🌞 GM
💰 $1000 in pooled rewards are now available to claim by the Holonym community
1. ZK Verify and mint your SBT
2. Get your
@gitcoinpassport
stamp
3. Participate in our DID Research with
@BlockchainGov
deets and alpha for future drops 👉
1/ 🚀 Big news! Holonym Foundation has secured $5.5M in seed funding to advance global digital personhood through ✨Human Keys✨
Led by
@FinalityCap
&
@Papervc
and ...
Ready to build with Zeronym? Learn how to embed Holonym directly into your site using the Silk SDK (coming soon) for a streamlined user experience. More info:
Digital Identity is a cornerstone for Digital Rights, and may catalyze a secure, private, and credibly neutral internet.
We’re working with the
@ERC_Research
funded
@BlockchainGov
project to show how applied ZKPs can augment traditional identity and point out key areas where we
🔐 Our journey continues as we conduct empirical and theoretical comparisons among blockchain-based identity approaches, aiming to create context-sensitive civic identity designs. Ethnographic research on
@0xHolonym
and application in the Global South is also on the horizon!
🔥Something big is finally here, a huge upgrade for Holonym:
✅10x faster proofs
✅10x smoother UX
✅stronger privacy and security
✅trustless wallet recovery
🏅& the public beta launch of what we think will be one of the biggest steps forward in web3 adoption:
@silkysignon
🎊Participate in the Holonym meme contest!
🗓️Will end on September 11, 2023
✅How to enter:
- Make sure you're following
@0xHolonym
- Reply to this thread with your own meme related to Holonym
- Share the link of your
#meme
on Discord 👉
1/ 💀 Attention: if you have money in a
@magic_labs
Magic Link wallet, it may not be safe. We recommend withdrawing your assets before somebody else can 👉
7/ With tokentable, a groundbreaking way to ensure fair airdrop distribution through KYC and vesting schedules, we're excited to work with
@sign
to prevent industrial Sybil attacks on airdrops, governance, and fair paths to decentralization.
"We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. People must come and together deploy these systems for the common good." - Cypherpunk Manifesto
today, we're releasing Proof of Clean Hands, an open source protocol for programmable privacy 🪡🧵
❄️ We’ve got a little surprise in store for
@avax
users.
1. verify with Holonym on AVAX
2. achieve a >20 Gitcoin Passport score
3. unlock a special edition OAT to qualify for our rewards campaign
details below:
Privacy and identity can be compatible in Web3
💫 Holonym addresses the privacy issue in decentralized identity, solving key problems relating to KYC/AML, Sybil resistance and wallet recovery.
In this thread, 🧵we are introducing
@holonym
.
⏰Rewarding the next Champions of
#HumanKeys
Applications are now open for our Ambassador Program!
🔊Are you passionate about Web3 and the future of digital privacy?
🔊Join us in shaping a more secure and private digital world through the power of Human Keys.
📍 Apply now to
🚀 GM, anons! We’re LIVE! 🚀
The Proof of Personhood attestation on
@VeraxRegistry
using
@Zer0nym
is now available, with $3000 up for grabs! 🎉
@VeraxRegistry
has added
@Zer0nym
to their Sybil Defense Arsenal.
Get your personhood attestation and prove identity on
@LineaBuild
!
gm. something really big is finally here 🔥
@mishtinetwork
, an Actively Validated Service on
@eigenlayer
for decentralized elliptic curve scalar multiplication – Enabling new use cases for UX, compliance and data security 👉
🪂 Humanitarian Airdrop Confirmed 🚨
Okay, hold on!
This is not a scam airdrop announcement, nor has our Twitter been hacked.
Let’s explore what the heck a Humanitarian Airdrop is.
Huge news! 🌟 Holonym has spread its wings to the
@NEARProtocol
ecosystem through its integration with
@nadabots
, introducing Sybil-resistant stamps. Let's dive into what this groundbreaking partnership means.
What is ZK KYC and how does it completely change how we think about trust and accountability on-chain?
New full length article dives deep into this topic and more: Redefining KYC: Holonym's Edge with ZK Verification
The future of our society will depend on our ability to differentiate truth, verify authenticity, and prove humanity. Human Keys provide creatives with the tools they need to stand out against the sludge of AI generated content. Thank you
@eth_milano
and
@ResearchHub
for hosting
FTX filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. So have many companies affected by FTX. If you lost money from any of them, you will probably be doxxed too. Yes, the court could force them to publicly report your name, address, and balance. The dark side of KYC
A thread 🧵
#Privacy
We're not sleeping on NEAR! We're proud to support Sybil Defense for Public Goods with
@nadabots
Holonym OP minters can also qualify to mint on NEAR since the two SBTs are separate ecosystems.
