An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained

The lack a native web3 identity makes today’s DeFi ecosystem unable to supportactivities ubiquitous in the real economy, such as undercollateralized lending or simple contracts, like anapartment lease

Usernames and passwords continue to be the dominant paradigm, despite being repeatedly demonstrated to be an insecure model. The average person has to juggle between 70 to 80 passwords, resulting in a decidedly inferior user experience. Indeed, there are multi-million dollar businesses built just around helping businesses and individuals manage the... See more

When I reflect on the lived experience of identity, I think of something that is complex, personal, intersectional, situational, intersubjective. It seems like the thing we are gesturing toward when we say “on-chain identity” is not this personal lived experience of identity, but something else. What is it?

Proof of Humanity: Prove unique identity associated with each individual is necessary to protect against sybil attack.