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Library · 2025

Astral SDK

Co-founder, Astral

The Astral SDK is a TypeScript library for creating and verifying location attestations -- signed records that bind location data to a signer and a time, off-chain or on-chain via the Ethereum Attestation Service.

github.com/DecentralizedGeo/astral-sdk

Purpose

Location attestations are only useful if developers can create and verify them without cryptographic expertise.

Approach

A TypeScript SDK for signed location attestations -- off-chain (gas-free, private until shared) or on-chain via the Ethereum Attestation Service -- taking GeoJSON in and producing verifiable records out.

Status

v0.2, open source on GitHub; working.

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Connections

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