Airdrops are great for launching new tokens and bootstraping network effect. However, this distribution mechanism is not perfect. With the application of cutting-edge liveness detection, validated participants can be proven to be distinct and human. Based on the “one human, one allocation” premise, Humanode will ensure a fair distribution of tokens to everybody eligible for the retroactive airdrop campaign.

https://blog.humanode.io/biometric-based-airdrops/

🔥 Humanode Fireside is starting in an hour! ⏰

This time we will be discussing:
—Biometric-based NFTs
—The first-ever Humanode testnet — Sachiel

As always, we will be open for questions, suggestions, your thoughts, and would like to hear from all of you!

See you in our Telegram voice chat at 16:00 UTC 👉
http://t.me/humanodes

🔺[Humanode Special Interview Series] 🔺

Shannon, media lead at Humanode, discusses his story and background, interests and professional experience, shares his vision for Humanode, and talks about the features he likes the most about the project.

https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-special-interview-series-shannon/

In case you missed yesterday's Fireside chat about Biometric-based NFTs & Humanode testnet "Sachiel", here's the recording: 🎧 https://anchor.fm/humanode/episodes/21---Humanode-Fireside-Biometric-based-NFTs--Humanode-testnet-Sachiel-e193ahh

Some UX/UI and infrastructural optimizations are being done to allow batches of thousands. As soon that transition is handled we will continue to onboard human nodes. Thanks for patience.

Humanode Lead Developer shares his thoughts on what makes #Humanode special in the industry

In this latest Humanode dev update, we'd like to share some bullet points to shine some light on the exciting advancements that our development team has been working on!

Humanode Network
🔺Fixed runtime crate compilation error
🔺Received 6000+ testnet applications
🔺150+ participants already interacting with face detection and faucet in testnet
🔺Updated testnet documentation on Github and Gitbook
🔺Researched forkless runtime upgrade

Humanode Desktop App
🔺Implemented running nodes over SSH

Crypto-Biometric Search And Matching And Liveness Algorithms
🔺Added training noscript for deepfake detection
🔺Added inference noscript and Neural Network architecture for deepfake detection
🔺Updated weights for FASNetB based on liveness detection
🔺Refactored training code for FASNetA based on liveness detection
🔺Upgraded the liveness detection model weights

Biweekly update on @Humanode vol. 9
15th October — 29th October

Tests of forkless runtime upgrade and desktop app, An interview with Humanode media lead Shannon, Biometric-based airdrops overview, Biometric-based NFTs discussed, and more!

TL;DR
Hello, human nodes! Following our lovely tradition, we are here to provide you with a recap of projects’ news and updates of the past two weeks! This period was pretty fruitful for the teams and the community,
The long-awaited Humanode testnet — Sachiel — is here and is running smoothly! The participants are able to go through a biometric enrollment process and become human nodes, validate blocks, send transactions, and take part in the $100,000 anti-spoofing bounty program by Humanode partner, FaceTec. As of now, there are about 7K testnet applicants, and >150 participants are interacting with face detection and faucet in testnet. Thank you for your interest, human nodes! Keep in mind that active testnet users will be given priority to become the first generation of human nodes once the mainnet launches in June 2022. So stay in the loop!
Currently, the Humanode teams are operating extremely hard on the major tasks. As part of the development update, they’ve shared what they’ve been working on over the past two weeks.
As for the network development, they fixed runtime crate compilation error, updated testnet documentation on Github and Gitbook. and researched forkless runtime upgrade. The team has also been working on the Humanode desktop app. This week, they implemented running nodes over SSH.
Considering crypto-biometric search and matching and liveness algorithms, the team added training noscript for deepfake detection, added inference noscript and Neural Network architecture for deepfake detection, updated weights for FASNetB based on liveness detection, refactored training code for FASNetA based on liveness detection, and upgraded the liveness detection model weights.
Also, the Humanode team continues a series of interviews with core team members. This week, they interviewed Shannon, media lead at Humanode. Shannon, media lead at Humanode, discusses his story and background, interests and professional experience, shares his vision for Humanode, and talks about the features he likes the most about the project. Read the interview in the Humanode blog!
Other than that, the Humanode Fireside talk took place in their telegram voice chat. The team discussed biometric-based NFTs and the Sachiel testnet. Listen to the recording on the Humanode Podcast, and join the team on Wednesday for the next ‘Human — AI symbiosis with biometrics’ conversation!
Humanode’s latest blog post discusses biometric-based airdrops. Airdrops are great for launching new tokens and bootstrapping network effects. However, this distribution mechanism is not perfect. With the application of cutting-edge liveness detection, validated participants can be proven to be distinct and human. Based on the “one human, one allocation” premise, Humanode will ensure a fair distribution of tokens to everybody eligible for the retroactive airdrop campaign. More details in the blog!
That’s a wrap! See you in two weeks with new impressive milestones reached!

