{"id":74883,"date":"2023-03-02T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=74883"},"modified":"2025-09-10T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:16:47","slug":"polygon-has-launched-a-web3-identity-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/polygon-has-launched-a-web3-identity-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon has launched a Web3 identity service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Polygon project has launched an identity service in the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a> space called Polygon ID.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">ZERO KNOWLEDGE IDENTITY FOR WEB3<\/p>\n<p>The Polygon ID team is excited to announce 4 tools have been released in the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PolygonID?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#PolygonID<\/a> Identity Infrastructure to build a more equitable internet that places identity at the center of it.<\/p>\n<p>The future is self-sovereign\u26d3?<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/h66KyDurJE\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/h66KyDurJE<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTBbzBNVJk\\\">pic.twitter.com\/jTBbzBNVJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polygon (@0xPolygon) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xPolygon\/status\/1630997045703049238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tool will allow blockchain apps to verify user data without disclosing their personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The service uses <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">zero-knowledge proofs<\/a>, which allows it to authenticate accounts while keeping them encrypted for the verifying party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cPolygon ID provides compliance with requirements for both Web 2.0 and Web3 industries, which strengthen the regulatory framework through checks <span data-descr=\\\"Know Your Customer\/anti-money laundering policy\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">KYC\/AML<\/span>. The ability to reuse and the self-sovereign nature of the credentials also lowers the cost, time and complexity in registering and verifying users\u201d, \u2014 according to a Polygon statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The blockchain platform has already released a toolkit for developers.<\/p>\n<p>The utility has been tested by some crypto and NFT projects, including Kaleido, Fractal and Collab.Land.<\/p>\n<p>The Polygon team is also integrating the development into a future Ethereum scaling solution \u2014 zkEVM, whose beta version <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/polygon-announced-the-beta-launch-of-its-zkevm-scaling-solution\">will be launched on March 27<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, in late February, network representatives announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/polygon-team-to-cut-staff-by-20\">20% reduction in staff<\/a>. 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