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HOLONYM



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 * Introduction
   * Private Credentials
 * For Developers
   * Start Here
   * Custom Sybil Resistance
   * API Reference
   * Off-Chain Proofs
 * For Users
   * How To Use Holonym
   * Using with NEAR
   * User Flow
   * FAQs
 * Architecture
   * Overview
   * Flow of Data
   * Where data is(n't) stored
 * How it Works
   * Modularity of the stack
   * Issuer
   * Credentials
   * Hub

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PRIVATE CREDENTIALS

Holonym is a privacy-preserving identity protocol. It uses zero knowledge proofs
to allow users to prove facts about themselves without revealing their whole
identity, and it allows organizations to verify their users without storing
their users' sensitive information.

MOTIVATION

Often, identity verification is required for legal or practical reasons such as
KYC, fraud prevention, proof-of-age, and Sybil resistance. However, developing
an application that preserves privacy has historically been difficult. This
problem is biggest in web3, where most data is on a public ledger. Not only is
obtaining privacy on a public ledger difficult, but the adverse affects of
losing privacy are greater: "doxxing" a user's wallet address once reveals all
of the address' past and future activity.

Holonym is a private credential system that make privacy-preserving identity
possible and simple both on- and off-chain.



PRIVACY-PRESERVING PROOFS

A user can prove a variety of statements with a Holo, without revealing their
identity. These include facts needed for compliance, Sybil resistance, and
wallet recovery. Example statements are:

> "I have US residency"
> 
> "I have non-US residency"
> 
> "I have never received this airdrop from any other crypto address"
> 
> "I am an accredited investor"
> 
> "I am over 18"
> 
> "I am the same person who created this wallet" if the wallet needs recovery
> 
> "I have never voted in this DAO's governance"

Many of these are currently ready, and others can be enabled by contacting us
and/or contributing to our GitHub

Note: Proof generation currently takes about 30ms-4s on standard consumer
devicies. The variance dependings on the type of proof and type of device

For using Holonym in your (d)App, continue to

pageStart Here

Otherwise, take a peak into the architecture of Holonym

pageOverview
NextStart Here

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 * Motivation
 * Privacy-preserving proofs



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