Humanode Announcements

If you are an admin of a crypto or gaming community, here's a playbook for you to identify and squash bots and spammers: https://x.com/humanode_io/status/2018379867226837270

For those of you who were not able to join last Saturday's community call, here's a brief recap on what was discussed: https://x.com/humanode_io/status/2018330017508237733

We’re live, talking about the foundational ideas behind Humanode Vortex. If you have thoughts on what should shape Humanode at a foundational level, jump into the Community Call

Humanode Community Call will start in an hour! Join in Humanode Discord

Just a gentle reminder that the Humanode Music Contest is still open, You still have time to write the next Humanode song. All you need to do is: Create a Humanode themed song. Post the actual song on X, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you like. Then drop the link in ⁠🎤-humanodes-got-talent on the Humanode Discord. Up to three $100 Gold Prizes, three $50 Silver Prizes, and several $20 rewards for notable work. Any genre goes. Just keep it clean and original. The deadline is February 6th, 2026. First round of voting on the 7th by Humanode Core. Final community voting starts February 9th. One human. One vote. So if you have been thinking about it, this is your sign. Now go forth and rock me, Amadeus.

In open systems, there is still no simple way to know whether we are dealing with many real people or with one actor operating many accounts. Existing blockchain systems price participation using computation (Proof-of-Work) or capital (Proof-of-Stake). We’ve released a scientific paper on Proof-of-Biometric-Uniqueness (PoBU), which studies a third approach: enforcing one-human-one-account as a rule for participation in a permissionless blockchain and as a basis for Sybil resistance. The paper defines PoBU as a way to limit who can take part in consensus by requiring each participant to prove they are a unique real human, with clear and measurable error bounds based on biometric performance and system settings. The paper is backed by live data from an already running chain that uses PoBU at the consensus layer. It provides: • a protocol-level definition of PoBU and its eligibility interface • a threat model covering issuer concentration, eligibility compromise/coercion, availability, and privacy • and a reproducible empirical evaluation based on public chain-derived data Using direct Substrate RPC, the paper analyzes validator activity and block production on the live Humanode network. In a recent 90-day window, the top-10 block authors produced about 4.5% of sampled blocks, with hundreds of different validators active over time. If you are interested in how one-human-one-account can be expressed as a protocol property, measured on a real network, this paper is the reference. Read the paper here: https://papers.humanode.io/pobu.pdf

After the community polls on day and time, we’re locking in the next Humanode community call. It’s happening this Saturday, 31st January at 13:00 UTC, in the slot most people voted for. The theme this time is Foundational Imperatives of Vortex. This call is about hearing from the community. What you think the core principles of Vortex should be, what matters most, and what should guide how it evolves. 🗓️ Saturday, January 31st 🕐 1:00 PM UTC 📍Humanode Discord Radio

🔥Biomapper C2 deployed on Polygon🔥 It feels like just yesterday when Biomapper first went live on the very first EVM compatible chain where it brought uniqueness verification onchain and proved that one human = one wallet could actually work. Since then, Biomapper has expanded far beyond that first deployment, powering Sybil resistance across multiple chains and integrations. Now, with Biomapper C2, that momentum continues on Polygon. Biomapper C2 is now live on Polygon, bringing human uniqueness verification to one of the most active EVM ecosystems. If you’re building on Polygon and need to stop bots, farms, or multi-account abuse, Biomapper lets you do that with just a few lines of code. For builders on Polygon, they can use it for: • Sybil-resistant airdrops and rewards • One-person-one-vote governance • Fair mints and whitelists • Any logic that needs uniqueness, without relying on KYC or trust-based systems. Once you integrate it, the user flow is simple: Biomap → Bridge to Polygon → Verify, all without sharing any personal data. No KYC, No PIII. Once verified, that wallet can be treated as a unique human backed by your dApp. If this sounds like something your dApp needs, you can explore it here: Biomapper App | Biomapper Docs | Biomapper SDK | Integration Guide

🔥Biomapper C2 deployed on Polygon🔥 It feels like just yesterday when Biomapper first went live on the very first EVM compatible chain where it brought uniqueness verification onchain and proved that one human = one wallet could actually work. Since then, Biomapper has expanded far beyond that first deployment, powering Sybil resistance across multiple chains and integrations. Now, with Biomapper C2, that momentum continues on Polygon. Biomapper C2 is now live on Polygon, bringing human uniqueness verification to one of the most active EVM ecosystems. If you’re building on Polygon and need to stop bots, farms, or multi-account abuse, Biomapper lets you do that with just a few lines of code. For builders on Polygon, they can use it for: • Sybil-resistant airdrops and rewards • One-person-one-vote governance • Fair mints and whitelists • Any logic that needs uniqueness, without relying on KYC or trust-based systems. Once you integrate it, the user flow is simple: Biomap → Bridge to Polygon → Verify, all without sharing any personal data. No KYC, No PIII. Once verified, that wallet can be treated as a unique human backed by your dApp. If this sounds like something your dApp needs, you can explore it here: Biomapper App | Biomapper Docs | Biomapper SDK | Integration Guide

