The Principles of Everest

All individuals can be included without a device

The individual will own and control their information

All information will be shared selectively and be resilient against attack

How Everest Removes Barriers

Everest is the world’s only device-free globally accessible, digital transaction protocol with built-in identity. Through the use of digital identities, electronic wallets, document management, and biometrics, users will be able to digitally verify their identity for public services and claim their social and economic rights.

Device-free identity verification

Peer-to-peer registration using biometric data allows anyone, anywhere to enroll in the platform, without the need for a device.

Seamless value transfer

By verifying identity with 100% accuracy EverID reduces leakage, fraud, friction, verification, and data access costs.

Total financial inclusion

Creating global access to existing financial services unlocks the $20 trillion-dollar economy of emerging markets.

Individual empowerment

EverID enable users to be in total control of their data and provides access to formal economic systems.

Institutional efficiency

Reduced transfer and data storage fees will allow institutional growth in emerging nations.

Economic growth

Deviceless identity verification will empower over 4 billion people and create a $40 trillion economic opportunity.

Digital Identity on the blockchain is a gateway to all other use cases…

– Asian Development Bank

The inability to prove identity is the single most significant barrier to economic inclusion. Banks, governments, NGOs, hospitals, businesses & users require ID verification, a wallet, and transaction system to exchange value.

Everest team

Bob Reid

Co-founder & CEO

Brad Witteman

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Bob Reid

Co-founder & CEO

Brad Witteman

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Advisory board

Atsushi Taira

Chief Growth Officer of Mistletoe

Toomas Henrick

Former President of Estonia

Greg Horowitt

Advisor to UCSD and Stanford University

Jamal Khokhar

Former Chief of Staff, Inter-American Development Bank

Aya Miyaguchi

Executive Director Ethereum
Foundation

Jordan Greenhall

CEO at Neurohacker Collective

Wilson Choi

Founder FundV & Beam Capital

Chris Wilson

Founder: Water and Healthcare Foundation

Our Partners

Our Partners

News

Everest is gaining traction around the world. Catch up with the story so far:

Everest, GLEIF, and ADB to streamline cross-border transactions between companies

08/12/2020

…allows companies to easily transact data and financial instruments with proper verification processes that utilize a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Dress to impress: Crypto payments set for mainstream via compliance

19/11/2020

Mainstream interest for cryptocurrency is becoming ever-apparent as major online payment systems such as PayPal begin to offer support for digital currencies. While a revolutionary step for both the crypto and traditional finance spaces, meeting regulatory requirements is crucial in order for such companies to support cryptocurrencies.

Kina Bank Scaling new height with Everest Network

17/11/2020

All of PNG will soon have access to anew platform to transfer money overseas and trade in foreign currency, thanks to Kina Bank’s new partnership with Everest. Customers won’t need to have a bank account with Kina Bank, making the service available to everyone, including those who don’t already bank with Kina Bank.

PAPUA New Guineans will soon access a new platform to transfer money overseas and trade in foreign currency

13/11/2020

PAPUA New Guineans will all soon be able to transfer money overseas and trade in foreign currency using the Everest global cloud bank platform, to remotely verify users’ identities digitally and empower them with encrypted accounts and digital transactions for easy, cost-effective money movement.

Four Ethereum Scaling Pitches Submitted to Reddit’s Scaling Bake-Off from layer-two builders.

03/08/2020

Excited to share our solution for scaling Reddit’s Community Points token. Along with scaling, our solution provides Reddit with the ability to utilize a regulatory-approved base token and value tracking system to grow Community Points into a full economy.

How VASPs can Comply with FATF Regulations Without Missing A Beat

05/05/2020

Financial regulators across the globe expect businesses to follow the new FATF guidelines – businesses need a solution to continue to operate, and they need it fast. The most desirable solution touches the minimum number of processes and systems.

How Biometric Wallets and eMoney Ensure Nations Can Respond to Pandemics

28/04/2020

Management of 21st century economies and societies, and the associated crisis, require tools and infrastructure that address the environment.

BRI Remittance Brings Digital Identity to Banking With Blockchain Partnership

03/04/2020

The partnership is expected to drive business within the Indonesia–Europe corridor and afford Indonesians and Europeans the opportunity to seamlessly execute exchange of value across international borders… Indonesia’s $11 billion global personal remittance market has more than doubled since 2005.

Everest chosen for Inclusive Fintech 50 2019 MetLife Foundation Visa Inc, global nonprofit Accion and World Bank Group member

17/06/2020

“Inclusive Fintech 50 demonstrates that there are fintechs able to reach underserved populations with appropriate financial products,” said Sarah Willis, Director of Financial Health & Inclusion at MetLife Foundation.”

