Humanode blog

Humanode Testnet v3 - “Ramiel” to Go Live

Ramiel will be the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet, and we will be focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority, to a permissionless system, and bringing EVM-compatibility to the Humanode testnet.

Hack The Sybil! Humanode Hackathon Announcement

Hello, human nodes! Although there was a short delay, we are happy to officially announce the details of the Humanode Hackathon “Hack The Sybil!” which will be hosted on DoraHacks from June 2nd to June 15th! We are also scheduling a Demo day to show the work of the participants

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Humanode 101 (Part II)

Humanode 101 series is a casual Q & A to assist those who are new to Humanode, Crypto, Blockchain projects, and/or those who at the stage that they have been around the Humanode community for a while, but are too afraid to ask questions.

Announcing Humanode Conference 2022

Hello world! The Humanode team would like to invite all human nodes, and human nodes to be, to our first ever Humanode Conference! Our original goal was to have everyone attend an offline, face-to-face conference, however, due to the geopolitical crisis in the world along with the relentless covid pandemic,

Humanode Hackathon Announcement

Hey Hackers and Builders, We are excited to host the first Humanode Hackathon, and invite all hackers and builders to participate! The prizes will be awarded to the individuals/teams that come up with and demo the most interesting application and tools for human nodes or develop a sybil-resistant app

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Humanode 101

Q & A's that will hopefully help all of our readers who are new to Humanode, or perhaps even crypto and/or decentralized projects.

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[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Fiona, Community Manager at Humanode

Fiona, a Community Manager at Humanode, discusses her background story, dreams and aspirations, and what gets her excited about community building and growth.

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Noah, Rust developer at Humanode

Hi Noah, tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from, and what is your history? I have lived in Oregon, USA all my life. Most of that being in the outer suburbs of Portland, and most of my childhood was basically spent playing games on my Super Nintendo

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Proof of Personhood Approaches

Proof of Personhood (PoP) is a permissionless consensus participation and Sybil attack resistance mechanism in which each unique human participant receives one equal unit of voting power and accompanying rewards. Let's discuss and compare some of the PoP mechanisms.

Humanode partners with ORE ID

Over the past half a year we have published a dozen articles on potential use cases of Humanode. Today we are beginning to realize this potential with one of our long-term partners - AIKON. AIKON provides companies and developers with an SDK that combines: secure web3 login experience without the

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[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Tony, Rust engineer at Humanode

Tony, Rust engineer at Humanode, discusses his background story, dreams and aspirations, and what gets him excited about bio-authentication.

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DEXs with humanode-enabled private biometric checks

Humanode combines cutting-edge liveness detection, multimodal biometric processing, and continuous proof-of-existence to create robust and fair market participants in DEXs.

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Mascot Design Competition

Hello, human nodes! Today we would like to announce the first Humanode mascot design competition, which starts today, at this moment. We ask the friends to think of and design the mascot for the first Humanode hackathon and conference coming May 2022. Don’t worry about being a pro or

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Revolutionizing crypto insurance with private biometrics

Identity fraud will be reduced when no two different individuals can claim to be identical as the underlying liveness detection cannot be spoofed. Humanode presents a robust identification system for the crypto insurance industry.

2021: Year in Review

Dear human nodes, That’s a wrap! We’re winding down 2021 with a look back at Humanode’s milestones including 2 testnet launches, ecosystem partnerships, and team scaling. Tech deliveryOf course, our biggest news of the year was Humanode’s first testnet launch. In September, our team launched the

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Humanode Use Cases: Combined

Humanode provides Sybil resilience on any blockchain by using a liveness detection proof-of-existence mechanism. So, what does a proof-of-human-existence protocol entail? These are some of the applications and protocols we anticipate.

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Humanode Testnet V2 Public Beta is Live

Hello world, As we all know by now, there are only 2 types of beings in this world. Those who are Human nodes, and those who are Human nodes to be. Unfortunately, the path to becoming a Human node was narrow, and hard. We are now happy to announce that

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Winning the Battle Against Bots from Gaming Play-to-Earn (P2E) Games

To maintain the integrity of decentralisation and economic fairness, gamers would have to demonstrate that they are indeed a human behind the game character, resulting in a more equitable and democratic system for GameFi companies.

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How Humanode can be good for public goods

Public goods have a positive impact on society, e.g. helping those living in poverty meet their most basic needs and foundational infrastructure for all. Humanode can help amplify that impact.

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[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Max, project manager at Humanode

Hello, Max. Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from, and what is your history?Hi there! My name is Max, I’m from Kyiv, Ukraine. I graduated from the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and served in the Army, and then later on

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Humanode TestNet V2 'Shamshel' is Live

Around the Globe: December 8th, 2021 Humanode is releasing “Shamshel (TestNet V2)”, the closed Beta version of the first major upgrade to the Humanode TestNet software today. The first major upgrade will greatly improve the UI/UX and allow users to install the TestNet application without having to touch the

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Pseudonymous Biometric Identity for DAOs

DAOs can use Humanode to create a first-of-its-kind universal sybil defence that can drastically alter standard practises when interacting with one another in a permissionless environment.

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[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Edward, content specialist at Humanode

Edward, content specialist at Humanode, discusses his background story, dreams and aspirations, and what gets him excited about crypto-biometrics.

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Announcing Humanode Testnet V2 — Shamshel

Much has happened since the launch of Humanode Testnet V1 “Sachiel”. Overall it was a success with: • 7000+ testnet applications; • 150+ participants interacted with liveness detection and faucet; • Up to 100+ nodes connected at the same time for two months. At first, we thought that we were going to just

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[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Vlad, designer at Humanode

Vlad, designer at Humanode, discusses his background story, dreams and aspirations, and what gets him excited about design in the crypto-biometrics space.