There’s a persistent challenge in the crypto industry: how to prove your data is real without exposing all your private information.

It’s an awkward dilemma. Traditional solutions force you to choose—either hand over all your sensitive info so others trust you, or lower the verification standards for convenience, sacrificing credibility.

What zkPass aims to do is actually pretty straightforward: let you use zero-knowledge proofs so you can prove “this account is really mine,” “I actually meet this requirement,” or “I have this qualification,” all without worrying about data leaks. It sounds like having your cake and eating it too, but there are technical solutions—ultimately, it comes down to whether zero-knowledge proofs can strike that balance between privacy and verifiability.