Mikhail

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mpc, zkps, semaphore... quite complicated system. we made PoC in less than a month. d/acc https://x.com/MikhailDobs/status/1943613762985955353

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Looking for feedback on the proposal for privacy-focused sybil resistance solution powered via MPC-TLS and Semaphore zero-knowledge group proofs - https://ethresear.ch/t/privacy-preserving-sybil-resistance-via-mpc-tls-and-semaphore-proofs/22722

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yes! we can use any data on any website. e.g. what's google maps showing you. and we can do it in privacy-preserving way too https://x.com/aurobindo_arman/status/1940513543423668618

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9/ Links: Original cast: https://farcaster.xyz/zkbringer.eth/0x1131ae35 Basescan: https://basescan.org/token/0x02E739740B007bd5E4600b9736A143b6E794D223 Dexscreener: https://dexscreener.com/base/0xceb9ce741dc04e87366198c7dc96d76ed74dce6c BringID Whitepaper: https://github.com/BringID/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.md

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8/ 40% of Uniswap LP fees go to the team. Our only funding. We’re seeing if, in the age of AI, that can be enough to build a meaningful protocol with a tiny team.

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7/ This is an experiment. Instead of raising from VCs and negotiating MM deals, we launched from day 0 and started building.

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6/ Today, the token has no utility. It may be used in the future to coordinate and incentivize a decentralized proof-of-humanity network.

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5/ Half of that 38% is held by the core team to incentivize long-term development of the protocol. The other half is reserved for growth incentives as BringID rolls out.

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4/ Like all Clanker tokens at the time, initially 100% of $bring was added to a Uniswap LP. No premine, no VCs. The team acquired ~38% on the open market, like everyone else.

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3/ The new scope required a different technical approach: more robust privacy guarantees and a trustless decentralized network. We began building BringID, leveraging MPC-TLS and Semaphore ZK proofs to privately verify real internet users.

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2/ After two iterations of zkTLS airdrops, we shifted focus. We realized that with zkTLS verifications we can tackle one of the biggest problems in the crypto space: Sybil attacks.

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About $bring Token:   1/ The Bring token was launched via @clanker on Base in Jan 2025. The goal was to experiment with token distribution and build out a zkTLS-powered airdrop platform.

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Introducing technical design for proof of humanity based on online credentials, powered by MPC-TLS (based on @tlsnotary) for private web data authentication and Semaphore inclusion zero knowledge proofs for improved privacy. More details in the draft paper https://github.com/BringID/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.md

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Looking forward to feedback from the community on BringID design: https://x.com/MikhailDobs/status/1942148603163615350

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unfortunately, no insight. I love the concept. More zk products means more and more people gradually become familiar with the tech.

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- we decided to take a bolder bet and focus on solving the problem of airdrop sybils and private Internet identity in general. In a way, we're building now a solution similar to World ID, but instead of scanning your eyeballs, we will ask to verify your web2 accounts (privately via zkTLS). - as this is a much bigger vision than the one we had originally, we believe we cannot outsource the tech to an external party and decided to build everything in-house (based on TLSN and Semaphore). Here are some (early, subject to change) technical details - https://gist.github.com/mikhaildobs/98560489b087f01506ab296d8a152495 Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

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Some Bring updates: - we're not releasing the early version we already developed because there are certain trust and privacy assumptions for a 3rd party zkTLS provider we're not comfortable with. - after sharing a testnet version with early users, we discovered that idea of using zkTLS verifications as a proof-of-humanness resonates more than the idea of attracting non-crypto users with targeted airdrops

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Some of the key learnings: - crypto power users hesitant to install a 3rd party extension. Updating the design to add more info about why the extension is required for the zkTLS verification and why zkPass can be trusted (500k+ installs, audited & open-source code, backed by legit VCs, etc) - less savvy users don't care that much about this issue (they mainly want to claim tokens) - since we launched the testnet version Reddit has retired the API endpoint we were validating and the zkTLS verificatiion schema no longer works. To mitigate this issue in the future: a. we're adding a way to update the schema for existing drops. b. we will limit timeframe of the drop (e.g. 2 weeks) to lower the chance of API changes within this timeframe

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zkBring demo: verify Uber account (at least one trip) and claim tokens. airdrops for real humans, not bots: > zkTLS verification via zkPass > instant gasless onboarding with Coinbase Wallet > token incentives to get onchain launching on Base soon. DM to test!

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