Plain-language explainers on the problems MintID works on: verifying the humans behind AI agents, reusing KYC without re-sharing documents, and proving claims in zero knowledge.
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comparison
ERC-8004 makes agents discoverable and their work verifiable — but its identity is a transferable NFT, its reputation is Sybil-prone, and recourse is out of scope. Where the standard stops, and how human-backed credentials fill the gap.
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agent credentials
Agent authorisation today is a plaintext scope inside a token: all or nothing. A scope structured along five provable axes applies selective disclosure to authorisation itself — the merchant learns the limit, not the mandate.
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economics
Per-check verification re-pays KYC at every counterparty. Amortisation — one human verification backing N agent credentials — changes the cost structure of trust. The five flows a sovereign identity rail earns from.
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privacy
Identifying an agent once, paid and consented, is categorically different from holding a handle that tracks its human forever. How pay-per-disclosure, pseudonym churn and on-chain receipts make surveillance structurally impossible.
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disputes
Most disputes want money back, not a name. How a dispute rail built on self-custodied escrow, anonymous arbitration and due process settles claims without unmasking anyone — and why that protects both sides.
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agentic identity
Every identity system of the last twenty years assumed a human at the keyboard. AI agents break that assumption — and six concrete failures follow. Why the accountability-versus-privacy binary is the one to solve first.
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reusable kyc
Reusable KYC explained: verify once with an approved issuer, then prove age, assurance grade or status anywhere in zero knowledge — with no PII on-chain.
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comparison
How MintID and Concordium differ: identity architecture, anonymity revocation vs zero-knowledge presentations, compliance models and token design.
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kya
What Know Your Agent (KYA) means, why AI agents need verified human backing, how KYA differs from KYC, and how zero-knowledge agent credentials work.