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1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162---title: Vouch networkdescription: Vouch for or denounce accounts, and see the trust signals from your network.---
import VouchCardDemo from "../../../components/VouchCardDemo.svelte";
Vouching serves as a signal of trust to your circle. You can vouch ordenounce users that you interact with. It is a signal of trust to yourcircle. Your circle can view vouch descisions made by you. Vouching onTangled is inspired by the [vouch](https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch)project by Mitchell Hashimoto. Read the [blogpost](https://blog.tangled.org/vouching/) to know more.
<VouchCardDemo client:visible />
## Vouch or denounce
Open a profile and select **Vouch**. Then select **Vouch** or**Denounce**. You can add an optional reason, up to 256 characters. Whenvouching for a user from the a PR submission, Tangled automatically addsthe PR record to the vouch record's evidences list.
## The network
Tangled collects vouch records from every account. It shows a "hat" on aprofile at points of interaction:
- issues and issue comments, and- pull requests and pull request comments.
A green hat is a vouch. A red hat is a denouncement.
A hat appears only in two cases:
- you vouched for or denounced the account, or- an account you vouched for made a decision about it.
Thus you see the decisions of your circle. Select the hat to see whomade the decision. Only a vouch extends your circle: a denouncement doesnot add the account to your network. Two people can see different hatsfor the same account.
## The effects of vouching
A vouch or a denouncement does not gate any permissions at the moment.It does not hide anyone's issues or pull requests. It shows a hat only.Use the hat to inform your decision. A denouncement has no consequencefor the other account at this time. Vouching is simply used to buildyour trust network and inform your circle, actions are left up to theend user.
:::caution
Reasons and evidence are public data in your account. Anyone can readthem, independent of any web app. Do not put private reports or personalinformation in them.
:::