Importance of Proof-of-Personhood in #Web3 & The benefits of I-AM-HUMAN The internet unlike the real life gives chance for anonymity which allows individual to have as many social media accounts as possible and this brings about the rise of different scam activities like impersonation and more. In the real world, Banks and other institutions requests government issued ID to verify that you're truly who you say you're before you can have an account with them, to avoid or reduce scam activities. The internet also needs a means of verification like the real life Government issued ID to reduce the rate of scams and fraudulent activities on the internet especially in the web3 space, where anyone can launch project just to scam investors out of their money and do away with it since the space is so much about anonymity. Scrolling through my twitter feeds few days back, I saw a post by @neardc about proof-of- personhood which got my attention. I read through to know what it's about and I found that it's about I-AM-HUMAN protocol which is developed on the @NEARProtocol blockchain to provide a verification system for every human on the @NEARProtocol blockchain. This means for anybody to carry out some activities on the @NEARProtocol blockchain, he'll have to be verified by I-AM-HUMAN protocol and have a “unique human" status. Verifying as a unique human with I-AM-HUMAN, is done with various processes which you'll be given a SBT (Soul Bound Token) minted as a certificate for completing the process.These processes include; 🌚 The Facial Verification process to store a computed harsh of your face to be sure it's unique from other verified faces. 🧾 KYC process which will require you to provide a Government issued means of identity. 👨👨👧👦 Community verification Process where you'll be verified in person at a conference or using your telegram account. This project got my interest as it is a very big project that could reduce scamming activities on the @NEARProtocol blockchain to a minimal level and I think it's something that every blockchain that's willing to be for the long run should do also. #Near is a blockchain that has invested so much money to Onboard people into web3 but it looks like their investments were not reflecting due to people creating more fake accounts instead of onboarding real humans, so I believe this I-AM-HUMAN protocol, will be a great solution to stop that and bring in real people into the ecosystem. Another thing that got my interest verifying myself as a unique human will give me access to lot of REWARDS and BENEFITS on the #near blockchain, some of which are; Ability to participate in: 🪂 Fair #airdops and product launches. Each verified individual will be entitled to receive one #airdrop preventing unfair advantages or duplications in the distribution process. 💰 Various earning opportunities like #LearnToEarn, #Play2Earn, #Move2Earn and more. 🗳️ Access to participate in votes and polls and more... Having all this accesses means I've already gained good reputation and trust with my identity verification and I'll be first in line to access any future benefits on the @NEARProtocol ecosystem. To get verified on I-AM-HUMAN protocol as a “unique human", Go to i-am-human.app Note (you are advised to use chrome browser for the process and do not switch to a different tab or a different window while face scan is in progress). Let's get ahead. Click connect wallet to connect to your near wallet. (If you don't have a near wallet already, you will have to creating one by going to wallet.near.org, you'll need a deposit of 0.1N to activate your account. you can get that from binance or any other Centralized Exchanges. You can also ask a friend to send to you. After creating your near wallet, get back to i-am-human.app,and click connect, then click approve to approve the connection in your wallet. Scroll down a bit to see GET STARTED, click on that. This will take you to fractal where you'll do your facial verification. Enter your email address on the space required, check your email and use the provided link to log in to Fractal and accept the terms and conditions. Then you'll Perform a face scan which will involve capturing a 5-second 3D selfie using your device's camera. If you've already got KYC'ed on Fractal, you do not need to go through the Fractal account creation flow a second time. You will be able to claim your FV SBT and KYC SBT on i-am-human.app website. This is it on the benefits of I-AM-HUMAN and the importance of proof-of-personhood. Get verified now to get access to the benefits stated above and more. Follow me for more ❤️