Dear Friends and Humanodes!

Submissions for the Alpha tests are now suspended. The plan was to choose from 50 submissions but got 170% more, so we are to review every single one of them fairly.
Those who are granted access will receive an email invitation with further details.

And now some interesting statistics about our participants:

● The most popular company is ‘Individual’ (35%), so it’s great that crypto supports personal financial freedom.

● The most popular occupation is ‘Developer’ (32%), but there is also a ‘Neuroradiologist’, a ‘Head of Waste Management Department’, and at least one ‘Geospatial Specialist’.

● 37% were already Paradigm subs, so thank you for that. And to 63% of newcomers - welcome!

● 60% are supporters of PoS, which is a positive trend in our opinion. Good luck to mimblewimble and Hashgraph guys, the technology has good potential. 13% said that they like Merkle-CRDT the most but come on guys, you haven’t even seen a single Merkle-CRDT transaction go through.

Introduction to Merkle Plantations

Dear Friends and Humanodes,
Today we would like to present you the second episode of mini-series of lectures on Humanode project delivered by Shannon Higgins — Humanode Core member. We acknowledge that some technical aspects of Humanode might be hard for understanding that is why we will be going over various aspects step by step in simple terms.
In this episode Shannon goes over various aspects of Merkle Clocks and Merkle-DAGs as well as Delta-state CRDTs. In this step by step explanation he tries to cover all the major points of how Merkle-CRDT mechanism works in Humanode network. We hope that the lecture will shed light on details that might be hard for non-tech savvy individuals to perceive.

For our Japanese community we have this very special translation.

Have a great weekend!


Sincerely,
Humanode team

NEW: The most impactful uses of Secret Network and decentralized technologies go well beyond #DeFi. Learn how Humanode is using Secret's unique privacy capabilities to enable biometric user authentication (Proof of Human Existence) with #Web3 tech.

https://scrt.network/blog/humanode-biometric-user-authentication-and-key-management-on-the-private-smart-contract-layer-built-on-secret-network

For quick, agile and enduring human nodes we are publishing white, light papers: https://humanode.io/papers/Humanode_Lightpaper_v1.0.0_Soryu.pdf
And a one pager: https://humanode.io/papers/Humanode_One_pager.pdf

Today we're presenting Humanode and how it utilizes IPFS to create a new permissionless protocol safeguarded by human existence. Hop on!

https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-IPFS/events/275755941

Humanode on IPFS meetup today with our co-founder Victor (@tech_digger) unveiling new insights into how we utilize IPFS stack for building a new DLT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1973&v=dPY4l6RGDIM&feature=youtu.be

Invitation to the second wave of Humanode closed Alpha tests

Dear Friends and Human nodes,
Over the past few weeks, Humanode developers were working tirelessly thus today we are opening the second wave of Humanode Alpha tests and we invite you all to participate in it!
Humanode app implements most of the features for the upcoming MVP launch. The 0.0.2 version combines low-level optimized components (such as Dlib with face recognition and embedding models), as well as high-level engines such as QtQuick (Qt-framework) and built-in Chromium browser for the modern UI/UX experience. Now testers can send proper Merkle-CRDT-based transactions.

Some details about the Humanode app v. 0.0.2:
• One-way hashing biometric processing with search and matching. In the future, in addition to one-way hashing, we’ll apply FHE encryption.
• Key derived from biometric data
• Merkle-CRDT based tx
• Basic mobile and desktop apps

You can find the participation form in the official Humanode telegram chat.

Sincerely,
Humanode Core

Epoch-CRDT mechanism between equal human nodes

Detailed overview of the novel public DLT - Epoch-CRDT that describes the protocol and logical levels of transactions validated by biometrically encrypted human nodes.

https://blog.humanode.io/epoch-crdt/

Tomorrow at 16:00 UTC our co-founder Victor @tech_digger will be presenting "Decentralized financial network based on verification of collective human existence or how to fight Sybil and voter apathy" as a part of Decentralized Governance section of PWC'21 alongside David Chaum, Santi Siri and Greg Meredith.

https://permwinterschool.ru/

Humanode in simple terms — Episode 1: So it’s a blockchain, right?

Dear Friends and Human nodes,
Welcome to the first of Humanode’s new mini-series, HUMANODE 101 (or Humanode in Simple Terms). In this mini-series, Shannon — Humanode Core member — will be going over some of the key elements of Humanode, in a language that non-technical people can understand.
The first episode is “So, Humanode is Blockchain right?”, and it goes over the DLT that powers Humanode (Epoch-CRDT) in the most simple of terms.

Hope you enjoy!

Sincerely,

Humanode team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVpQQQA1Km0&feature=youtu.be

Attack on Sybil

In this article, Humanode co-founder Dato gives a brief overview of the Sybil-defenses and describes Humanode’s approach. If you want to learn why peer-to-peer systems with equal distribution of validation power are vulnerable to Sybil attacks and if there are ways to fight them then you might find it helpful.

https://blog.humanode.io/attack-on-sybil/

Do not be late to reserve your spot at BitAngels Philadelphia meetup "Unlocking personal value in the crypto space" where our co-founder Victor @tech_digger will give a 15-min non-technical overview of the Humanode network. Tomorrow at 5 PM UTC+0.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitangels-philadelphia-unlocking-personal-value-in-the-crypto-space-tickets-133999663601

Humanode 101 - Episode II : DAO - Vortex

In this video, Shannon (@s9higgins) — Humanode Core member — goes over various aspects of Vortex and explains the different principles behind the Humanode DAO in simple terms. Can something be truly decentralized if the means to control it are in the hands of a few?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRJBOXag24&t=7s

Humanode 101 - Episode III : Fath

In this video Shannon (@s9higgins) — Humanode Core member — goes over the core principles behind Fath - novel monetary algorithm in simple terms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCQhoK9ULWE

Dear Friends and Human nodes,

Mark your calendars for a Special Humanode AMA!

🗓Thursday, April 15th at 14:00 UTC
Crypto Revolution Telegram chat @crypto_revolution1

Join us on Wednesday 16:00 UTC for a voice fireside chat!

https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes

Dear Friends and Human nodes,

We are happy to share with you a recap from our recent AMA!

On April 15th, Victor and Shannon of Humanode Core joined the Crypto Revolution for an exclusive ask-me-anything with the community. Here is a trannoscript of the entire conversation. Be sure to read on, as they have provided some special insights into the Humanode plans as well as described the basics.

Thanks to all who submitted questions, it was very informative for us to see what topics are on your minds!

https://medium.com/@cryptorevolution/humanode-ama-recap-crypto-revolution-community-247fd9ef4af6

HUMANODE FIRESIDE: COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP

One hour till the fireside talk! 🔥
Join the team at 16:00 UTC in the official Humanode group: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes

There will be a live talk between our team members first, and then a voice conversation with anyone from the community.

Dear Friends and Human nodes,

In case you’ve missed the Humanode Fireside live talk here in our telegram group, we have the recording for you! This first discussion gives one of the best overviews possible of the community ownership in the Humanode network. Listen to it via the link below.

Join us next time in two weeks! Time will be announced soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFh-pWGvtsI