Identity Inc: 81 competitors of Worldcoin

Worldcoin faces competition from digital identity startups: TBD by Jack Dorsey (Block), Human by the Libermans (ex-Snap), and 79 other ones to watch.

Worldcoin is often mistakenly identified as a crypto startup or a new cryptocurrency - these are just derivatives of the main niche that Sam Altman's startup is creating and fighting for: digital identity, or more precisely, borderless international reusable digital identity.

The difference between digital identity and SSO, how digital identity affects financial and government services, can form a new state, what to read, and which events to attend - I will share that later. As well as some classification and categorization of them, and also my personal experience using each service or application. Today, I'll just outline the landscape of what's on the market.

(If you think something needs to be removed, added, or changed - ping me via i@slava.ai. Also you can download the new Digital Identity Report as pdf)

Digital identity is the new black - thanks for: Worldcoin, World ID 

Founded in 2019 by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Max Novendstern (left in 2021), and Alex Blania (CEO). Live. For end-users (mobile only) and for developers (not for now). Whitepaper. 

Motto: Worldcoin: for every human. Building the world's largest identity and financial network to serve as a public utility.

World ID. A more human internet with global proof of personhood. Privacy‑First. Self‑custodial. Decentralized. World ID is a digital passport that lets you prove you are a unique and real person while remaining anonymous. Use Sign in with Worldcoin to authenticate into web, mobile, and decentralized applications, and privately share your personhood verifications including phone number for ease, or biometrics for the maximum level of assurance.

• The project raised $25m in seed funding from backers led by Andreessen Horowitz. Raised: $100M, total funding is $125M, 3B valuation.

• end-users: 130000 in Nov 2021, 2000000 in May 2023 (2352730 for now)

• 180 (?) employees (155 on Linkedin), 40 jobs opened

In this text, I'll limit myself to just a list, motto (positioning, slogan), and a brief background of the startup's founders - nothing more.

Among them, there are centralized and decentralized ones, old and brand new, with users and just a landing page, useful (solving some user problem and having a purpose) and useless (so far, Worldcoin has only stood out for the hype around Sam Altman and giving away money for installing the app), focusing on compliance or on the technical security of password storage, primarily targeting end users and primarily focusing on developers. 

1. TBD https://www.tbd.website/ by Block https://block.xyz/  (Jack Dorsey) Not live yet, no apps. Founded in July 2021, TBD is Block’s business unit that’s building an open source developer platform to unlock the next wave of innovation in financial services. TBD embraces the open and permissionless nature of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. Motto: Making a decentralized world accessible to all | Open source tech to return ownership & control over finances, data, ID. TBD is a Bitcoin-focused unit of Block, which is led by CEO Jack Dorsey. TBD's goal is to make it easier to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services.Team and 8 jobs to apply - key people:Emily C. Chiu is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of TBD, a division of Block. TBD is a crypto business that builds open source platforms for decentralized financial services and identity. Chiu leads all business, operations, strategy, and product functions at TBD. She was previously responsible for M&A at Square and building new products and businesses for Cash App.Mic Neale , Engineering leader, Co-founder Will Wilkinson , Head of Policy Angie Jones , VP, Developer Relations Whitepaper is here: With decentralized identity, TBD can facilitate all sorts of trusted exchanges, economic transactions, and liquidity without centralized intermediaries. The tbDEX protocol is our first example: it unlocks financial services across fiat and cryptocurrencies, by enabling individuals to directly on-ramp and off-ramp between the traditional payment and decentralized financial systems. tbDEX connects the world of legacy money to digital money.  

2. Human https://joinhuman.com/ (and app). Human is co-founded by Libermans Co (ex-Snap) and Kirill Avery (YC W21, F30u30 alumni). Kirill is CEO of the company and a 2x founder who was the youngest solo-founder funded by YC at the time and built a social app with 15 million installs when he was 16. Motto: HUMAN. OWN YOURSELF. Human is the only online identity you’ll ever need. It’s a universal API for every human, where people own and control their data and money. Through a Venmo-like self-custody wallet, people verify their identity uniqueness and share data over ZK-proofs to confirm online they’re not bots or AI. At its core, it's an identity protocol with its own L1-blockchain, proof-of-identity consensus, decentralized identity verification, and currency. Human is a worldwide financial and identity network where every member is a co-owner of its value. There are 10 jobs to apply.

