Multichain Identity Indexer

[vikiival]

Project Abstract

The Multichain Identity Indexer - Identics is a GraphQL service designed to streamline the interaction with Identity pallet that was originally on Relay-chain and now resides on People Chain. This service acts as a robust data layer for socially-oriented dApps, leveraging the simplicity of GraphQL and REST API. The indexer addresses the challenge of querying identity information for multiple accounts in parallel and bridges the gap between historical data on the Relay chain and real-time updates on People Chain.

Grant level

• Level 1: Up to $10,000, 2 approvals
• Level 2: Up to $30,000, 3 approvals
• Level 3: Unlimited, 5 approvals (for >$100k: Web3 Foundation Council approval)

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[semuelle]

Thanks for the application, @vikiival. Other than the use case you have been working on, I'm wondering who or what would require indexing of the history of identities?

[vikiival]

Other than the use case you have been working on, I'm wondering who or what would require indexing of the history of identities?

Hey,
that is a very good question!
I have split it into several topics that could leverage the identity history

1. Governance Analytics & Reputation Systems

• Tracking how long accounts have maintained verified identities before participating in important governance votes (any opengov platform)
• Building reputation systems that consider the longevity and stability to identify trusted community members

2. Security & Fraud Prevention

• Detecting suspicious patterns of identity changes or clearances that might indicate malicious behavior
• Helping registrars review an account's identity history before providing judgements
• Enabling apps to flag accounts that frequently change or clear their identities

3. Social Network Analysis

• Understanding the evolution of relationships between accounts (social graph)
• Analyzing the growth of identities within the ecosystem

4. Economic Research & Analysis

• Studying how identity verification impacts user behavior and economic activity
• Understanding how identity systems are used across different market conditions

TL;DR

There is a lot of services that could leverage indetity indexer, to prevent fraudulent activity on their platforms (scams, phishing, impersonation).
Additionally it opens a new potential for research purposes and spot patterns.
Last but not least, we do believe that using data from Identics could be used for novel applications/libraries such as - https://openrank.com

[semuelle]

Hi @vikiival, thanks for the thorough reply and sorry for the long wait. Some of the use cases and future plans you listed seem very niche to me, but looking at ENS, there is still a lot of room for improvement regarding identities in our ecosystem, so I am happy to approve your application and share it with the rest of the committee.