Read below for instructions to get started 👉
Othentic has been an incredible partner at building our AVS
@mishtinetwork
. And we are pleased to see they are deepening the integration of their stack within the EigenLayer ecosystem.
After over a year of joint ventures, we are excited to announce our official partnership with EigenLayer.
What is the Othentic Stack? What’s next for EigenLayer and Othentic?
Check 🧵 for summary.
Last night,
@gitcoin
added a Holonym proof-of-uniqueness to Passport. Why? So we can protect privacy while letting people use government IDs to prove humanity and uniqueness. You can find out more about the integration here.
Devs! 🛠️ ✨ Build from anywhere and collaborate with innovators to tackle challenges in public goods, decentralized governance, climate action, and more & win up to $15,000 in prizes!
Which area do you think needs the most attention right now?
* ZK Identify for refugees
* P2P
Exciting news🎉.
@Lobby3_DAO
will begin testing KYA (know-your-anon) zero knowledge technology, made possible through
@0xHolonym
, to prove the residence of DAO members engaging in US political advocacy and supporting election campaigns.
🎃👻 Happy Holoween to Holo ZK SBT holders!!
Creep through our eerie
@Galxe
quest and you might snatch a share of $500 USDT from the clutches of Sybil ghouls 🌌 for ZK SBT holders only
Like, share, refer...if you dare. 🚀💫
#HolonymQuest
🚀Formamos parte del side event Solarpunk Bus de
@0xUrbanika
en el hackathon
@ETHCincoDeMayo
.
Únete a nuestro demo day el 1-2 de febrero para dinámicas divertidas, regalos de NFT y la oportunidad de tener un impacto positivo.🐾✨
#ETH5deMayo
🧵Sigue este hilo y se parte 👇
Sybil attacks challenge airdrop fairness in crypto. Learn how evolving strategies and identity verification can enhance distribution. Dive into “Sybil Resistant Airdrops.” Read Here:
🚀 This week marks a major milestone for on-chain ZK-ID
1,000 new users have been verifying for sybil resistance each day, and it shows no signs of stopping
But we've had to spend a ton of money to keep it that way: $1.5k every day 🧵
Devs 🛠️ get ready! $100k pool on the line!
Join the Virtual Hackathon until Nov 7th
Sponsored by Holonym,
@FundingCommons
, and
@EarthCommons
Challenge 1: Universal Personhood Issuer
Prize: $5,000
Challenge 2: Simple Remittances & P2P Payments
1st Prize: $3,500
2nd Prize:
vitalik gets it ~ this is live today with
@zer0nym
* airdrop to real unique humans
* smooth claims with
@silkysignon
* customize claims with identity proofs (i.e. humanitarian airdrops)
* composable attestations on identity across ecosystems with
@ethsign
and
@VeraxRegistry
Airdrops are a fascinating initial use case for ZK / blockchain-based identity / credential / attestation frameworks. The goals of an airdrop are:
(i) distribute to community members [and not randos who will all immediately sell]
(ii) reward contributions to the project
(iii) be
Happy Holodays to the 5k closed alpha list
@silkysignon
early adopters!
Your holiday card NFT has been sent to your email for claiming 💌
Easily claim on desktop or mobile Google oauth!
🎁Track the full collection 👉
6/
@silkysignon
is our elegant interface for Human Keys, making them easy for everyone to use. Silk uses breakthrough 2PC-MPC built on
@dwalletnetwork
to overcome the obstacles faced by embeddable and account abstraction wallets.
❤️🔥 We are pleased to announce that Holonym ZK SBT holders can now claim a badge on
@EtherScore
⚡️ This integration allows users to upgrade their pseudonymous on-chain reputation with off-chain credentials
👉 Now users can blend on-chain transaction history with
Introducing our latest Sybil Resistance badges, created in collaboration with the
@0xHolonym
team!📷
🎖️ Holonym KYC zkSBT
🎖️ Holonym phone zkSBT
Claimable by users that have verified their identity or phone number on Holonym on
@optimismFND
!
What’s Holonym 🧐 ?
⬇️1/
We’ve teamed up with Funding the Commons and Earth Commons for a global hackathon from October 7 to November 7. 🌐🛠️
This hackathon brings together innovators to address some of the biggest challenges in building public goods—whether it’s privacy, climate action, decentralized
1/🧵 What is Client-Side Zero-Knowledge Proving? Client-side zero-knowledge proving allows users to prove information (like identity or data) without revealing the actual data. The proof is generated on the user's device, ensuring privacy and security.