Vortex Sim Dev Log 4 is out. This one is about how participation is measured, how governing tiers take shape, and how Proto-Vortex keeps moving toward a cognitocratic model. It focuses on the cognitocratic side of Vortex. How contribution turns into signal. How responsibility scales without turning into hierarchy. If you’ve been following along, the latest update is here: https://blog.humanode.io/dev-log-4-cognitocratic-measure-governing-tiers/

📰 Humanode Biweekly Vol.114 is out! A lot moved these past two weeks: 🌀 Vortex Sim Dev Log #3: refactor + stabilization 📘 Community Playbook published 🎵 First Humanode Music Contest announced 🌱 New WeHMND/WBTC biostaking pool deployed 🔥 Fireside with Rich Robinson (Animoca Brands) 🧪 Episteme’s Eidōlon is now open to the public on Humanode 📆 Humanode 2025 Recap is live 🧠 New blog: “Stop blaming AI for things people choose to do” Full update here: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-biweekly-vol-114/

Alright, the poll results for the community call day and time are in. Most people picked Saturday and the 12–3 PM UTC window, so that’s what we’ll use for the weekly Humanode community calls. We’ll share the exact time in that window soon, but going forward Saturdays in that range are our community slot. Thanks to everyone who voted and shared their opinion.

If that old “Huma-node, Huma-node, Huma-node” tune still pops into your head at the strangest times, it might be time to give it a worthy companion. 🔥The very first Humanode Music Contest 🔥🎙️ This is your chance to write the next song that lives rent free in all our heads. No, you do not have to be a professional. Yes, you are free to use AI. Yes, you can also do it all yourself like a true human artist. The rules are simple. Create a Humanode themed song. Post the song on X, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or wherever you like. Then post the link in # 🎤-humanodes-got-talent on the Humanode Discord. This time, up to three submissions will get the $100 Gold Prize, another three will get the $50 Silver Prize, and a number of you will receive $20 for notable work. Any genre goes. Just keep it clean and original. Deadline: Feb 6, 2026. Final community voting starts Feb 9. One human. One vote. Now, go forth and rock me, Amadeus. For more details, Read "Humanode Music Contest"

New WeHMND/WBTC Biostaking pool deployed 🔥 As you know, the previous WeHMND/WBTC staking pool ended on January 24, 2026. The latest WeHMND/WBTC contract (0x48B522553386dE6dc6f7577eeC2362BDbA1383D3) has been deployed, which is live from the same time in the same block as the previous one ended and will run for 6 months. If you are staked in the previous pool: 1. You’ll need to unstake and restake your LP tokens in the latest pool. 2. Rewards for the new contract will start rolling in as soon as you stake in the new pool. Make sure to move your assets to the new pool to keep earning rewards without interruption. If you are new to Humanode Biostaking, the new pool is a chance to get started, with APRs ranging between 20% - 200%. Here’s how you can start staking: https://mainnet.biostaker.hmnd.app/ Step by step guide: https://link.humanode.io/guide/biodefi New WeHMND/WBTC Biostaker Contract Address: https://humanode.subscan.io/address/0x48B522553386dE6dc6f7577eeC2362BDbA1383D3

We’re setting up day and time for the weekly Humanode community calls. Take a few seconds to vote on the day and time so more people can join and be part of it. Vote in # human-node-polls in Discord

Community Call is live 📢📢 Tune in to Discord Radio now!

Community Call starts in 45 mins! 📢📢 This will be the opportunity to learn about how Humanode governance will be launched, and how you will play a role. 🗓️Friday Jan 23 🕑 2:00 PM UTC 📍Humanode Discord

We just published a community playbook for the Humanode community. It lays out how this place is meant to work when people actually show up, bring ideas, build things, and take part in decisions. It’s meant to make it easier to see where you fit and how things move here. Here: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-community-playbook/ We’re also having a community call today, Jan 23 at 2:00 PM, to talk about shaping the Humanode charter. Don't forget to Join in the community call.

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