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Exploring Anti-Sybil Approaches: Civic

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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, and cryptobiometric-based

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

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

History of Sybil Resistance in Governance and Economy - Part II

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 bots,

History of Sybil Resistance in Governance and Economy - Part I

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 impostors.

Why dating apps need to verify uniqueness

Why dating apps need to verify uniqueness

Ava thought she was losing it. She’d matched with a guy named “Matt” on her favorite dating app. They hit it off, chatted for a week, she sent her some money for repairing his broken car on his way to her home, and then he ghosted. A few weeks

The Vortex Blueprint: Governance Tiers Explained

The Vortex Blueprint: Governance Tiers Explained

As Humanode advances its research and development of Vortex, the core of the Humanode DAO, it is time to revisit the governance structure in Humanode, little by little. As one person = one node = one vote, Humanode aims to become the first fully and truly democratic DAO on blockchain. This means

Exploring Anti-Sybil Approaches: Proof of Humanity Protocol

Exploring Anti-Sybil Approaches: Proof of Humanity Protocol

The internet is under siege, not by hackers or malware, but by an overwhelming flood of bots and AI-generated content. Forget "decentralization," forget "blockchain revolution."Every online community, crypto or not, faces the same challenge: distinguishing real humans from fake ones. This is about basic online

A Short History of Decentralized Systems - Part 2

A Short History of Decentralized Systems - Part 2

In the first part, we’ve seen decentralization evolve from tribal councils to peer-to-peer file sharing, from Bitcoin’s trustless value transfer to Ethereum’s world computer. We’ve watched DAOs experiment with governance and IPFS decentralized storage. And we’ve seen the same issues resurface: * Consensus mechanisms rewarding capital

A Short History of Decentralized Systems - Part 1

A Short History of Decentralized Systems - Part 1

When you think of decentralization, the first thing that probably comes to your mind is blockchain. But the truth is, decentralization isn't something as new as blockchain; it's been with us since humans first gathered around campfires. Yes, decentralization actually started way before we built the

Why DAOs need to rethink governance beyond tokens?

Why DAOs need to rethink governance beyond tokens?

When DAOs first burst onto the scene, they promised something beautiful: open participation, collective decision-making, and true decentralization. One token, one voice... right? Well, not quite. Fast forward to today, and that dream looks a little rough around the edges. The harsh reality? Token-based governance has serious cracks, and if

One Pass to Rule Them All – A comparison between SRGATE and other Login solutions

One Pass to Rule Them All – A comparison between SRGATE and other Login solutions

Imagine waking up to find your online identity hijacked, your social media profiles, email accounts, and even your bank details compromised. In 2024, such scenarios became alarmingly common, with over 1.1 million identity theft reports filed through the FTC's IdentityTheft.gov platform. And that’s just the

How to enable Uniqueness verification in your Manta dApp with Humanode Biomapper

How to enable Uniqueness verification in your Manta dApp with Humanode Biomapper

Manta Pacific is quickly becoming the go-to Layer 2. As an EVM-compatible L2 built on Optimism’s OP Stack, it’s optimized for low-cost, high-performance dApps that want to bring zero-knowledge proofs into the real world. Whether you’re building DeFi, on-chain identity protocols, or decentralized social apps, one thing

Why do Biomapper Generations change every six months?

Why do Biomapper Generations change every six months?

If you've been using Biomapper or even any of the Humanode products, you might wonder why we ask you (and your users) to re-biomap every six months or so. Does this reset really make sense, or is it just annoying? Let’s peel back the layers to understand

Humanode’s Ecosystem Expansion: The Final Pillar of 1.0

Humanode’s Ecosystem Expansion: The Final Pillar of 1.0

If you’ve been following the journey toward Humanode 1.0, you’ve probably seen us talk about the four pillars that hold everything up. We’ve already covered three: Sybil resistance through cryptobiometrics (SRGate), governance through Vortex, and the push for true decentralization with 10,000 human nodes. Now

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 3

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 3

I part three of “Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode” we will be looking into the of the liveness detection providers that we have researched, and will be providing project overviews which include their recent developments. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Jumio Jumio

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 2

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 2

In part two of “Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode” we will be looking into some of the liveness detection providers and will be providing project overviews which includes their recent developments. Read part 1 here. Projects overview & recent developments ALiCE Biometrics ALiCE Biometrics is

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 1

Research: Exploring alternative liveness detection providers for true decentralization at Humanode - Part 1

Humanode’s commitment to decentralization and biometric security necessitates a diverse ecosystem of trusted liveness detection solutions. As a biometric-based network, ensuring that each participant is a unique and living human is paramount to maintaining fairness, preventing Sybil attacks, and upholding the principles of decentralized governance. Currently, Humanode relies exclusively

Humanode as a Living Philosophy: Redefining Power, Identity, and Trust

Humanode as a Living Philosophy: Redefining Power, Identity, and Trust

Humanode, with its core principle of 1 human, 1 node, 1 vote, marks more than a technological evolution; it is a profound rethinking of systems of power, identity, and trust that we have carried forward from historical epochs to the digital age. Its aspirations transcend decentralization, automation, and programmability. At

How to enable Sybil resistance in your dApps on Sonic?

How to enable Sybil resistance in your dApps on Sonic?

You're building on Sonic because you want high-speed transactions, instant finality, and Ethereum interoperability without sacrificing decentralization. However, with high throughput and low fees comes a challenge: Sybil attacks. When creating wallets is cheap, bad actors can spin up hundreds of accounts to exploit staking rewards, liquidity incentives,

Humanode CVM for Verifiable Data Processing

Humanode CVM for Verifiable Data Processing

Data is the lifeblood of any modern business. And to protect the integrity of the data is more important than ever. It’s the backbone of trust between institutions and the people who rely on them. Whether you’re managing sensitive patient records in healthcare, handling financial transactions, or tracking

How Humanode's Tech Makes Catacomb Crawlers Game Sybil-Resistant

How Humanode's Tech Makes Catacomb Crawlers Game Sybil-Resistant

The gaming world, for all its epic adventures and cool visuals, has hidden villains – the Sybils and Bots. They sneak into the shadows of in-game economies, quietly slipping into marketplaces, scooping up rewards, and ruining rewards. It’s like having a thief at your party, but this one isn’t

Understanding the tech behind Humanode's Biometric Authentication process

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Understanding the tech behind Humanode's Biometric Authentication process

Let’s cut to the chase: you’re probably wondering if Humanode’s Proof of Biometric Uniqueness is really as solid as we describe it. You’ve heard the pitch – biometrics over capital, privacy over profit— in our previous article Decentralization Through Biometric Uniqueness: One Person, One Node in Humanode.

Decentralization Through Biometric Uniqueness: One Person, One Node in Humanode

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Decentralization Through Biometric Uniqueness: One Person, One Node in Humanode

Let’s be real for a second. When you think about consensus (Sybil-resistance) mechanisms in blockchain, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Mining power? Stake size? Probably. And if we’re honest, it’s easy to feel a little uncomfortable with that. Like, deep down, you

Case study: Private biometrics and the automotive industry

Case study: Private biometrics and the automotive industry

With large global industries, such as the automotive industry, the use of private biometrics may not be the first thing that comes to mind as a match made in heaven. But here are a few applications of the Humanode private biometrics that immediately come to mind. In the modern day

When Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Fail

When Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Fail

Ever binge-watched a series where things go fine, and you don’t see a twist coming, and then out of the blue, there’s a twist that leaves you in a shock? You just can’t tear yourself away, right? The same thing can occur with a blockchain only that