Humanode blog

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Shannon, media lead at Humanode

Please introduce yourself. Where are you from, and what is your history?Ok, well. I was born in the USA, back in 1970, so that makes me the oldest core member of the Humanode team. Although I still feel I'm 25, I have unfortunately doubled that. I grew up in

Use Case

Biometric-based Airdrops

With the application of cutting-edge liveness detection, validated participants can be proven to be distinct and human. Based on the “one human, one allocation” premise, Humanode will ensure a fair distribution of tokens to everybody eligible for the retroactive airdrop campaign.

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Dmitry, developer at Humanode

Hi Dima, tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from, and what is your history?Hi. I'm from Minsk, Belarus. But I was born in a little village called Pudovnya that is 250 km from Minsk. If there is one thing that characterizes me, it is probably the

Use Case

Biometric-based Launchpads

Humanode enables investor identification which does not demand the sharing of any personal information to formalize a unique human (no KYC). It uses a search-and-matching algorithm to demonstrate the humanness and individuality of its participants.

Interview

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Sasha, researcher at Humanode

Tell me a little about yourself. Growing up as a child, what was your dream? What did you want to become?I was born in Moscow, in a professors’ family. Surrounded by representatives of the local academic community and Moscow bohemians since childhood, I’ve always been totally passionate about

Humanode network

The Humanode testnet — Sachiel — is live

[September 28th, 2021] Humanode, the world’s first blockchain project to utilize a consensus mechanism based on cryptobiometric identification, has announced the launch of their first-ever testnet — Sachiel. Sachiel, which will be onboarding in batches of 50 people, will be an Aura and Grandpa testnet based on those consensus modules

Use Case

Biometric-based OTC markets

Humanode enables OTC platforms to enforce “honest” behavior and determine transaction “validity” without compromising the sensitive details.

Interview

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Victor, co-founder of Humanode

Let’s start with more general questions. Please introduce yourself, and tell us about your background?I was born shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and before the default on the outskirts of Moscow in the middle-class family. At 12 I started noticing the weirdness and inconsistency of

Tech

Blockchain Architecture

The Humanode implementation will be a manageable, dependable codebase that will be actively developed for many years. A good foundation is required to develop a high-quality system, and the first decision to make is on a programming language for implementation.

Use Case

Biometric-based DID

With added security feature in DIDs enabled by Humanode, even if the keys are compromised, not all is lost.

Humanode network

Humanode & Ethereum compatibility

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)All blockchains are considered to be a form of a distributed ledger also called DLT (distributed ledger technology), which is a consensus of shared, and synchronized duplicated digital data, a database with no central regulator. This ‘distributed ledger’ analogy applies to characterize the blockchain primitives, which

Interview

[Humanode Special Interview Series]: Dato, co-founder of Humanode

Dato, please introduce yourself, what’s your background before Humanode? Well, my first venture was back when I was 16 years old, and Victor (co-founder of Humanode) and I were in university together. You see, my focus at school was in History and Political Science, but the world was making

Use Case

Biometric-based Credit Scoring

Crypto-biometrics can provide the highest level of identity verification for credit score. It is a win-win situation for both the creditor and the debtor, while also resolving a major issue for lending platforms in terms of establishing trust and responsibility.

Biometrics

Biometric-based Marketplaces

Ever since the emergence of the internet, buying, selling, and trading goods and products have become the new standard of commerce. In reality, ordering a product online has become second nature for many, with over 1.92 billion people shopping online globally, and the global e-commerce market expected to be

DAO

Formation: A special grant-based development program on Humanode

Humanode is governed by Vortex, a decentralised organization which uses the voting power of equal human nodes to decide on crucial parameters. The execution body of Humanode DAO is called Formation.

Biometrics

Biometric-based NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) play a unique role in the blockchain landscape, and in 2021, they are certainly taking this space by storm. They've been big news ever since Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ $69.3 million sale hit the headlines, the CryptoPunks collections successfully auctioned on Christie's & Sotheby's and fetched millions,

Interview

An Interview with Humanode Cryptographer: Rafael

An interview with Rafael, a core team member and cryptographer. Rafael is one of the senior cryptographers of the Humanode Bio-authentication team.

Crypto-biometrics

Crypto-Biometrics, an Overview

HUMANODE is currently developing the world's first decentralized biometric identification layer that will not only be used on the HUMANODE platform, but which can be utilized in a variety of services, platforms and applications.

Biometrics

Liveness detection solutions, a comparison

What is liveness detection?Biometrics as a technology for identifying a person based on the measurement and statistical analysis of its unique physical or behavioral characteristics is a phenomenon of high importance in modern society. It is a key to anchoring digital identity, heightened by the need for large-scale identity

Biometrics

Biometrics, an overview

At Humanode, we’re using biometrics to enable sybil resistance. This technology will ensure fair distribution of power and governance in distributed systems like blockchains.

Monetary system

Fath: A monetary system to mitigate currency devaluation and deflation

Our vision is to create a stable and just financial system that relies on the existence of human life itself, one human = one node. And Fath will work as the monetary algorithm for it to happen.

DAO

Vortex, an overview

The age-old fight to gain power and other resources is likely to remain part of the picture as long as we're dealing with humans. Time will tell if the distinct properties of decentralized networks, as opposed to more traditional forms of organization, are adequate to avoid a concentration tendency. Field

Interview

An Interview with Humanode Lead Dev: MOZGIII

Get to know the personalities behind the scenes making the Humanode project possible.

Substrate

Substrate, an overview

Brief overview of Substrate as a framework to build blockchains with a modular approach.

Humanode network

Attack on Sybil

Brief overview of Sybil-resistance types and Humanode's approach