✨ big milestone for the holo community
🫦50k+ txs completed by our relayer contract for ZKP verification
🏅we've guzzled $23k+ in $OP gas over the last 90 days ~ thats more sequencer fees than circle or worldcoin transactions over the same period
we're looking for a data nerd to build a
@DuneAnalytics
dashboard of the Holonym protocol
the dashboard should show the following
- total size of the anonymity set
- number of proofs by category by time
- protocol fees generated by time and chain
- total amount donated to
Curious about innovative solutions for privacy, identity, and decentralized governance? 🔒👤
Join our Space with
@0xHolonym
, a key partner in the Funding the Commons x
@EarthCommons
Hackathon, and get inspired to build! ✨
Friday, October 11, 9:00 AM UTC
hey all, this is your last chance to sign up for the silk closed alpha and claim our holiday drop ~ we'll be releasing the last batch of invites for a while
We’re proud to be part of the
@FundingCommons
X
@EarthCommons
Hackathon (Oct 7-Nov 7)! 🎉🛠️
Build from anywhere and collaborate with innovators to tackle challenges in public goods, decentralized governance, climate action, and more.
Join us:
1/🧵 What is Client-Side Zero-Knowledge Proving? Client-side zero-knowledge proving allows users to prove information (like identity or data) without revealing the actual data. The proof is generated on the user's device, ensuring privacy and security.
1/ In our recent X space, founders
@hebbianloop
and
@NanakNihal
dive into Sybil resistance and the future of airdrops in Web3 with
@ethsign
.
We're building tech that secures on-chain identity without sacrificing privacy.
WATCH
there's a ton of noise out there, but one thing is for sure 🧐 zkps will fundamentally alter the power balance between users and internet services
once you reclaim ownership over your digital life, there is no going back
@silkysignon
is the opening shot of this revolution 💥
we're stoked to share $800M of restaked ETH has been committed to mainnet alpha by
@RenzoProtocol
this is an important milestone for secure and private human key infrastructure powered by
@ethereum
pos
👉
first there were ICOs, next yield farming, and finally airdrops ~
@arunsajeev17
explains the ins and outs of airdrop dynamics and how protocols can design for better outcomes
Read "Sybil Resistant Airdrops" 👉
just over 600 days later from idea to execution, ZK for wallet recovery is finally here.. wasn't easy but we couldn't be more excited to share this with the world
🥷say it with me: no more lost seed phrases
🗿within silk is occult cryptography for informationally-theoretically secure keys derived from low entropy passwords
🧷forgot your password? use a ZK proof to recover your key from
@TheTNetwork
or
@LitProtocol
🙏 thank you to all OP badgeholders that have included us on their ballots! ✨ we have just met quorum
🗳️every ballot for Holonym is a vote for advanced R&D of open source tools for privacy, open civics, and real world applications of cryptography in DeSci, DeFi, and beyond
Alpha reveal 🎉 We made it into the new web3 Dapp Store from
@AlchemyPlatform
! We’re here to help DAOs & companies in identity verification and Sybil resistance without sacrificing users' privacy. Find us at
☀️gm. it's a great day for public goods
💸
@gitcoin
grantees can now directly receive matched funds through donations made on
@x
via
@IDriss_xyz
🤝public fundoooors, remember to verify your Holonym ZK SBT with
@gitcoinpassport
for maximum matching!
🫵 Normies & Optimists, Assemble!
Brace yourself for a new Quest to amass Holonym ecosystem points and qualify for a share of a $2k prize pool.
The Holonym Sybil Defense Quest: Episode II on Galxe
Mint now with Paypal
or on OP
Discover how decentralized biometrics and zero-knowledge proofs can revolutionize identity in this insightful article by
@NanakNihal
. Read “(A)symmetry: How identity will be improved by decentralized biometrics and zero-knowledge proofs” now:
AI poses an existential threat to truth, human creativity, and the future of science as we know it. Our Co-Founder and CEO
@hebbianloop
recaps his talk at
@eth_milano
science is over. you can write a convincing primary research article in <10m now with aithor ☠️
@ethmilano
i gave a talk on why this is a disaster for truth, human creativity, and scientific progress and how Human Key Infra will save science via
#DeSci
🧵 talk recap & demo 👉
Did you know you can build Sybil resistant voting mechanisms on Snapshot, while retaining user privacy via zero knowledge proofs? Check out our article on how to do it in a couple
Holonym and
@gitcoinpassport
bring the best of government IDs (proof of ID) while keeping your identity concealed.
