The Internet Needs Proof Of Humanity 🧍
$VFY and $WLD sit close to one of the internet’s next major bottlenecks.
AI agents can submit forms, create accounts and overwhelm public services at a scale that human attackers never could. This is inevitable, and it is also going to cause major issues.
Large platforms may build custom defences, but small businesses and government websites rarely have the same resources.
CAPTCHAs are already frustrating for humans but increasingly manageable for machines.
Future websites may need cryptographic evidence that a request came from a real and eligible person.
A privacy-preserving identity system could generate a ZK proof confirming humanity without disclosing the user’s name or identity document. The credential and privacy would come from that identity system.
zkVerify could independently check whether the resulting proof is cryptographically valid.
The website would receive a usable result and could limit sensitive actions to verified users.
One verified person could receive one application, claim or account without the organisation collecting another database of personal documents.
That makes the role of VFY much easier to understand.
If proof-based access becomes common, websites will need somewhere reliable to send those proofs for checking.
I think human verification could become one of the largest real-world demand sources for dedicated Zero Knowledge infrastructure.
#AI #Privacy
$VFY and $WLD sit close to one of the internet’s next major bottlenecks.
AI agents can submit forms, create accounts and overwhelm public services at a scale that human attackers never could. This is inevitable, and it is also going to cause major issues.
Large platforms may build custom defences, but small businesses and government websites rarely have the same resources.
CAPTCHAs are already frustrating for humans but increasingly manageable for machines.
Future websites may need cryptographic evidence that a request came from a real and eligible person.
A privacy-preserving identity system could generate a ZK proof confirming humanity without disclosing the user’s name or identity document. The credential and privacy would come from that identity system.
zkVerify could independently check whether the resulting proof is cryptographically valid.
The website would receive a usable result and could limit sensitive actions to verified users.
One verified person could receive one application, claim or account without the organisation collecting another database of personal documents.
That makes the role of VFY much easier to understand.
If proof-based access becomes common, websites will need somewhere reliable to send those proofs for checking.
I think human verification could become one of the largest real-world demand sources for dedicated Zero Knowledge infrastructure.
#AI #Privacy
