Wilfrid Okorie
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Kirocred

A privacy-preserving credential issuance and verification system built on Starknet.

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Technologies

Starknet · Cairo · Cryptography · IPFS

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Context

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Kirocred's public repository describes a system for issuing verifiable credentials while keeping credential contents private and allowing holders to prove authenticity to verifiers.

Problem

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Credentials need to be verifiable without creating a public on-chain link between a holder's identity and the credential contents.

Architecture and decisions

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The README describes hashed attribute commitments, Merkle roots published on Starknet, encrypted packages stored on IPFS, and wallet-decoupled key derivation using the STARK curve.

Implementation evidence

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The public repository contains separate backend, frontend, and contracts packages, with TypeScript/Express, Next.js, and Cairo/Starknet called out in its architecture and technology sections.

Tradeoffs and limitations

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The project explicitly distinguishes its commitment and encryption design from zero-knowledge proofs. The current README also records a planned organization-specific key derivation change to reduce possible correlation across organizations.

Limitations and open evidence

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  • No adoption or production-use claim is made.
  • The public README identifies organization-specific key salting as future work because the current derived keypair can theoretically be correlated across organizations.