According to CoinDesk, Rarilabs has introduced RariMe, an app that competes with Worldcoin. The app, which was launched on Thursday, enables users to generate passport zero-knowledge proofs (ZKs) that verify their uniqueness without disclosing their identity. Unlike Worldcoin, which uses orbs to scan eyeballs, RariMe uses smartphones to scan passports and verify its users. Identity frameworks typically involve a third party approving credentials, but ZKs ensure that no personal data is shared during the identity verification process.
Kitty Horlick, Director of Rarilabs, explained that just as a decentralized application (Dapp) could gate something with proof of humanity, they can now do the same with proof of citizenship, or proof of age and simply request the proofs. Rarilabs, the tech team behind RariMe, had previously launched an anonymous, blockchain-powered referendum on the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin’s victory in Russia’s election.
The first demo use case will see RariMe use passport ZKs to drop programmable airdrops to citizens of specific countries. Lasha Antadze, co-founder of Rarilabs, stated that privacy is freedom, and it no longer exists in online spaces. RariMe aims to change this by allowing users to interact in a truly anonymous fashion across Web3.