Crypto’s „proof of humanity” sector saw a major merger on Monday with Holonym Foundation acquiring Gitcoin Passport for an undisclosed sum of cash and tokens.
The transaction unites two close companies: Holonym was already distributing its tech through Gitcoin Passport, a logbook where 2 million internet users stash proof of personhood for services that need to verify they are flesh and blood.
AI agents aren’t people, but they may well pretend as much when money’s on the line. Holonym and Gitcoin are among a wave of crypto startups (most notably Sam Altman’s Worldcoin) building ways to sift out the bots.
Gitcoin Passport will rebrand to Human Passport and eight of its employees will continue on at Holonym, now 30 strong, said CEO Shady El Damaty. He’s planning to make the digital passport more portable so it can „follow you wherever you go on the internet,” performing the identity checks necessary to conduct business on the web.
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