3. Civic Technologies https://www.civic.com/ and app started as end users first - developers-focused for now, est. 2015, Palo AltoMotto: CIVIC PASS: IDENTIFY, VERIFY, ACCESS. Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Enhance security. Improve efficiency. Embrace interoperability. Protect against business risks, streamline onboarding, and build trust with users. All thanks to an identity solution that’s versatile by design. Enterprise: Regulate access to your product by adopting custom access controls. Gambling: Check users for both age and location to meet local requirements. DeFi: Control access to decentralized financial products.Civic provides access control for dapps, NFTs, DAOs, gaming, or anything else that runs on-chain: Ethereum, Solana, PolygonTeam - founders: Chris Hart (CEO), Jonathan Smith (CTO), Juan Pablo B. (CPO)About CIVIC tokens and ICO; $35.8M raised, including from Social Capital, Blockchain Capital, Pantera Capital, etc

4. SpruceID https://spruceid.com/ (YC W21, a16z crypto backed)Motto: Privacy-forward, trusted digital identity. SpruceID empowers organizations to manage the entire lifecycle of digital credentials, such as mobile driver’s licenses, software audit statements, professional certifications, and more. We participate in global standards development to ensure that digital identity works for everyone. The decentralized identity toolkit for developers. SpruceKit powers any application with fully-fledged decentralized identity capabilities, where both the application and its users can play the roles of issuer, holder, and verifier for digital credentials. Spruce is building a future where users own their identity and data across all digital interactions. Our open-source credentialing infrastructure is standards-compliant, production-ready, and extensible into typical enterprise and government IT systems.There are few people - co-founders: 🌲 Gregory Rocco and Wayne Chang  Series A, $34M from a16z etc 

5. SlashAuth https://www.slashauth.com/ (Feb’22, SF based, YC backed) Motto: The new standard for Web authentication. More about key-management, SSO\oAuth (than digital identity)Founders: Nicolas Salhuana CEO and Ned Rockson CTO

6. Altme https://altme.io/ and app Motto: Self-Sovereign Identity for Web3. 1st all-in-one wallet empowering users with self-sovereign management of their digital identity and digital assets (stablecoins, cryptos, NFTs...)Altme is a decentralized identity wallet using the W3C self-sovereign identity standard: Tezos, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Fantomest. Nov’2021, Paris, founders: Thierry Thevenet (CEO), Hugo MIR (CPO, CMO), nothing about funding

7. Fractal ID https://web.fractal.id/ https://app.fractal.id/login for end usersMotto: The interoperable Decentralized Identity System for web3. Our identity stack offers chain-agnostic identity verification and simplifies the full identity process. Experience privacy, interoperability, and increased adoption. Crypto native identity provider with ~1 million re-usable verified identities and 160+ dapps using us: Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chainest Oct’2017, Berlin; there are many people - founders: Julian Leitloff (CEO), Anna Bikmetova (COO) https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fractal-5def/company_financials 

8. Galxe Passport https://galxe.com/passport https://galxe.com/passport web walletMotto: Your universal identity for Web3 adventures. Galxe makes credential infrastructure that all Web3 developers can access.launched in Apr’2021, on Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrumthere are many people in SF-LA-Miami-Singapore, founders: Charles Wayn, Harry Zhang, Yumin Xia CTO$10M raised. Token Fully Diluted Valuation of token: $237M. Market Cap $54Mend users: 4M verified

9. Privy https://www.privy.io - for developers only (Sequoia Capital backed)Motto: Onboard all of your users to web3. One simple library to add beautiful authentication flows and powerful embedded wallets to your app. Get more users to your web3 products faster, no matter who they are. Web2 Convenience. Web3 Guarantees. Privy brings web2-caliber UX — like sign in with email and social — to web3 products. Don't just increase conversion, increase the amount of potential users for your app.there are few people - co-founders: Henri S. CEO, Asta L. CTOlaunched in Sept’2021, NYC, raised $8,3m from Sequoia and others

10. Nuggets https://nuggets.life/ and appMotto: The only identity super wallet. A verified self-sovereign decentralized identity, now you can have it all. Nuggets is the singular solution for all of your identity, transaction, privacy, compliance and security needs. Nuggets verified self-sovereign decentralized identity, compliance & multi-rail payment. With privacy and security.Launched in Aug'2016, London; there are few people - co-founders: Alastair Johnson CEO (ex-Skype), Seema Khinda Johnson COO

