Facilitating privacy-preserved Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes. ^[2]
• Advertising: Allowing for unified user data across applications for verified user onboarding and targeted advertising while giving users control over their data. ^[2]

The ability to verify credentials without exposing raw data is intended to unlock new models for data ownership and monetization, allowing users to earn rewards for sharing their data under controlled permissions. ^[2]

Tokenomics

The MOCA token is the utility and governance token powering the Moca Network and Moca Chain. It is issued by the Moca Foundation. The token is used for:

• Transaction fees on Moca Chain.
• Validator staking to secure the network.
• Fees for data generation, storage, and verification for users and AI agents.
• Participation in DAO governance. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

The token economy is designed such that increased activity on the network, such as issuing and verifying credentials, drives demand for the MOCA token. ^[3]

Partnerships and Ecosystem

Moca Network is positioned as the identity ecosystem of Animoca Brands, leveraging its extensive network. Animoca Brands has an ecosystem of over 540 portfolio companies. Through integrations with Animoca Brands' portfolio and partners, Moca Network is estimated to have a reach of over 700 million addressable users. ^{[1] [2]}

Notable partners whose platforms are integrating or are expected to integrate with Moca Network's AIR Kit include:

• SK Planet (OK Cashbag): A South Korean loyalty rewards program with over 28 million identity-verified users. ^{[1] [2]}
• One Football: A German football media company with over 200 million monthly active users. ^{[1] [2]}
• MyAnimeList: An anime and manga social networking and cataloging website with over 18 million monthly active users. ^[1]

Protocols and applications built on Moca Chain are intended to gain access to the user networks and data of AIR Kit adopters. ^[2]

Team

Key figures associated with Moca Network and Moca Chain include:

• Yat Siu: Co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a launch partner of Moca Foundation. Siu has commented on the importance of decentralized identity for user data ownership. ^{[2] [4]}
• Kenneth Shek: Project lead of Moca Network. Shek has discussed the potential of Moca Chain and MOCA Coin to disrupt existing data ownership models. ^{[2] [5]}

Yat Siu stated;

"Moca Chain seeks to solve this problem by giving users decentralized true ownership of their data, ensuring the sovereignty of users’ digital identity without a single point of failure." ^[2]

Kenneth Shek commented;

"By adopting Moca Chain and MOCA Coin, we believe we can disrupt current models of data ownership and break down the dominance of walled garden ecosystems, returning value to the users who generate it and making ecosystem growth more scalable." ^[2]