The problem with KYC
Conventional know-your-customer checks collect a passport scan, a selfie, and a utility bill, then store them in a database that will eventually leak. The check proves you once owned documents; it does not prove you are trustworthy, and it costs you your privacy permanently.
What the Republic proves instead
A CryptRepublic passport carries a unique fingerprint — the hash of the declared name, sealed on-chain — and the attestations of seven standing citizens who each signed a statement that the applicant is real, singular, and uncoerced. That is the zero-knowledge trust: a verifier can confirm the passport is genuine, unique, and vouched for, without learning the holder's legal identity. The name itself lives on-chain only as a hash; the citizen decides when to reveal what it hashes to.
Using NO-KYC
Services that accept the Republic's zero-trust KYC can verify a citizen through One-Portal: the citizen proves control of the passport wallet, the service reads the public record — passport valid, seven attestations, trust score in good standing — and no document changes hands. The citizen discloses nothing except the fact of citizenship and whatever they choose to add.
Because every attestation is a witness's own standing on the line (a false attestation is a Grade III offence under the Penal Code), the vouching is not a formality — it is collateral.