11. Verite https://www.circle.com/en/verite by Circle (not a startup, for sure)Motto: Decentralized identity for crypto finance. Verite is a collection of standardized protocols for decentralized identity that can help make it safer, easier and more efficient to do business across the transformative world of DeFi and Web3 commerce. Circle is building on Verite to become an issuer and verifier of KYC credentials, enabling institutions to participate in DeFi with counterparties they can trust. With growing support for Verite from borrowing and lending platforms like Compound, to crypto wallet providers like Ledger, MetaMask Institutional and Phantom, a new era of DeFi is fast approaching.I have no idea who drives it - maybe Katie Wheeler (used to)

12. GlobaliD https://www.global.id/ web and appLaunched in Jan’2016 by Greg Kidd - first investor in Jack Dorsey’s Square and Twitter.  Motto: Take back control of your data. The future of digital identity. Your ID, just better in every way. All your IDs in one place, ready to use when you need them, and built on the tech of the future.team here

13. BrightID https://www.brightid.org/ appLaunched in Sept’2017 - more like online-community, whitepapermotto: Proof of Uniqueness. BrightID is a privacy-first social identity network that allows you to prove to applications that you are accessing them fairly with only one account.few people - Adam Stallard CEOend users: 65K+ verifications

14. Bloom Protocol https://bloom.co/ web and app Motto: Privacy-first global identity. Decentralized, secure, reusable, and 100% controlled by you.Bloom's $BLT tokens to become one of the first registered tokens with the SEC there are few people to addlaunched in Feb’2018, Miami, raised $8m from 1confirmation, Signia Venture Partners, etcend users: 1m in 2019

15. ID.me https://www.id.me/ (looks like competitor for government-backed https://login.gov/)Motto: The digital wallet that puts you in control. Access your government services and benefits. Use your verified digital ID card to access many government benefits and services: manage your SSA benefits and services, IRS online account, etcID.me was founded in early 2010 by Blake Hall and Matthew Thompson as TroopSwap, a daily deals website similar to Groupon and LivingSocial with a focus on the American military community. The company evolved into Troop ID, which provided digital identity verification for military personnel and veterans.there are many people (quite many jobs to apply) - founders: Blake Hall CEO, Matt Thompson (left, Socure now)ID.me Raises $132 Million ($240m total) and Reaches $1.5 Billion Valuation For Its Identity Software Used By 22 U.S. States 

16. CLEAR (clearme.com) https://www.clearme.com/ (public company since 2021: NYSE: YOU)In 2010, Caryn Seidman Becker (CEO) and Ken Cornick (CTO&COO) acquired CLEAR out of bankruptcy and have grown it into a global company with 50+ airport locations, hundreds of partners, and more than 16 million verified users nationwide.there are many people (jobs to apply) CLEAR raised $100 million in 2021 and then become public (NYSE: YOU): $4.5 Billion IPO ($3.2b val for now)

17. BlockID by 1Kosmos https://www.1kosmos.com/ and app BlockIDMotto: Performing strong, verified identity-based authentication for both workers and customers, eliminating the need for passwords, one-time codes, and more.there are many people - co-founders: Hemen Vimadalal CEO, Rohan Pinto CTO, Mike Engle CSO1Kosmos is a blockchain-based company that provides passwordless authentication for customers. They have raised $15 million in funding from two investors. 

18. 0xPass https://0xpass.io/ Motto: "Connect Wallet" with superpowers. 0xPass mix and match web2 and web3 login methods, authenticate and efficiently manage all kinds of users, in one place. Passport Protocol. A Programmable & MPC-Based Distributed Key Management Network. Passport protocol is key management infra enabling frictionless onboarding and transactions. Build on Passport to enable programmable authentication and recovery methods, and bring scheduled and automated transactions for your users with ease.Lightpaper. Co-founders: Krish Chelikavada and Keon Kim.  0xPass raised $1.8M from Balaji S. (ex-CTO Coinbase and The Network State author) and others.

19. http://www.lissi.id  by neosfer (ex Main incubator by Commerzbank AG )Motto: We enable organisations to build trusted relationships. Directly connect to the wallet of your customers. We provide on-premise software for large enterprises and public institutions to interact with eIDAS EUDI Walletsthere are many people in neosfer - Helge Michael is the head of Lissi.id, an open identity ecosystem in Germany that was launched by a group of 20 entities. The group was led by Main Incubator, which developed software agents based on the open-source frameworks Hyperledger Indy and Aries. Lissi.id provides software agents for institutions and the Lissi Wallet for individuals. The Lissi Wallet allows users to manage their identity information and decide when to share information with third parties. (Lissi is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs of and Energy of Germany?)

