Freedom Tool is a Rarimo-built open-source software for citizen-run, anonymized elections and polls. It has solved the long-standing technical challenge of enabling digital identity checks while also protecting citizens from tracking. Anyone, anywhere, can use it to build voting systems outside of state apparatus. This will provide safe outlets for silenced people to express dissent and is part of a broader effort to embed privacy into the digital world. The cypherpunk promise to defend priva...

Freedom Tool is a Rarimo-built open-source software for citizen-run, anonymized elections and polls. It has solved the long-standing technical challenge of enabling digital identity checks while also protecting citizens from tracking. Anyone, anywhere, can use it to build voting systems outside of state apparatus. This will provide safe outlets for silenced people to express dissent and is part of a broader effort to embed privacy into the digital world. The cypherpunk promise to defend priva...

Kitty Horlick, Director, Rari Labs In 1993, when the World Wide Web was released into the public domain, the New Yorker published the now iconic cartoon ‘On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.’ This sketch of a computer-savvy canine educating his companion on the possibilities of online personas was rapidly reproduced as a warning that in the faceless corridors of the internet, people may not be who they say they are.Thanks to a16z’s Dan Boneh who first referenced this cartoon in relatio...

Kitty Horlick, Director, Rari Labs In 1993, when the World Wide Web was released into the public domain, the New Yorker published the now iconic cartoon ‘On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.’ This sketch of a computer-savvy canine educating his companion on the possibilities of online personas was rapidly reproduced as a warning that in the faceless corridors of the internet, people may not be who they say they are.Thanks to a16z’s Dan Boneh who first referenced this cartoon in relatio...

Oleksandr Kurbatov, Lasha Antadze For a while, the dream of decentralized, anonymous voting felt illusory. Solutions like Semaphore are excellent for low-risk scenarios such as private DAO voting, but state elections and other high-risk scenarios require the anonymity, eligibility and uniqueness of voters to be totally guaranteed. Historically, decentralized voting systems have only ever been able to guarantee two of these three properties at once. Rarimo’s Freedom Tool was the first solution...

Oleksandr Kurbatov, Lasha Antadze For a while, the dream of decentralized, anonymous voting felt illusory. Solutions like Semaphore are excellent for low-risk scenarios such as private DAO voting, but state elections and other high-risk scenarios require the anonymity, eligibility and uniqueness of voters to be totally guaranteed. Historically, decentralized voting systems have only ever been able to guarantee two of these three properties at once. Rarimo’s Freedom Tool was the first solution...

Kitty Horlick, Director, Rarify Labs & Oleksandr Kurbatov, Developer, Distributed Labs On the 14th of September, Rarimo Foundation launched RariMe, which allows users to store and manage identity credentials using their MetaMask wallet. Powered by Zero-Knowledge technology and Rarimo protocol, users will be able to seamlessly leverage their credentials across chains with top-tier privacy. Find out why such portability is a powerful threat to Web2 socials and why digital identities might heral...

Kitty Horlick, Director, Rarify Labs & Oleksandr Kurbatov, Developer, Distributed Labs On the 14th of September, Rarimo Foundation launched RariMe, which allows users to store and manage identity credentials using their MetaMask wallet. Powered by Zero-Knowledge technology and Rarimo protocol, users will be able to seamlessly leverage their credentials across chains with top-tier privacy. Find out why such portability is a powerful threat to Web2 socials and why digital identities might heral...

This is a technical introduction to Rarimo’s ZKPs for biometric passports. It covers how passports are securely scanned, verified, and used to generate ZK Proofs-of-Citizenship. Ihor Diachenko, Kitty Horlick Cyberspace cannot transcend meatspace, at least not yet anyway. Whether it's for DeFi protocols complying with US sanctions or political dissidents organizing online, as long as the physical world has borders, the digital world will need ways of verifying citizenship. The two most wi...

This is a technical introduction to Rarimo’s ZKPs for biometric passports. It covers how passports are securely scanned, verified, and used to generate ZK Proofs-of-Citizenship. Ihor Diachenko, Kitty Horlick Cyberspace cannot transcend meatspace, at least not yet anyway. Whether it's for DeFi protocols complying with US sanctions or political dissidents organizing online, as long as the physical world has borders, the digital world will need ways of verifying citizenship. The two most wi...

October NewsletterIntegrating Worldcoin and extending the use of World ID with V2 of the Proof-of-Humanity plug-inExpanding the plug-in to Discord at Eth LondonPoH upgrade — Why Rarimo Integrated WorldcoinOne of Rarimo’s greatest challenges during the early days of community-building was the tidal wave of bots that swamped our socials. This is, unfortunately, a widespread issue, and so in August, Rarimo launched a solution: the Proof-of-Humanity plug-in. This plug-in allows projects and platf...

October NewsletterIntegrating Worldcoin and extending the use of World ID with V2 of the Proof-of-Humanity plug-inExpanding the plug-in to Discord at Eth LondonPoH upgrade — Why Rarimo Integrated WorldcoinOne of Rarimo’s greatest challenges during the early days of community-building was the tidal wave of bots that swamped our socials. This is, unfortunately, a widespread issue, and so in August, Rarimo launched a solution: the Proof-of-Humanity plug-in. This plug-in allows projects and platf...

