announcement

Biomapper C1 deployed on Botanix

Botanix has planted the seed for Bitcoin's Layer-2 future, and Biomapper is here to ensure it’s real humans who reap the rewards. And to do so, the Biomapper C1 SDK is now officially deployed on Botanix, the first fully decentralized Bitcoin Layer-2 that’s EVM-

Humanode Biweekly vol.102

Biomapper C1 deployed on Metis and Vanar, WeHMND launched on Uniswap, Validator Contributions Campaign kicks off, Vortex DAO development begins, the final chapters of 2067 – Equilibrium are out, and the Founder Talk replay is now available. TL;DR Hey Human nodes, The past two weeks have been buzzing with launches,

Article

Bitcoin’s Hidden Cartels: An Investigation into Mining Centralization

“Who controls Bitcoin?” It’s a question that won’t die. Early Bitcoin was all about breaking free from banks, bosses, and middlemen. But after more than a decade, power keeps collecting in new corners. It’s moving into the hands of the same big players. And no, it isn’

announcement

Upcoming changes to the validator fee distribution

Dear human nodes, As you know, we’ve been experimenting and listening closely to your feedback regarding the validator fee distribution. Today, we’re making another update. One we believe will reward consistency, fairness, and active contribution even more clearly.Here’s what's changing: * Starting the next cycle,

Article

Exploitation of Biometrics and Humanode’s Response

Biometrics are everywhere now. We use our faces to unlock phones, our fingerprints to log in to apps, and even our irises to pass through airport security checks. It’s fast, easy, and feels kind of futuristic. But here’s the thing, unlike passwords, you can’t change your face

Chain integration

How to add Biomapper to your dApp on Vanar?

Vanar Chain is designed for real-world commerce and AI-native applications, offering smart execution, queryable storage, and dynamic payments. As Vanar’s ecosystem grows, Sybil attacks and bot exploitation remain critical challenges for builders in finance, marketplaces, and AI-powered services. Humanode Biomapper is now available on Vanar, bringing

Biomapper

Biomapper C1 deployed on Vanar

Considering Vanar Chain is all about making blockchain "think," we thought it's about time Biomapper brought a human touch to its AI-native apps. Yes, the Biomapper c1 SDK is now deployed on Vanar Chain, an intelligent chain purpose-built for real-world commerce, known for

announcement

Update: Validators Contributions Campaign

Dear human nodes, Following our experiments on the validator rewards system and after hearing your feedback on the latest developments, we’re launching a Validator Contributions campaign. The goal this time is straightforward: contribute to growing on-chain activity, thus transaction activity, and strengthen Humanode utility. If you can show

Chain integration

How to integrate Biomapper with your dApp on Anrdomeda Metis

Metis is an Ethereum Layer 2 rollup designed for high-performance, low-cost dApps with native support for DAOs, DeFi, and Web3 social. But with lower costs and scalability comes a growing risk of Sybil attacks, bots, and fake accounts exploiting systems built for real users. Humanode Biomapper brings biometric

announcement

WeHMND Goes Live on Uniswap

Following the expansion of WeHMND on Arbitrum via Chainport, the WeHMND/USDT trading pair is now live on Uniswap v4, via the Arbitrum network. With this launch, WeHMND becomes directly accessible within the DeFi ecosystem using one of the world’s most widely used DEXes. This listing increases the accessibility

Biomapper

Biomapper C1 deployed on Metis

Metis, a permissionless Ethereum Layer 2 network aiming to enhance scalability, speed, and storage efficiency, was one of the first blockchains to have its DAO vote Humanode as a Community Verified Project, back in May of 2025. As a reply to the “love letter” from the Metis community, Humanode has

Humanode Biweekly vol.101

New Rules for Validator Rewards; New Validator Poll; Storacha — First biometric-gated freemium for Bluesky; WeHMND expands to Arbitrum; HumanodeCon 2025 → Bucharest, Sept 6; Anti-Sybil Series: Civic; The Face of Decentralization; 2067: Book of Nagi Part ¾; Humanode Progress Map now live, and more. TL;DR Hey Human nodes, We’

announcement

WeHMND Expands to Arbitrum via ChainPort

ChainPort integrated Humanode in 2023 and has since bridged WeHMND to chains like Ethereum, BNB, and Polygon, as well as assets like WETH and USDC, to Humanode. Now, ChainPort is expanding Humanode’s WeHMND token to Arbitrum.  It is important to note that while WeHMND is available on a multitude

announcement

New Rules for Validator Fees and Participation

Dear Human nodes, In the previous weeks, we introduced a new factor, the “Proof-of-Poll”, to encourage more participation in the community and to help engrave the “one person, one node, one vote” mantra in our validators' minds. Starting this week, we will be making more changes to