20. Validated ID https://www.validatedid.com/enMotto: Always be yourself. Provide trust for your electronic signatures and digital identity. Validated ID brings real identities to the digital world by helping businesses send and sign documents online and identify users and clients with maximum efficiency, security, trust and legal compliance. With VIDsigner we offer a SaaS multichannel electronic signature platform that combines the security of cryptographic technology, biometrics and easy use from email certification to website and mobile integrations, smartcard and handwritten in-person signing. With VIDchain we provide a Blockchain based one click digital identity, implementable in the optimization of user and online customer onboarding and digital procedures involving identity verification; thus saving time and money while increasing efficiency. Decentralized Identity and Self-Managed Verifiable Credentials https://www.validatedid.com/en/vidchainhttps://try.vidchain.net/demo  wallet and appsthere are many people - co-founders: Santi Casas CEO, Fernando Pino

21. Spherity https://www.spherity.com/ Motto: Credentialing the World. Our world is driving towards the 'Internet of Everything' with fully autonomous machines and entirely new business processes. Spherity is building decentralized identity management solutions to power the 4th Industrial Revolution, bringing secure identities to machines, algorithms, and other non-human entities. The client focus is primarily on technical industries like pharmaceuticals, mobility and logistics. In particular, Spherity is supporting the introduction of identity solutions in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market, which is expected to have a value of over €400 billion by 2030 and 75 billion connected devices by 2025. there are few people - co-founders: Dr. Carsten Stöcker CEO, Dr. Michael Rüther COOhttps://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spherity  2017, Berlin, pharma oriented

22. Magic Labs https://magic.link/ (SF)https://dashboard.magic.link/signup  web signup, and crypto-wallet creation Motto: Wallets built to convert. A powerful SDK to simplify web3 wallet creation and onboarding. Universal Wallet: Out-of-the-box wallet UI for login, NFT Checkout & Gallery, fiat on-ramp, and more. Over 90% conversion with email, Google One Tap, or third-party wallets. Designed for users of all levelsMay'2023: Magic’s $52M Strategic Funding Round led by PayPal Ventures (Alan Du) there are many people - co-founders: Sean Li CEO, Jaemin Jin CPO, Spencer Markel COO, Arthur Jen CTO

23. Yoti https://www.yoti.com/  Motto: We make it safer for people to prove who they are. Born in 2014, London, we introduced the free consumer app that puts your ID on your phone. Today, we have over ten million app downloads around the world and we've expanded our offering to a suite of business solutions. These span identity verification, age verification and estimation, e-signing and AI anti-spoofing technologies. So, whether it’s verifying identities, sharing health test results, e-signatures, age verification or credential management - our solutions are secure, privacy-preserving and get the good guys through faster while keeping fraudsters out. As a founding UK Bcorp, to us social purpose isn’t an add on. It’s at the heart of everything we do. Funding via Crunchbase - US$ 11.9M; there are many employees, Robin Tombs founder&CEO Acquired 

24. Evernym (an Avast company) https://www.evernym.com (blog only now) - new homepage at https://midy.com/ and appMotto: Real people, real conversations. Midy offers a simpler and more secure way to validate your identity with online services, putting you more in control of your personal data.there are few people - founders: Timothy Ruff CEO (co-founder of Sovrin Foundation too), Steve Jillings ChairmanApr’2013-2021: acquired by Avast Evernym had $200m valuation - and raised funds from Andreessen Horowitz , Overstock, etc

25. SecureKey Technologies Inc (an Avast company) https://securekey.com/ (not active website) acquired by AvastMotto: Building trusted identity networks. SecureKey Technologies Inc. is a leading identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access to online services and applications. SecureKey enables next generation privacy-enhancing identity and authentication network for conveniently connecting people to critical online services using a digital credential they already have and trustthere are many people - Greg Wolfond, founderhttps://www.crunchbase.com/organization/securekey-technologies  SecureKey Technologies was acquired by Avast on Mar 24, 2022. Digital privacy outfit Avast has acquired SecureKey Technologies, the blockchain-based digital identity company behind Canada's Verified.Me (Verification made easy. Discover a secure and convenient way to verify your customers and deliver better digital experiences.) and Australian digital identity exchange ConnectID, huge payment company.

