Palm biometrics-based ‘Humanity Protocol’ debuts for Web3

An alternative to iris scans for proof of personhood in Web3 has been proposed by three organizations together focused on the next stage of the World Wide Web.

The Humanity Protocol, which introduces palm recognition software to Web3, is billed as making zero-knowledge verification less invasive than does iris scans without users revealing personal data.

Polygon Labs, which makes Ethereum scaling software for Polygon protocols; digital rights vendor Animoca Brands and AI vendor the Human Institute had been working …

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