This is a great way to welcome newcomers, thanks!

I am Andrew, I have been involved in blockchain projects since 2015. I have walked my way from admiring Bitcoin and Ethereum to understanding that Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake mining are based on capital, with larger players enjoying economy of scale and adopting anti-competitive practices, and smaller players vanishing. There the rich get richer, and blockchain mining must be democratic: The blockchain node should be light enough to run on an average computer or laptop. I was looking into blockchain projects ensuring decentralization and fairness.

This is why I contribute to an opensource project called Idena. It is a Proof-of-Person blockchain with easy access and democratic mining.

We need to take the next revolutionary step in decentralization: to formalize the human person, to create a new kind of digital identity to match to the censorship-resistant cash of Bitcoin and the decentralized governance mechanism of Ethereum to unleash its full potential. The Idena network allows for a proof of humanity and proof of uniqueness for its participants. It does not require any personal data sharing, does not reveal a person’s identity, and does not need a third-party identification center. Idena is based on a network of people mutually validating their humanness and uniqueness with the help of synchronous AI-hard Turning test.

You are welcome to join the testnet, express your opinions, contribute your knowledge!