COMPRESSED TO 0: S PROOF OF PERSONHOOD As generative foundation models achieve faster-than-human proficiency in mimicking essential identity markers—such as writing style, vocal subtlety, and visual representation—Proof of Personhood protocols have been touted as a way to establish provenance and authenticity in the wake of deep-fakes, as well as facilitate democratic governance (one-person, one-vote) and distribute a universal
Proof of personhood protocols jockey to establish networks of ‘verified . . . Google “proof of personhood,” and the AI overview tells you proof of personhood is “also known as Proof of Human” – World’s inane, semantically void sobriquet for PoP This week saw PoP startup Humanity Protocol enter its Testnet Beta, paving the way for it to roll out its own biometric element: palm scanning
Holonym’s Edge with ZK Verification Flexible Proof-of-Personhood with Holonym The best solution for proof-of-personhood will depend on the use-case and requirements for rigor
Proof of Personhood – Proving You Are Human in the Age of AI Proof of personhood or PoP is a type of protocol that enables a network to verify that a real human is behind a particular event Decentralized systems can implement PoP mechanisms to prevent malicious activity from occurring
Zero-Knowledge Proof-of-Identity: Sybil-Resistant, Anonymous . . . Proof of Personhood [BKKJ + 17] (PoP) can be understood as an improvement over Proof of Authority in that identities are anonymised, but the parties gatherings used to anonymise and incorporate identities into the blockchain don’t scale to national international populations and could compromise Sybil resistance because it’s trivial to get