ZKPassport Is Not KYC: How Zero-Knowledge Verification Protects Your Privacy

ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification tool, is not KYC, according to its developers, who say it lets users prove facts like "valid passport" or "over 18" without uploading documents or revealing their identity. The verification runs on the user's phone using a passport or ID card, and the app generates a proof that is not linked to the user's wallet. The article states that ZKPassport does not upload, store, or share passport data with Aztec or any third party, and that its code is open source so anyone can verify this. Aztec chose this approach for the $AZTEC token sale instead of the document-collection compliance processes used by platforms such as Legion, Echo/Sonar, Kaito, and Coinbase.