信 · U+4FE1
Trust, written in hex.
信 is the character for trust: a person standing beside their word. Every character in every language has a fixed number, and 信 is 4FE1 — four hexadecimal digits, sixteen bits. Our mark is that number written as one brushstroke on a flat orbit: thin on each 0, heavy on each 1.
The character
信 means trust. A person (亻) standing beside their word (言): someone who keeps their word.
The code
Unicode gives 信 the number 4FE1. In binary: 0100 1111 1110 0001.
The stroke
The brush lands on the first bit and follows them in order. The long run of 1s is the heavy arc on the left, the person; the stroke thins as it comes round the right and lifts, the word.
Checkable
Look up 信, write out its bits, and the thick and thin parts of the mark line up. The code sets the rhythm; the curve is drawn by eye.
The address glyph · live
Every address, written in its own code.
A settlement address is forty characters nobody reads to the end, which is exactly how address-substitution fraud works. So every account and address at Hex Trust carries a glyph drawn from its own code, the same way our mark is drawn from 信: the same glyph every time, on every screen and every statement.
- SHA-256 · first five bytes
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- Rhythm · byte 1
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- Colour · byte 2
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- Outline, disc, angle · byte 3
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- Moon · byte 4
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- Centre · byte 5
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Everything is computed in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere. The same input draws the same glyph on every device. Colours come only from the part of the colour wheel that is not kept for warnings or for our own mark.
How it is built
Drawn from its code, never chosen.
From its own code
The glyph is drawn from the SHA-256 of the address or identifier. Nobody chooses it and nobody can edit it; the same input always draws the same glyph.
Six things you can see
The rhythm of the stroke, its colour, its outline, the disc behind it, a moon on its orbit, and one hexadecimal character at the centre.
One character you can read
The centre character, 0 to F, is the part you can read aloud and match exactly.
Never the mark
A glyph is closed, sits on its own disc and never uses our indigo, so it can’t be mistaken for Hex Trust’s own mark.
A check, not a control
It helps a person notice a wrong address. Whitelists, the full address and approvals are what stop a payment.
What it is for
A wrong address looks wrong.
It is recognition without reading: a check a person can actually make in the two seconds before they approve a payment. Change one character of an address and the glyph changes completely.
In a list
Recognition without reading.
A person who works with these accounts stops reading references within a week.
| Account | Balance (USDC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Trading Pte Ltd HT-000418 | 1,250,000.00 | |
| Kestrel Digital Foundation HT-000419 | 318,400.50 | |
| Alder Family Office HT-000421 | 76,200.00 | |
| Northgate Payments Ltd HT-000424 | 4,905,110.25 |
Illustrative accounts. Real glyphs belong to real clients.
Ask us how it works on your accounts.
It applies from the day an account is opened.