pyr0ball opened issue Circuit-Forge/roadmap#25

pyr0ball
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:11:51 -0700

25#[GDWT] Godwit -- Emergency identity recovery -- camera fingerprint, fuzzy vault, printable docs and crypto wallets#

Godwit

Emergency identity recovery for when you have nothing -- no ID, no phone, no password, no money. Uses camera-based fingerprint capture and fuzzy vault cryptography to unlock a pre-prepared recovery kit from any device with a camera.

Problem

If you are robbed, your car is towed, or any other emergency strips you of wallet and phone simultaneously, your only remaining authentication factor is your body. Passwords require memory. Devices require possession. Biometrics are always with you.

Technical approach

Multi-shot camera capture (library computer webcam, borrowed smartphone)

Illumination normalization + ridge enhancement + minutiae extraction

Fuzzy vault / fuzzy commitment scheme -- biometric derives the key, biometric is never stored

Raw biometric template discarded immediately after vault construction/unlock

The vault artifact is safe to store publicly (Dropbox, printed QR, friend's email)

What the vault unlocks

Printable encrypted document bundle (ID scan, insurance cards, emergency contacts)

BIP39 seed phrase -> crypto wallet recovery

Passphrase to a DSAR (data subject access request) identity kit

Emergency contact list

Privacy architecture

All processing client-side (WebAssembly or mobile native)

Raw biometric never transmitted or stored anywhere

Vault artifact reveals nothing about the biometric

License

MIT pipeline / BSL 1.1 AI features

Status

Backlog