26. Hu-manity.co https://hu-manity.co/ Moto: We believe your data is your property. Companies are using the Hu-manity.co Privacy Experience to promote privacy and build trust, transparency, and authenticity with customers across all channels.Hu-manity.co was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Sparta, New Jersey. The company acquired BetterPath, a Natural Language Understanding company in Q2 2019few people - co-founders are in Mobeus mobeus.com: two co-CEOs Sheli Gupta and Richie Etwaru, Matthew Sinderbrand, Bartosz Arendt CPO More about key-management, SSO\oAuth (than digital identity):

27. Arcana Network : https://www.arcana.network/  Web3 Adoption Made Easy. Boost user conversion rates by upto 2X with our social and email login solution. Provide instant, non-custodial wallets in your app.

28. Lit Protocol : https://litprotocol.com/ 

29. TORUS : https://tor.us/ 

30. Picket API: https://picketapi.com/ Web3 Authentication Made Easy. A single API call to authenticate wallets and token gate anything.

31. Dynamic https://www.dynamic.xyz/ A powerful web3 auth developer platform. Smart and beautiful login flows for crypto-native users, simple onboarding flows for everyone else, and powerful developer tools that go beyond authentication.

32. Ping Identity https://www.pingidentity.com/en.html and app (more like SSO\oAuth for big corporations from old fashion corporation). Motto: Ping Named a Leader in Access Management. We help you protect your users and every digital interaction they have while making experiences frictionless. 3 Billion+ identities managed. 50%+ of the Fortune 100.

33. Cloaked https://www.cloaked.app/ web and app. Motto: “Go beyond a password manager. Protect your identity. Cloaked offers people-first, everyday privacy solutions. Generate unique virtual identities — don’t give away personal information.” #1 on ProductHunt: there are few people - co-founders: Arjun Bhatnagar CEO, Abhijay Bhatnagar  

34. Nametag https://www.getnametag.com/ (web and app, Mar’2020, Seattle). Motto: “Stop #helpdeskhacks with the human identity platform. Nametag can verify a real human identity in seconds – right from a helpdesk conversation or a self-service flow – and recover MFA access securely if they are who they say they are. No prior enrollment required.” There are few people - founder&CEO Aaron Painter (founder&CEO). mentioned as “digital identity” startups, but play across other niches:

35. RociFi Labs : https://roci.fi/ on-chain scoring and lending

36. Spectral Finance: https://www.spectral.finance/ credit scoring

37. ReputeX : https://reputex.io/ Social-scoring: Web3 Reputation System: A Solution to Fraud, Trust, and Security. Get started by knowing your ReputeX. Unlock a new dimension with your Web3 Credit Score.

38. Otterspace Protocol : https://otterspace.xyz/ social badges

39. ETHRank: https://www.ethrank.io/ social score and badges

40. InCred Financial Services : https://goincred.com/ mint recognition

41. rep3 : https://rep3.gg/ managing community

42. Gateway: https://www.mygateway.xyz/ private data assets tokenization 

43. Phi: https://philand.xyz/ (cool site, btw) https://quest.philand.xyz/ web wallet. Motto: VISUALIZE YOUR ON-CHAIN IDENTITY; Build your web3 cities from your wallet activities. Raised a $2M seed round to build a “Social gaming onboarding platform for the web3 ecosystem” led by Chapter One & Delphi Digital, followed by Polygon Ventures.

44. Nextme https://beta.nextme.one/ (Jul’2022, NYC). Motto: The Social Economy Network Connecting Everything; Next Generation Social Economy Network; Nextme lets you create next-generation Web3 DID social gateway and space protocol. Ethereum, Polygon. Few people - co-founders: Kuashi Mu Kuashu Mu and Okery Liu .

45. xHashtag - a Web3 reputation protocol https://www.xhashtag.io/ (Sep’2021, Dubai). Motto: Build Your Web3 Reputation Today and Start Earning: Web3 Credentials For Future of Work. https://app.xhashtag.io/#/soul/claim web only wallet. Few people - Monica Durga CEO. Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Solana. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xhashtag 

46. GoodDollar.org https://www.gooddollar.org/. Motto: “Free Money, As a Public Good. Unlocking Human Potential with Digital Universal Basic Income.  Global inequality is the greatest challenge of our time. GoodDollar uses decentralized technology to financially empower millions around the globe.” https://wallet.gooddollar.org/ web wallet. Charity non-profit sponsored by eToro (cool project, Yoni Assia , respect!)

