# Identity Layer Most platforms rely on accounts, email addresses, or social logins to establish identity. Invinos uses cryptographic primitives to establish anonymous, verifiable identity without revealing who you are. With zk-Identity (in development), users will be able to prove ownership of credentials, reputation scores, or governance rights without revealing wallet addresses or personal data. This enables access to whitelisted applications, DAO participation, and decentralized attestations — all without KYC. Identities are portable, recoverable with key backups, and compatible with zero-knowledge proofs and Merkle tree attestations. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://invinos.gitbook.io/invinos/system-architecture-overview/core-design-layers/identity-layer.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.