#Humanode https://twitter.com/Paradigm_fund/status/1454064614799466500?s=20

🔥 HUMANODE FIRESIDE: HUMAN - AI SYMBIOSIS WITH BIOMETRICS

Dear Friends and Human nodes,

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday in our telegram voice chat! We will be discussing human - AI symbiosis with biometrics and everything related.

As usual, there will be a live talk between the team members first, and then a conversation with the community.

When?
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021, 16:00 UTC

Where?
Humanode telegram group: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes

P.S. For those who missed previous discussions, recordings are up on our Podcast and YouTube channel.

🔺[Humanode Special Interview Series] 🔺

Hardik, cryptography researcher at Humanode, discusses his story and background, dreams and aspirations, shares his vision for Humanode bio-authentication system, and talks about the features he likes the most about the project.

https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-special-interview-hardik-humanode-cryptographic-researcher/

🔥 Humanode Fireside is starting in an hour! ⏰

This time we will be discussing human - AI symbiosis with biometrics.

As always, we will be open for questions, suggestions, your thoughts, and would like to hear from all of you!

See you in our Telegram voice chat at 16:00 UTC 👉
http://t.me/humanodes

Since web3 social networks are built on an open codebase, developers can construct social graphs that create reputations. When integrated with a proof-of-person protocol like Humanode, this can prevent Sybil attacks on the network.

https://blog.humanode.io/biometric-based-social-networks/

In case you missed yesterday's Fireside chat about Human - AI symbiosis with biometrics, here's the recording: 🎧 https://anchor.fm/humanode/episodes/22---Humanode-Fireside-Human---AI-symbiosis-with-biometrics-e19occ1

Have a good day, Humanode community!
We are running nodes through Humanode desktop app on Mac, Linux and Windows internally.
Minor fixes and a fancier UI - all that's left. We'll be ready to reach 1 000 nodes and become the biggest Substrate blockchain. Behold.

Humanode Co-founder on crypto-biometrics

Latest Dev Update

Humanode Network
🔺Switched to Rust 2021 edition
🔺Switched robonode server to sc-tracing (instance of a tracing span) from the Substrate fork
🔺Fixed Substrate references
🔺Added more precise package references for Substrate fork crate utilities
🔺Integrated utilities to easier manage the crates coming from the Substrate fork
🔺Cleaned up bioauthentication flow RPC
🔺Re-added unit tests at bioauthentication consensus
🔺Added weights definition for bioauthentication pallet
🔺Applied forkless runtime upgrade to testnet
🔺Received 7000+ testnet applications
🔺150+ participants already interacting with face detection and faucet in testnet
🔺Updated testnet documentation on Github and Gitbook

Humanode Desktop App
🔺Implemented WSL system and distro installation flow
🔺Added WSL functions, helper texts and Linux SVGs
🔺Added MaterialUI icons
🔺Added accordion for advanced SSH options
🔺Enabled multiple SSH authentication modes + fallbacks
🔺Used a tunnel provider
🔺Launched multiple nodes with the app internally

Crypto-Biometric Search And Matching And Liveness Algorithms
🔺Refactored code about facial deepfake detection, feature extraction, eye blink detection and expression recognition
🔺Included checks of head pose and face region for passive liveness detection
🔺Added a class to FASNetB model (liveness detection) and retrained it
🔺Added MobileNetV3 for deepfake detection
🔺Added test noscript and trained weights (Xception, ResNet-18)
🔺Added data preparation noscript and fixed a bug in the training code

Biweekly update on @Humanode vol. 10

29th October — 12th November

Forkless Runtime upgrade on the testnet, An interview with Humanode cryptography researcher Hardik, Biometric-based social networks overview, human + AI symbiosis with biometrics discussed, and more!