47. SPACE ID https://space.id/. Motto: SPACE ID is a one-stop identity platform to discover, register, trade, and manage Web3 domains. Few people. Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Ethereum. $10M raised - Token Fully Diluted Valuation $512M, Market Cap $73M. End users (?): 100K in 2022

48. Cred Protocol https://www.credprotocol.com/ (Nov’2021, SF) https://beta.credprotocol.com/accounts/register/ signup. Motto: Credit risk management infrastructure, quantifying on-chain lending risk at scale. Arbitrum, Ethereum, Polygon. Founder: Julian Gay CEO. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cred-protocol/company_financials

49. Mattereum https://mattereum.com/ (team) Legal Protection For Physical Assets Sold On The Blockchain. Our Multi-Party Digital Certification System Provides Assurances To Buyers And Sellers Of Goods Just launched - or - not sure if these startups are still active 

50. Gataca https://gataca.io/ (Spain)https://gataca.io/products/wallet/  web and appMotto: Issue, verify and manage identity credentials. Gataca provides simple, compliant, and secure decentralized identity management technology, also known as self-sovereign identity (SSI) technology. All-in-one decentralized identity solution.there are few people  - founders: Irene Hernández CEO, Samuel Gómez Escalante CTO

51. DAuth Network https://www.dauth.network/, not live, no apps - just started on March’2023, SFMotto: Build Decentralized and Privacy-Preserving Social Login. DAuth is a decentralized authentication network empowering wallets and dApps to create authentication with a focus on privacy, permissionlessness, and decentralization, driven by the community.DAuth provides native privacy and trustless social account access for wallets, dapps, and DIDs. Privacy-preserving ZK layer for the next generation of Web3 users who rely on social account functionality. The next billion web3 users are going to be web2 users with social logins looking to log into DApps and social identity binding DIDs. DAuth is a decentralized social account verification protocol for social-recovery wallets and DID protocols: Polygon zkEVM, Sui, Ethereumfew people here and some intro

52. Holonym Foundation ID https://www.holonym.id/ (Jul’2021, US)https://app.holonym.id/profile signup, no appMotto: Your Holo is your ZK Passport for Web3Holonym is a zero-knowledge privacy protocol. To cover skyrocketing identity verification costs of the infux of users, we have to start charging. web3 gives the ability to tokenize. Now with every proof you also .005 ETH to recieve a soulbound NFT of your zero-knowledge identity proof on Optimism. Harmony, Ethereumfew people here - co-founders: Shady El Damaty and Nanak Nihal Khalsa

53. Ontid https://ont.id/ app https://www.onto.app/en/download/ motto: Bringing Trustless Identity To Web3. Manage your identity with ONT ID. 38 employees, est. July’2021, SF-Singapore-China, no info about founders and investorsONT ID is a Web3 identity framework using blockchain and cryptographic technology: Polygon, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Celo, Klaytn, NEAR, Tron, Polkadot, Ontology

54. HashKey Group DID https://www.hashkey.id/ web only wallet - Singapore and Hong Kongmotto: YOUR PASSPORT IN WEB3there are many people (HashKey Exchange, wallet, ventures, etc), but not sure who is responsible for DIDHashkey World is a cross-platform verification authenticator: Ethereum, Polygon, Solanahttps://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hashkey 

55. DISCO https://www.disco.xyz/, web betaMotto: Your Data Backpack. Own your data and carry it with you Disco is your identity for the Metaverse. DISCO provides pseudonymous identification for users and allows them to take credentials anywhere. Ethereum, Solanaest. Jan’2022, NYC; few people, founder&CEO Evin McMullen https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/disco-xyz n\a

56. Polygon ID by Polygon Labs https://polygon.technology/polygon-id - app onlyPolygon ID (powered by Polygon Technology) uses a decentralized identity system to create trusted interactions with Web3 services.not sure who is responsible - David Z. is their (co-founder &) project lead, seems like started on Jan’2022

57. Gitcoin Passport https://passport.gitcoin.co/ web only wallet, ecosystem, DAO - Californiahttps://docs.passport.gitcoin.co/overview/introducing-gitcoin-passport txtMotto: Take control of your identity. By collecting “stamps” of validation for your identity and online reputation, you can gain access to the most trustworthy web3 experiences and maximize your ability to benefit from platforms like Gitcoin Grants. The more you verify your identity, the more opportunities you will have to vote and participate across the web3.there are many people, not sure who is ID personend users: 33515 in Nov 2022 or 35000grants for DID projects on Gitcoin : Idena ($41K), Proof of humanity ($85K)

58. Idena https://www.idena.io/ Motto: PROOF OF PERSON BLOCKCHAIN. COORDINATION OF INDIVIDUALS. Human-centric cryptocurrency web wallet https://app.idena.io/ Andrew Wedi - founder&CEO?End users: 10000 in Apr 2023

59. Proof Of Humanity DAO https://proofofhumanity.id/ (by https://kleros.io/) Motto: The Internet of Humans. Proof of Humanity , a system combining webs of trust, with reverse Turing tests, and dispute resolution to create a sybil-proof list of humans.End users: 15000 in Apr 2022https://app.proofofhumanity.id/ web wallet launched by https://kleros.io/ in 2017, Paris (Kleros is a decentralized arbitration service for the disputes of the new economy. There are few people with Clément Lesaege CTO. $4m funding on Crunchbase.)