Here is a setup using zero-knowledge proofs to provide credential-gated services without identifying any user:
Sybil Defense for Public Goods comes to Fantom!
Together with
@FantomFDN
, we are pleased to announce the deployment of secure public goods funding for buidlrs in the Fantom ecosystem 🛠️
🧵..
🚀Get your Proof of Personhood attestation with
@Zer0nym
on
@VeraxRegistry
, now integrated with
@LineaBuild
. Join the Galxe quest to win from a prize pool of $3000! Secure your identity and join the Sybil Defense Arsenal today.
Join now
#Holonym
#Linea
🚨 CRYPTO HIRING 🚨
Role:
- Growth product + Business development manager.
Description:
Want to help bring privacy and Sybil resistance to more web3 users and projects? We're a dynamic, small team. The performance-based upside is unlimited.
DM us if you are interested!
Excited for Day 2 at
@eth_milano
! This morning, our co-founder
@hebbianloop
discussed how to manage cryptographic keys securely through personal attributes, enabling easy key recovery and privacy-preserving identity verification without compromising sensitive information.
Come
🪂 Airdrops are making a comeback!
..and not just as freebies, but as a rallying call around the dream of a user-owned web running on decentralized protocols ✨
🕵️♂️where’s Holonym?
🔎hint: we’re just a hop over
🙏 thanks to OP badge holders for voting us
#155
/643
ZK verifications place us as one of the largest gas guzzlers on OP. These fees go straight back to public goods 🫦
do you have an NFC enabled passport? you can unlock 16 points towards your Humanity Score on
@gitcoinpassport
for free with complete privacy
just log into silksecure, click credentials in the top right menu, and select the epassport option
Human Keys /ˈhjuː.mən kiːz/ noun
1. A next-generation cryptographic system that derives secure, high-entropy keys from private human data, such as passwords, security questions, logins, or uniquely identifying characteristics.
Human Keys make the ownership layers of the
🔔 Update on
@magic_labs
wallet's security vulnerabilities
We're pleased to share that 1 of 2 critical exploits in magic wallet have been addressed.
Big thanks to
@samczsun
and the Magic Labs team for coordinating the prompt patching
1/ 💀 Attention: if you have money in a
@magic_labs
Magic Link wallet, it may not be safe. We recommend withdrawing your assets before somebody else can 👉
we're just getting started, there is a real need for open source private digital identity and we are here to deliver ~ next gen zk did coming soon... stronger privacy, minimized trust in third parties, and greater agency for users
We're in the thick of airdrop season, with notable names already making their mark and more expected to follow.
💩 But is this just a prelude to dumping season?
Soon, we'll release a dashboard to shill ZK SBT holders to aid airdrops seeking quality over quantity.
new features dropped for Silk
👉 wider wallet connect support, adding Galxe to Gitcoin, Aave, Uniswap, and more
👉 redirect authentication instead of popups for simpler mobile UX
👉 new NFTs card for seeing your collectibles
.. stay tuned for a big update coming soon
Heads Up Silkystans!
You can now connect your Silk account to Galxe! Just click the top left gear icon, "Connected Apps," then follow the instructions.
Copy paste the
@walletconnect
URI from
@Galxe
and you're good to go!
How to Silk 👉
1/🧵 Working on a project that needs to balance user privacy with regulatory compliance? Proof of Clean Hands could be worth a look. It’s a way to onboard users to your dApp without seeing their sensitive data, which can help you avoid the whole privacy vs. compliance headache.
🤝 We’re partnering with
@gitcoinpassport
for Sybil-resistant voting on
From today, you can
📊Establish voter eligibility with Passport Scores & required stamps
🔒Use our zk-SNARKs anonymous voting for anonymity & proof of humanity
Excited for
@eth_milano
tomorrow! will you be there?
Our co-founder
@hebbianloop
will discuss human-friendly wallets and how
@eigenlayer
is paving the way for secure decentralized authentication.
Come find us at
#ETHMilan24
Day 1 ⤵️
📅 Sept 26th
⏰ 2 PM- 2:30 PM
📍OSSERVA
Curious about innovative solutions for privacy, identity, and decentralized governance? 🔒👤
Join our Space with
@0xHolonym
, a key partner in the Funding the Commons x
@EarthCommons
Hackathon, and get inspired to build! ✨
Friday, October 11, 9:00 AM UTC
✨ ZK SBT holders now qualify for 16 points on
@gitcoinpassport
easily combine with other socials to hit the 20 threshold with minimal effort and max privacy