Identity checks are coming to AI.
The question is whether verification means handing over raw IDs, face scans, and biometric data…
or proving what matters without exposing everything else.
The future is not more KYC databases.
It’s private, verifiable identity.
The internet was built assuming users were human.
That assumption is breaking.
If bots and agents now outnumber people, the next layer of the web needs private, verifiable identity.
Not more CAPTCHAs.
Not more data collection.
Proof of personhood, reputation, and selective disclosure.
This is the infrastructure Galactica is building towards: zkKYC, selective disclosure, and user-controlled credentials.
Not privacy against compliance, privacy-preserving compliance.
Prove what matters. Reveal only what is necessary.
This is what zero-knowledge proofs were built for.
Prove the fact, not the file: → "over 18" — without the date of birth → "eligible jurisdiction" — without the address → "verified, unique human" — without the identity.
A proof should replace a database query.
The UK just gave Big Tech 3 months to scan every phone in the country for nudity, existing and new devices, with age verification as the only way out.
The real debate isn't whether children need protection online. It's what architecture we build to do it. 🧵
Every major privacy debate eventually comes back to the same question:
Should users reveal more?
Or should systems ask for less?
Galactica is building for the second answer.
And it goes beyond humans. As AI agents become economic actors, they'll need verifiable credentials too.
@GalacticaNet is extending this to Know Your Agent.
Compliant privacy is how real-world users come onchain. More coming soon!
The framework is modular by design: revocation registries, threshold disclosure, age and sanctions checks, and a universal interface any Aztec contract can call to require proof of compliance.
Privacy by default. Compliance by proof, not permission.
zkKYC means proving you're verified without revealing who you are.
Trusted Guardians verify identity off-chain and issue on-chain attestations.
Users then generate ZK proofs of compliance. No sensitive data ever touches the chain.
Galactica spent years researching what true private identity looks like, culminating in their Identity Virtual Machine.
Now they're building the first interchain zkKYC framework on Aztec, written in @Noir.
Privacy without identity doesn't scale. Identity without privacy shouldn't exist.
We're partnering with @GalacticaNet to bring compliant, privacy-preserving identity onchain.
Here's what they're building on Aztec 🧵