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Personas — who Fabric is for

Fabric is infrastructure, but it exists for people with a job to do. The personas below are written the way real users describe themselves — I am… I want to… I care about… — and grouped by the domain they work in. Each group links to the use case that shows how the network serves them.

These are starting points, not an exhaustive list, and they're deliberately written to be region-agnostic — the same roles recur across markets. If yours isn't here, it almost certainly maps to a small permutation of the same handful of Fabric capabilities — tell the working group.

Energy & climate

Serves the Rooftop solar & prosumer energy markets and Energy procurement at data-centre scale use cases.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

A distribution-utility executive

reduce peak-load stress without investing in immediate transformer upgrades

grid reliability, regulatory compliance, and reducing capex burden

An EV fleet operator

optimise charging costs across hundreds of vehicles

predictable energy costs, uptime, and sustainability reporting

An industrial facility manager

participate in demand-response programs without disrupting operations

operational continuity and financial incentives

An agricultural cooperative leader

help member farmers monetise surplus solar generation

year-round income stability and simple participation models

A homeowner with a rooftop solar array

sell my excess daytime solar at a better price than the utility's feed-in rate — directly to a neighbour, a nearby business, or a local institution

a meaningful ROI on my rooftop, especially in daytime hours when my own use is low

A property owner whose solar site and meter sit at different locations

have the generation credits from one site flow to the electricity bill at another

the rules assume the panel and the meter share an address, so cross-site credits are uncertain

The founder of a regional rooftop-solar installation business

give customers one clean journey — lead → survey → grid approval → rebate → payout — without them chasing each step

every step lives in a different portal; a dropped lead or delayed rebate becomes a bad review

The founder of a load-intelligence platform working with EV networks, large commercial customers, and utilities

deliver lower effective rates by shifting loads to off-peak hours and matching them with nearby surplus solar under direct P2P arrangements

delivering clean, automated savings without locking each new prosumer or utility into a multi-month integration

A community microgrid operator

settle energy sold between households on a shared minigrid, transparently

fair metering, instant settlement, and trust between neighbours

Commerce & livelihoods

Serves Own your customer: local commerce, Cross-border commerce.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

A smallholder farmer

get a fair price for my harvest without being captive to local middlemen

predictable income, avoiding distress sales, and dignity in the transaction

A boutique hotel owner

take bookings from international travellers without paying ~18% to online travel agencies

the share of revenue I keep, occupancy, and owning the guest relationship

A pet-services owner

share my offerings on the network and create an identity for the pets I care for — vaccinations, care history

growing the business and improving pet care

An indie game studio founder

accept micropayments from players in dozens of countries without payment-processor friction

conversion rate, settlement speed, and chargeback exposure

An artisan cooperative lead

reach buyers directly with verifiable provenance and origin claims

fair margins for members and protection against knock-offs

Health

Serves Resilient healthcare supply.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

A public-hospital procurement officer

source prequalified generic medicines from suppliers across the region

supply continuity, traceability for regulators, and staying within budget

A community pharmacist

verify that the medicine on my shelf is genuine and in-date

patient safety and protecting my licence

Trust, justice & the state

Serves An arbitration network.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

A gig worker

resolve a payment dispute with a platform without hiring an expensive lawyer

a fair decision in days, at an affordable fee

A small business owner

ensure my smart-contract-based transactions are recognised by the State

knowing a digital "handshake" on the network holds the same weight as a paper contract in court

A partner at a boutique competition-law firm

provide specialised advisory services

reaching the right clients faster, without heavy marketing and operations overhead

An NGO program director matching trained paralegals

match pro-bono paralegals with firms, organisations, and people who need aid

the right legal help reaching the right person instantly, without administrative overhead

A private arbitration institution

act as the trusted authority for high-value trade disputes

that arbitration decisions can enforce themselves — freeze accounts, transfer assets

A district-court judge

trust that the digital evidence of a network transaction is reliable

knowing exactly where the evidence came from and how it was handled, so it hasn't been tampered with

Finance & inclusion

Serves Portable benefits & fair pricing, The creator economy, and Securitising illiquid assets.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

An open-source maintainer

receive sustainable funding from corporate users of my library

predictable income, contributor recognition, and no compromise on independence

A health-insurance underwriter

price policies for gig workers who change platforms frequently

claims ratio, acquisition cost, and portability across employers

A microfinance loan officer

lend against a borrower's verifiable, portable transaction history

lower default risk and reaching thin-file customers

Agents

Serves Data marketplace for agents and Hybrid human-agent teams.

I am…

I want to…

I care about…

An AI-agent operator running buying agents for a procurement team

discover and transact across hundreds of suppliers under explicit policy guardrails

spend-authority limits, auditability of every action, and no off-policy purchases

A personal-finance agent builder

let an agent move money and hold credentials on a user's behalf, within limits

revocable delegation, a signed audit trail, and user consent at every step

Building for one of these? Start with the matching use case, then the Getting started with Fabric walkthrough.