Humanity Protocol, a privacy-first blockchain identity network and high-profile rival to Sam Altman's Worldcoin, fired up its mainnet, debuting a system that connects familiar Web2 credentials to decentralized Web3 services using zero-knowledge transport layer security (zkTLS).
The introduction comes just months after the Hong Kong-based startup raised $20 million in a funding round co-led by Jump Crypto and Pantera Capital, lifting its valuation to $1.1 billion.
Humanity Protocol’s zkTLS technology allows users to prove they have viewed verifiable information, such as job listings or airline loyalty status, without revealing the underlying document or page.
Sensitive data never leaves the user’s browser, avoiding the privacy concerns that have riddled biometric approaches, including Wo