SHSM - Software emulated hardware security module
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2 fund applications (1 curated)
Open-source software HSM for secure, self-hosted cryptographic key management without dedicated hardware.
CryptographyCybersecurityDecentralizationDigital InfrastructureOpen-SourcePrivacyWeb3 decentralizedai-technologyopen-infrastructure
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About
SHSM is an open-source digital safe for cryptographic keys. It lets software use keys without keeping them directly in the application, and can be run by anyone on their own computer or server.
Impact
SHSM makes stronger key protection easier to access. Small teams, open-source projects, and developers can run their own key-protection service without buying dedicated HSM hardware or depending on a closed vendor.
Progress
A working Alpha is already public. I have built the server, HTTP API, cross-platform client, cryptographic operations, protected-memory handling, key lifecycle controls, Arweave support, and an initial command-line interface with documentation.
Team
I am a software developer and open-source cryptography engineer who builds security tools in C# and .NET. I have experience with libsodium, PKI and building SHSM itself from the ground up. One can find me via ASodium's GitHub page.
Funding
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Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Open Infrastructure Fund for Human Coordination | curated | 2026-09-02 |
| Season 7 | Decentralize Everything Fund for Web3 Public Goods | submitted | 2026-09-02 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/shsm---software-emulated-hardware-security-module
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, funding, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
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