Anti-sybil series

Exploring Anti-Sybil Approaches: Civic

Bots are everywhere. Fake accounts farm airdrops. AI-generated spam floods your feed. DAOs get Sybil’d into chaos. It’s not just annoying anymore, it’s breaking the internet. That’s why we started this series: Anti-Sybil Approaches. At Humanode, we’ve been building tools like BotBasher, Biomapper,

Partnerships

First biometric-gated freemium for Bluesky using the Humanode private bioauthentication

Have you ever wondered what would happen if social media, or elements of social media, incorporated Humanode’s private Bioauthentication technology?  Well, your wait is over. Storacha has officially created the first biometric-gated freemium for Bluesky using the Humanode private bioauthentication and launching bsky.storage. In short, Storacha allows

Article

The Face of Decentralization: Biopolitics, Sybil Resistance, and the New Human Condition

By Sasha Shilina “The body is the inscribed surface of events.”  — Michel Foucault I. Introduction: The Body as Validator In the evolving theater of decentralized systems, an interesting new actor has taken the stage, not an address, not a hash, but a face. Through the face, the iris scanner, the

guide

How to verify with Biomapper on Verax, Linea's on-chain registry?

Humanode Biomapper just hit an exciting milestone with its first real-world integration into the Verax Attestation Registry on Linea. If you're looking for an easy, decentralized way to ensure your users are unique humans, without dealing with intrusive KYC processes or centralized databases, Biomapper is your solution.

Humanode Biweekly vol.100

Biomapper is now integrated with Verax; Humanode peer update; New WeHMND/WETH staking contract; Build easier with thirdweb SDK; Bug fix notice; The next Validator Poll is live; A Brief History of Sybil Resistance; 2067 – The equilibrium final chapters;  Founders Talk recordings; Humanode BotBasher — still on duty; and more. TL;

announcement

Biomapper is now integrated with Verax- Linea's onchain attestation protocol

Being able to quickly provide a decentralized, private, and secure path to biometric authentication and Sybil-resistance for projects and Dapps, without the need for KYC or relying on centralized systems by the “big dogs,” has been what many have been asking for.  Ever since the release of Biomapper C1

BioDeFi

New WeHMND/WETH staking contract goes live on June 25, 2025

As you know,  the current WeHMND/WETH staking contract (0xf663Dce7cb9fC4b2E10e23d27fbac65d925921E6) ends on June 25, 2025, estimated around 03:55:32 AM UTC, at block 13420876.  So we have deployed a new biostaking contract (0x2991e54d6b904b5d932b130219C690a98B26696d), which will go live at the same time in the same block as the previous one

guide

Guide for updating your system running humanode-peer to Ubuntu 24.04

Previously, we recommended that users use Ubuntu 20.04. This version has reached the end of its maintenance, and we now recommend that you update to 24.04. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show you how to update your Humanode node without a full re-synchronization. But

Humanode 1.0

History of Sybil Resistance in Governance and Economy - Part II

By the mid-20th century, governments had built up a decent toolkit for keeping track of who’s who: birth certificates, fingerprints, ID cards, and population registers. But then came computers. And the internet. And suddenly, the challenge wasn’t just stopping someone from claiming two rations; it was keeping

Chain integration

How to Build on Humanode EVM Using thirdweb SDK

If you’ve been thinking about building something on Humanode, maybe a game, a token, a small tool, or a dApp with real users, this is probably the easiest way to start. Until now, building on Humanode meant setting things up from scratch. Not hard, but not exactly beginner-friendly

Article

History of Sybil Resistance in Governance and Economy - Part I

For as long as humans have lived in organized groups, they've found ways to prevent one person from pretending to be many. Whether it was a tribe ensuring only real members could speak in council or a city-state distributing rations, societies had to protect their systems from