Naturally, the REAL motive behind our attendance at DevConnect in Istanbul was face-time with the feline mafia who very clearly run the city. It turns out, however, that the conference was also highly instructive on the future of digital identity.Should we launch Proof-of-Meow? 🤔Since then, we’ve synthesized our musings on the most exciting developments and biggest risks facing the space. This newsletter will cover: Juicy on-chain reputation highlights from Ceramic’s RepConnectThe complexity...

Naturally, the REAL motive behind our attendance at DevConnect in Istanbul was face-time with the feline mafia who very clearly run the city. It turns out, however, that the conference was also highly instructive on the future of digital identity.Should we launch Proof-of-Meow? 🤔Since then, we’ve synthesized our musings on the most exciting developments and biggest risks facing the space. This newsletter will cover: Juicy on-chain reputation highlights from Ceramic’s RepConnectThe complexity...

Kitty Horlick, Lasha Antadze Zero-Knowledge technology is revolutionizing social apps. No longer must anonymity come at the cost of credibility. Instead, apps can ask us to verify only our most relevant characteristics, and we in turn can comply without revealing our identities. This protects privacy and introduces trustlessness into online community building. Digital subcultures and social movements currently struggle to filter members effectively without resorting to closed ‘friends-of-frie...

Kitty Horlick, Lasha Antadze Zero-Knowledge technology is revolutionizing social apps. No longer must anonymity come at the cost of credibility. Instead, apps can ask us to verify only our most relevant characteristics, and we in turn can comply without revealing our identities. This protects privacy and introduces trustlessness into online community building. Digital subcultures and social movements currently struggle to filter members effectively without resorting to closed ‘friends-of-frie...

What will unfold in 2024? The innovations rolling out across the industry this year will show that blockchain can do for identity what Bitcoin did for finance. Peer-to-peer transactions allow payments to be made without an intermediary. Peer-to-peer identity verification will enable us to reveal certain facets of our identities without going through a centralized intermediary. A stream of tangible, real-world use cases will highlight how empowering this decentralization is. One of the first u...

What will unfold in 2024? The innovations rolling out across the industry this year will show that blockchain can do for identity what Bitcoin did for finance. Peer-to-peer transactions allow payments to be made without an intermediary. Peer-to-peer identity verification will enable us to reveal certain facets of our identities without going through a centralized intermediary. A stream of tangible, real-world use cases will highlight how empowering this decentralization is. One of the first u...

The Rarimo community built Freedom Tool with the dream of using blockchain and privacy tech to help people in regimes vote without the fear of being traced. That dream is now becoming a reality. Russian opposition have used Freedom Tool to launch Russia2024, an app that allows dissenting citizens to sign petitions, vote in polls, and participate in protest elections without being traced. Built and led by prominent anti-Putin activist and former Pussy Riot lawyer Mark Feygin, Russia2024 was re...

The Rarimo community built Freedom Tool with the dream of using blockchain and privacy tech to help people in regimes vote without the fear of being traced. That dream is now becoming a reality. Russian opposition have used Freedom Tool to launch Russia2024, an app that allows dissenting citizens to sign petitions, vote in polls, and participate in protest elections without being traced. Built and led by prominent anti-Putin activist and former Pussy Riot lawyer Mark Feygin, Russia2024 was re...

RariMe — a MetaMask SnapWith the rollout of MetaMask Snaps on September 12th, ConsenSys have allowed developers to build wallet extensions that address the specific needs of their communities. As one of the only identity-focused initiatives selected for the launch, Rarimo is proud to have provided a solution to one of the major issues plaguing the digital identity community: wallet fragmentation. With RariMe, MetaMask’s 100 million users can now store and manage identity credentials alongside...

RariMe — a MetaMask SnapWith the rollout of MetaMask Snaps on September 12th, ConsenSys have allowed developers to build wallet extensions that address the specific needs of their communities. As one of the only identity-focused initiatives selected for the launch, Rarimo is proud to have provided a solution to one of the major issues plaguing the digital identity community: wallet fragmentation. With RariMe, MetaMask’s 100 million users can now store and manage identity credentials alongside...

Spearheading the World’s First Multi-Chain ZK Proofs for Verified Credentials: Rarimo and Polygon ID’s collaborationIn a revolutionary step forward for on-chain identities, Rarimo collaborated with Polygon ID, the Privacy Preserving ID infrastructure, to make their credentials multi-chain. At a single swoop, each and every identity provider using Polygon ID became instantly cross-chain. Not only is this the first time ever that Polygon ID has become multi-chain but as PolygonID is the first a...

Spearheading the World’s First Multi-Chain ZK Proofs for Verified Credentials: Rarimo and Polygon ID’s collaborationIn a revolutionary step forward for on-chain identities, Rarimo collaborated with Polygon ID, the Privacy Preserving ID infrastructure, to make their credentials multi-chain. At a single swoop, each and every identity provider using Polygon ID became instantly cross-chain. Not only is this the first time ever that Polygon ID has become multi-chain but as PolygonID is the first a...