60. Anima https://anima.io/ Motto: Embody your
decentralized identity. A self-sovereign identity for instant identification on decentralized platforms, communities, and Web3 services of all kinds.https://app.anima.io/profile web wallet by Synaps https://www.synaps.io/ (KYC, KYB for crypto), Sep’2018, Lyon, FRthere are many people, CEO Florian L.https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/synaps end users: 22800 in Apr 2023

61. Outdid https://www.outdid.io/ Motto: OutDID is an end-to-end private ID verification leveraging Zero Knowledge Proofs.Jul’2023, just started, London, founders: Leeroy Hendriks, Zvezdin B., Ana-Maria Pricop on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, BNB Chain, Multichain, $2.6M raised

62. Humanode https://humanode.io/ Moto: True decentralization of blockchain is finally here. Become the pillar of the most accessible and democratic blockchain ever to exist. 1 Human = 1 Node = 1 Votehttps://launcher.humanode.io/ Web Launcher for Windows, MacOS and Linux team - founders: Dato Kavazi CEO, Victor Paradigm end users: 28000 in Apr 2023$3M raised, deck

63. Quadrata: https://quadrata.com/ https://quadrata.com/onboard web wallet, Aug’2021, LAmoto: The Identity Solution for Web3. A unique portable digital passport that protects your privacythere are few people - founders: Fabrice Cheng CEO, Lisa Fridman 

64. SelfKey https://selfkey.org/ web and appmoto: Decentralized Self-Sovereign Identity Network. SelfKey Protocol is maintained by a DAO of SelfKey iD Holders. Join us and help revolutionize identity management in Web3whitepaper by SELFKEY DAO https://selfkey.org/ (2017) there are few people to addfunded by Blockchain Valley Ventures, Australian National Blockchain Roadmap, etc

65. Trinsic https://trinsic.id/ https://dashboard.trinsic.id/onboarding/signup launched in Jun’2019, NYC, for developers (and businesses) onlyMoto: Join thousands of IDtech developers building the future of identity with Trinsic Ecosystems.there are many people - founders: Riley Hughes CEO, Tomislav Markovski CTO, Michael Boyd CPOon Ethereum$17.5M raised

66. Walt ID https://walt.id/ moto: Walt ID enables identity, NFT and wallet infrastructure for developers and enterprises.https://github.com/walt-id launched in Aug’2021, Viennafew people - founders: Dominik Beron CEO, Philipp Potisk CTOArbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana

67. KYC DAO https://kycdao.xyz/home (cool website, btw)COMPOSABLE COMPLIANCE. Web3 framework for compliant smart contracts. Build compliant smart contracts using kycNFTs. Privacy-preserving: Protecting the privacy of kycNFT holders. Use compliance via an ecosystem of regulated partners. Let the framework handle compliance. Sign binding agreements using verified public-keys. Reuse kycNFTs to create seamless user experience.launched in Feb’2022, NYC-LA; there are few people, founder&CEO Balazs Nemethidemo for verified assets

68. TruID https://www.truid.app/ web and appMoto: Reclaim control over your digital identity. Truid lets you create a secure digital identity. You can share your identity data instantly and will always keep control of who knows what about you.Launched in 2020, Pakistan; there are few people - co-founders: Abid Rafique CEO, Mahad Majeed Already closed - or - not launched yet?:

69. Violet https://www.violet.co/ (not live?)Moto: Violet is a platform for managing regulatory compliance and identity.launched in Apr’2021, Berlin, there are few people - Markus Maier CEO, he is founder of Violet, providing on-chain Compliance as a Service, and founder of Mauve, the first fully AML-compliant, Real World Asset focused DEX (launched in Mar’2023?), many cool backers five investors, including Coinbase Venturesis it subproject?: Humanbound https://humanbound.xyz/ Moto: Soulbound cannot be transferred from a wallet. Humanbound cannot be transferred from a human. Verified identity & on-chain representation through the Humanbound token. Proof of unique humanity for Web3, enabling sybil resistance, secure DAO contributor payments, and much more.https://app.humanbound.xyz/ web wallet

70. WIW https://wiw.io/ almost no infohttps://app.wiw.io/login web only walletmoto: WIW - a reputation preserving and identity management protocol in Web3.

