Hackathon Overview
The Verifiable AI Hackathon hosted by cheqd focuses on building a trusted AI ecosystem through secure, verifiable ethical systems. The event attracted 278 developers, with 21 projects submitted, dedicated to promoting a trustworthy AI environment. Developers proposed solutions to address AI technology misuse issues (such as deepfake fraud) and challenges in creating transparent and ethical AI systems.
Participants explored themes including autonomous economy, AI verification, and secure data applications, utilizing cheqd's Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VC) technologies. Key achievements include innovative content authentication solutions and practical applications for preventing misinformation through verified datasets.
This hackathon highlighted the development direction of AI solutions that prioritize transparency and user rights, aiming to empower developers with blockchain tools and establish a secure and reliable AI application foundation. This initiative seeks to upgrade the interaction model between digital identity and AI into a new paradigm that balances sustainability and privacy protection.
Hackathon Winners
AI Agents Award Winners
Kith: This decentralized system uses encrypted verifiable credentials to ensure privacy, authentication, and credibility of AI agents through Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs).
Identone: This project ensures the credibility of interactions between humans and AI voice agents by verifying identity during phone conversations.
SNAILS.: A bot that uses decentralized digital identity to verify content, thereby enhancing trust in the AI environment.
Other Award Winners
CheqDeep: Authenticates media content using blockchain technology, verifying human sources and authenticity through DID-linked resources.
Trusty Bytes: A marketplace for AI agents to obtain verified data, using blockchain-based verification to ensure trustworthy transactions.
crdbl: A platform that enhances online credibility through verifiable credentials, decentralized identity, cryptographic signatures, and AI verification.
Agent Integration of Private User Data Award Winner
Viskify: An AI assistant platform for talent verification, utilizing verifiable credentials and deterministic decentralized identifiers, integrated with Stripe and Verida for billing and private data management.
For more information about all projects, please visit The Verifiable AI Hackathon.
About Host cheqd
cheqd is a significant participant in the blockchain industry, focusing on digital identity solutions. The organization is renowned for its role in establishing decentralized identity infrastructure that supports secure and privacy-conscious data management. By leveraging cutting-edge blockchain technology, cheqd plays a crucial role in developing standards for the identity ecosystem. Its efforts include establishing strategic partnerships to create interoperable identity services. Committed to strengthening digital trust frameworks, cheqd continues to empower individuals and organizations through advanced and effective identity management solutions.