TL;DR
Greetings human nodes! As we head into November, let’s take a look at where the Humanode project is at with development updates, events, interviews, and new sci-fi fireside discussions.
As you know, the long-awaited Humanode testnet — Sachiel — is here and is running smoothly! The participants are able to go through a biometric enrollment process and become human nodes, validate blocks, and send transactions. As of now there are about 7K testnet applicants, and >150 participants are interacting with face detection and faucet in testnet. Thank you for your interest, human nodes! Keep in mind that active testnet users will be given priority to become the first generation of human nodes once the mainnet launches in June 2022. So stay tuned!
Currently, the Humanode teams are operating extremely hard on the major tasks. As part of the development update, they’ve shared what they’ve been working on over the past two weeks.
As for the network development, they switched to Rust 2021 edition, as well as switched robonode server to sc-tracing from the Substrate fork, added more precise package references for Substrate fork crate utilities, integrated utilities to easier manage the crates coming from the Substrate fork, cleaned up bioauthentication flow RPC, re-added unit tests at bioauthentication consensus, added weights definition for bioauthentication pallet, and applied forkless runtime upgrade to testnet.
The Humanode team continues their work on the desktop application. These weeks, they implemented WSL system and distro installation flow, added WSL functions, helper texts and Linux SVGs, MaterialUI icons, and accordion for advanced SSH options. Also, they enabled multiple SSH authentication modes + fallbacks, used a tunnel provider, and launched multiple nodes with the app internally.
Considering crypto-biometric search and matching and liveness algorithms, the team refactored code about facial deepfake detection, feature extraction, eye blink detection and expression recognition, and included checks of head pose and face region for passive liveness detection. They also added a class to FASNetB model (liveness detection) and retrained it, added MobileNetV3 for deepfake detection, added test noscript and trained weights (Xception, ResNet-18), and added data preparation noscript and fixed a bug in the training code. Minor fixes and a fancier UI — all that’s left. Humanode will be ready to reach 1000 nodes and become the biggest Substrate blockchain.
Also, the Humanode team continues a series of interviews with core team members. This week, they interviewed Hardick, cryptography researcher at Humanode. Hardik discusses his story and background, dreams and aspirations, shares his vision for Humanode bio-authentication system, and talks about the features he likes the most about the project. Read the interview in the Humanode blog!
Other than that, the Humanode Fireside talk took place in their telegram voice chat. The team discussed human — AI symbiosis with biometrics. Listen to the recording on the Humanode Podcast, and join the team on Wednesday for the next ‘Human — AI symbiosis with biometrics’ conversation!
Humanode’s latest blog post discusses biometric-based social networks. Since Web3 social networks are built on an open codebase, developers can construct social graphs that create reputations. When integrated with a Proof-of-Person protocol like Humanode, this can prevent Sybil attacks on the network. More details in the blog!
Good news is, this week the Humanode team welcomed two new members — a front-end developer and a UI designer. Now the truly distributed team consists of members from 12 countries.
Humanode’s push toward decentralization continues. See you in two weeks!

#Humanode https://twitter.com/Paradigm_fund/status/1459187424953835522?s=20

🔥 HUMANODE FIRESIDE: ROAD TO MAINNET AND WHAT SHALL WE BUILD

Dear Friends and Human nodes,

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday in our telegram voice chat! We will be discussing our road to mainnet and everything related.

As usual, there will be a live talk between the team members first, and then a conversation with the community.

When?
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, 16:00 UTC

Where?
Humanode telegram group: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes

P.S. For those who missed previous discussions, recordings are up on our Podcast and YouTube channel.

#Humanode Co-founder on current systems