announcement 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
Interview [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.
Use Case Biometric-based Validators When a network lacks any third-party intermediaries to verify identities, anyone with enough resources can attack and take control of the network. This is where Humanode can provide network integrity with Biometric-based Validators.
Use Case Biometric-based Social Networks Since web3 social networks are built on an open codebase, developers can construct social graphs that create reputations. When integrated with a proof-of-person protocol like Humanode, this can prevent Sybil attacks on the network.
Interview [Humanode Special Interview Series]: Hardik, cryptography researcher at Humanode Hi Hardik, tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from, and what is your history? Okay. So, I am from this city, called Surat, and it is in Gujarat, India. It’s on the west side of India. I mostly did my earlier schooling in that same city,
Interview [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.
Interview [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
announcement The Humanode testnet — Sachiel — is live [September 28th, 2021] Humanode [http://humanode.io], the world’s first blockchain project to utilize a consensus mechanism based on cryptobiometric [https://blog.humanode.io/crypto-biometrics/] 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
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
overview 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.
overview 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.
Use Case 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
overview Formation: Humanode's special grant-based development program 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.
Use Case 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 [https://www.christies.com/features/Monumental-collage-by-Beeple-is-first-purely-digital-artwork-NFT-to-come-to-auction-11510-7.aspx] hit the headlines, the CryptoPunks collections successfully auctioned
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.
overview 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.
overview 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
overview 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.