71. Wall ID https://wallid.co/ more one-click payment button, rather than DID Moto: Decentralized Identity&Checkout, based on verified credentials, securely pass personal data together with payment for 1-click checkout. Universal Shopping ID – a protected decentralized ID footprint that is returning data ownership back to user and provide access to online services in a fast & secure waylaunched in Oct’2022, London, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wall-id founder&CEO Ilya Mikin

72. Upala ID https://docs.upala.id/en/latest/ founder: Peter Porobov 

73. SERTO https://www.serto.id/ and\or uPort https://www.uport.me/no info about people moto: A suite of easy-to-use decentralized identity and verifiable credential tools.parent company?: uPort https://www.uport.me/  Moto: Introducing the next generation of decentralized identitySerto https://www.serto.id/ enables people and enterprises to utilize the newest innovations in decentralized technology to make data more portable, private, and valuable.Veramo https://veramo.io/ : Performant and modular APIs for Verifiable Data and SSI. Create and manage decentralized identifiers + verifiable credentials without worrying about interop and vendor lock-in.funded by ConsenSys Ventures, Blockchain Capital, etc

74. Iden3 https://iden3.io/ - seems like not live, no info about people or company, looks deadhttps://docs.iden3.io/ some txt https://github.com/iden3 on Ethereummoto: Iden3 is a self-sovereign privacy protocol in Web3.

75. Jolocom https://jolocom.io/ (dead)https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jolocom launched in May’2014, Berlin, seems like closed for nowFounder&CEO Joachim Lohkamp

76. Governor DAO https://governordao.co/ https://passport.governordao.org/ web walletalmost no people - Zane Huffman CEO https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/governor-dao (Oct’2020, Wyoming)end users: 2000 in Apr 2023

77. zCloak Network https://zcloak.network/ launched in Jun’2020, China and Hong KongMoto: Deliver the Web3 Dream of Self-Sovereignty. Privacy-first DID and verifiable computation infrastructure.https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zkid-wallet/ahkpfejaeoepmfopmbhjgjekibmfcfgo chrome beta extention there are few people - founder: Xiao Zhang

78. Veres One https://veres.one/ Moto: A Globally Interoperable Network for Identity. Veres One is a secure, privacy-preserving, and cost-effective way for you to control and manage your identity on the Web. https://veres.one/about/ (no info on linkedin)

79. NuID - https://nuid.io/Moto: We built the best login platform so you don't have to. NuID is a trustless authentication API and decentralized identity solution for websites and applications. NuID is building a foundation for a decentralized identity ecosystem that goes beyond just login. NuID White Paper https://github.com/NuID Locke Brown CEO

80. DragonChain - https://dragonchain.com/business/factor/ Moto: Identity and Data Management as it Should be in a Digital Era. Increase security, reduce your risk of holding customer data, and increase customer engagement. Dragonchain is a technology leader in the blockchain space, with security and scalability at the forefront of its operations. We are proudly U.S.-based and part of one of the most technologically rich communities in the country. We help companies break into blockchain faster, without forcing them to change their existing IT infrastructure. As a Blockchain as a Service provider built by seasoned members of the tech industry, Dragonchain understands the needs of enterprises and is designed to handle prevalent issues in several industries.launched in 2016, Seattle; few people - incl Joe Roets founder

81. Finema https://finema.co/ (2017, Thailand, not active since 2020)Moto: Decentralized Identity Platform. With an immutable record of digital identities enabled by the blockchain technology, our decentralized identity platform serves as an Identity Trust Fabric (ITF)—a common trust point for all individuals—and eliminates the need for any intermediary. We provide an enterprise decentralized identity solution that is interoperable and easily integrated with any existing identity platform, enabling fast-track adoption and competitive advantages. Our solution includes: IDIN Blockchain Network, IDIN Identity Mapper and IDIN e-ID wallet.Founders: Pakorn Leesakul CEO, Sarawuth Rungcharoenki CTO

If you think something needs to be removed, added, or changed - ping me via i@slava.ai. Also you can download the new Digital Identity Report as pdf