Humanity Protocol, a privacy-first blockchain identity network and controversial rival of Sam Altman’s Worldcoin, has staged his mainnet and debuts a system that connects well-known web2-references with decentralized Web3 services using Zero-Knurity).
The introduction comes only a few months after the startup $ 20 million established in Hong Kong has collected in a financing round that was led by Jump Crypto and Pantera Capital, which increased its appreciation to $ 1.1 billion.
With the ZKTLS technology from Humanity Protocol, users can prove that they have viewed verifiable information, such as vacancies or loyalty status for airlines, without revealing the underlying document or page.
Sensitive data never leaves the user’s browser and avoid the privacy problems that biometric approaches penetrate, including the iriscan model of WorldCoin.
Initially, travelers can directly link frequent-flyer and loyalty accounts to their ‘human ID’, which create a portable reputation layer that can be used for both web2 and web3 applications.
The network also supports financial, educational and professional login data. In the future, it is planning to roll out the junction infrastructure in new regions and to venture into ticketing in the chain and decentralized board.
“Our mainnet release changes decentralized identity into practical infrastructure,” said founder and CEO Terence Kwok. “With ZKTL’s now live, everyone can confirm who they are and what they have achieved on multiple platforms, but no central party ever sees their personal information.”
By trusting cryptographic evidence instead of physical biometrics, the protocol of humanity positions itself as a more privacy-conscious alternative to Worldcoin and other “Proof-of-Mananan” projects.
The architecture of the network enables developers to build Sybil-Resistant Social Platforms, reputation-based market places and AI “Humanity Controls” without collecting or storing sensitive user data. A Sybil attack occurs when a person or entity creates multiple fake identities in a network, often to get a reward such as an airdrop or disproportionate control over the activities of a network.