The application allows anyone to register zk identities, and use it to authenticate on the platforms using zkID authentication. The 3rd party platforms would be able to integrate it as a zero knowledge authentication protocol.
Use Case
Allows users to authenticate without disclosing their identity or using passwords.
Users might be able to use ONE zkID with other zk dapps platforms relying on zero knowledge identities ( or identity commitments).
Proposal ask
In order to get this up and running, we request $15k/year stable basic income to take care of welfare and development costs.
This ask will be in line with the laid down milestones as detailed below
launching a feature-complete product on testnet
forming a DAO with 5-out-of-9 multisig with our DAOs
launching on ONE mainnet ( initial version already available on ONE mainnet)
attracting 1k daily active users (with launch video, PR promotion)
attracting 10k daily active users (with a detailed roadmap, governance process)
Since the testnet version is already available, we are looking for partners who wants to use zk ID authentication mechanism and try it on testnet. We hope for faster iteration and early mainnet launch.
yes for me as a zkDAO governor. authentication protocols have huge potentials in this space.
may i recommend the applicant to try to push for a mainnet launch to be earlier, like end of June instead of August? after mainnet launch one can still fine tune. but without interacting with users it is hard to get meaningful feedback in order to improve the product.
A DAO has been formed with a 5-out-of-9 multisig (address: 0x913ae90d9817446A27D0E5BFcfC32124411bFD37) with the following DAO members.
Pran
Founder of Elefria, ZKU graduate, and teaching staff at ZKU. He has background in cyber security and technical due diligence. He is a contributor to Cardano and Harmony ecosystem.
Naresh
Manager working at a MNC in areas of cyber security, privacy and compliance.
Alex
Governor at zkDAO and teaching staff at ZKU. Alex is a master’s degree student and TA at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Sada
Governor at zkDAO and teaching staff at ZKU. Tosin is a software engineer at a leading bank in Africa and contributing to the Harmony Blockchain in the areas of zero-knowledge proofs and privacy.
Cathie
Cathie is a public speaker and instructor on the topics of machine learning, blockchain, and web3 development in Hong Kong.
Kousik
He is a final year bachelor’s degree student in Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from India. He is a cryptography and zero-knowledge enthusiast keen on pursuing a Master’s degree in the same. He is currently a TA at ZKU.
Semar
Governor at zkDAO and teaching staff at ZKU. He also works at Webb-Protocol as a software engineer.
Neha
Sr Software Engineer at Uber and a student at ZKU (2nd Cohort). Working on building web3 products.
Abdel
Co-founder of Martify ( an open source NFT marketplace) and an open source developer for Cardano community.
I am grateful for each one of you. Thank you!
Will soon provide more updates on the project, as I am making progress on it.