News list for " Identity"
Aya Miyaguchi, chairperson of the Ethereum Foundation, said at the WebX2025 event held in Japan on August 26 that there are risks to the traditional national identity model that relies on government systems, such as the vulnerability of centrally stored citizen information to be erased or tampered with in the face of external attacks. Take Bhutan as an example. The country is creating a decentralized national ID system and migrating to Ethereum.
The Sam Altman-backed digital identity project World (formerly Worldcoin) is now available in the Philippines, where World ID Orb verification was implemented as a pilot in a private setting, but will soon be available to the wider public as part of the country's rollout.
ZK Digital Identity Project Holonym Foundation announced the expansion of its network with the acquisition of identity verification platform Gitcoin Passport for $10 million, which is said to be completed in late 2024, combining Gitcoin Passport's "human proof" system with Holonym's "human network", which leverages ZK technology implementation of a privacy-focused on-chain reputation.
Blockchain identity authentication platform Humanity Protocol has taken a step closer to its Token Generation Event (TGE) by launching the Humanity Foundation. According to the announcement, on January 14, the Humanity Foundation, led by founding directors such as Yat Siu, chairperson of Animoca Brands, was established with the aim of becoming a key enabler of the Humanity Protocol ecosystem.
World (formerly Worldcoin), a digital identity project backed by Sam Altman, has verified more than 10 million users and over 20 million downloads of the World App, reaching more than 160 countries.
On January 10th, Sundial, the developer of identity protocol Onflow, announced the completion of a strategic Pre-Seed round of financing led by Figment Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Avalanche, and others. This round of financing will continue to develop its privacy-respecting identity protocol Onflow. According to reports, Sundial aims to build applications and infrastructure for the entire stack, and it launched its ZK ID solution Onflow last November.
ZK identity verification solution zkMe announced the launch of "zkKYC", a decentralized and private KYC solution designed to enable zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology to meet the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF). In addition, zkMe also announced the completion of integration with the TON blockchain.
AVA said in a post on the X platform that Shaw, the founder of ai16z, has joined the Eliza project as an advisor. At the same time, Eliza Studios director and ai16z creator Jeff, Nous Research researcher Ropirito and Ryze Labs founder Matthew also announced that they have joined the Eliza project as advisors.
Blockchain identity authentication platform Humanity Protocol replied to Slow Mist founder Cosine on the X platform, saying that thanks to the feedback testnet plaintext private key direct browser storage problem, we have noticed this problem and will solve it as soon as possible and inform users. Previously, the founder of Slow Mist, Cosine Yu X, said in a post, "The Humanity Protocol project directly stores the plaintext private key in the browser sessionStorage, which is a low-level and high-...
The Lebanese military said unidentified gunmen from Syrian territory crossed the border and approached the army border. They fired warning shots to force the militants to return to Syria.
