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Thanks for the details, I think that sounds reasonable. Do you have access to the documents during the verification process, or are users redirected to the KYC provider to upload them? If you don't have access to the documents, what personal data does the KYC provider return to your company upon successful verification?

I'm curious because I haven't gone through an online KYC process before, and I'd like to understand the risks before claiming the airdrop.

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You can see a concrete example of API for KYC here: https://developers.veriff.com/#sessions-sessionid

or specific to Jumio:

https://github.com/Jumio/implementation-guides/blob/master/n...

Essentially all personal data. Generally for these, the name is also sent to other processors, to check against OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (to see if you are under sanctions in the US).

So if you are in North Korea for example, you may not have access to your funds in practice with the current situation.

It's a rather normal process though. At the end is no point about the GitHub anonymity thing because all users (even European or people from Zimbabwe) have to do the KYC anyway.

Namebase didn’t create the airdrop. You can still claim your coins to a cli wallet if you want, and the cli wallet is pretty easy to use actually.

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