Everest chosen for Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio

15/08/2019

“We look forward to working with our industry-leading partners and with these innovative startups to refine and implement new enterprise blockchain platforms and applications that have the potential to substantially impact multiple verticals.” –– Stephen Plumlee, vice chairman of R/GA and managing partner of R/GA Ventures

Everest is honored to be included in the Blockchain Impact Ledger by New America.

31/05/2019

Social impact solutions power our societies. They drive the work of government and civil society leaders around the world. But the field of public problem-solving is plagued by unnecessary duplication, complication, and frustration due to the scarcity of reliable information on what works and what doesn’t.

"Everest to supply KYC platform in Samoa for cross-border transactions."

28/03/2019

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has selected Everest, a California-based firm that uses blockchain for know-your-customer (KYC) purposes, to fix a cross-border issue in Samoa, Australia and New Zealand.

"Ultimately, we will see decentralized blockchain systems such as Everest take hold because of the way they uniquely address the 2 biggest components of Identity: Authentication and Authorization. "

16/03/2020

For something as critical as individual biometric identity, a centralized system, vulnerable to compromise, should be a non-starter.

"Identity startup Everest is addressing the challenges of the identity for development (ID4D) market with a new platform based on blockchain and biometrics."

03/01/2019

Organizations use the Everest platform to manage large identity projects, and those partners help users create an EverID, which is derived from a multi-modal biometric enrollment.

"Everest’s technology can thus be used as a means to verify identity, prevent human trafficking, store medical records and keep refugees in contact with other family members."

03/12/2018

Everest, the world’s only device-free globally accessible, digital transaction protocol with built-in identity.

(Everest) "hopes to take people from the 9th-century economy to a 21st-century economy in one step,”

26/10/2018

Everest gives the average person the ability to prove who they are, exchange value with another individual or institution…

"Everest strives to include the 'Bottom of the Pyramid'—the 'unbanked' and the 'unverified'—within its solution...

18/10/2018

To accommodate for illiteracy and a lack of technological know-how… Everest will also allow coaches—or “agents”—to guide users through any process.

"The partnership will utilize 1000 Alternatives’ incubators in each country to train entrepreneurs to build distributed applications (“DApps”) on top of the Everest platform

10/10/2018

We look forward to seeing entrepreneurs leverage these existing, proven technologies to develop and deliver unique DApps.

"Everest and Diamond Fortress Technologies, Inc., Announce Exclusive Partnership to Enroll Millions of Users onto the Everest Platform"

26/09/2018

We are excited to partner with Diamond Fortress Technologies… Together, we’re solving the world’s identity crisis.

"Everest, ID2020 and the Government of Indonesia (TNP2K Secretariat) Announce Innovative Identity and Blockchain Pilot "

14/09/2018

By delivering subsidies to biometrically validated digital wallets and savings accounts over a transparent and low-cost blockchain, the government is modernizing government service delivery

Everest, Cambodian Health Ministry, & WAH Foundation partner to develop Blockchain driven Maternal Health Care & Admin in Cambodia

05/09/2018

Leapfrogging existing technology empowers rapid and cost-effective deployment of [healthcare] services

Blockchain-based value transfer and identity platform adds billions of people to the global economy

14/08/2018

Everest is leveraging the power, transparency, and security of the blockchain to unlock the dormant $20 trillion-dollar emerging market economy

In February 2018 Ms. Miyaguchi was appointed executive director of the Ethereum Foundation and discusses Ethereum and Everest (EverID).

29/04/2018

This is an exciting time to be working in technology and blockchain.

Blockchain is being used in a wide range of uses including tracking, accounting, and identification (ID).

17/03/2018

Without an ID, you can not receive medical treatment, education, or you can not have a bank account.

The ultimate goal is a system in which a user owns and totally controls some kind of digital wallet.

12/04/2018

…my personal view is that the eventual end goal is digital ID, and beneficiaries must own and control their data.

Brochure for the UN Women humanitarian simulation Everest (EverID) participated in.

29/01/2018

Blockchain Live Test & Simulation: Solutions for Women and Girls in Humanitarian Settings

Our Blog

Learn more about the Everest project and team from interviews and our team’s blog:

The Everest Story - Chapter 4

013/01/2021

Discusses how through transparency and privacy Everest can help empower users to “be the bank.” Users are able to share KYC & Humanness data privately with VASPs and other users.

The Everest Story - Chapter 3

05/01/2021

Walks through the six components of the Everest Platform and the methods that they “fit together” to solve problems in DeFi and financial services infrastructure.

The Everest Story - Chapter 2

22/12/2020

Discusses the problems that confront the Decentralized Finance industry as broad challenges, and the Everest solutions.

The Everest Story - Chapter 1

16/12/2020

Covering the Principles and Architecture of the Everest Platform, this is the beginning of our story and highlights what the project is looking to achieve.

Whitelist-As-A-Service Paper

28/07/2020

Everest solves many issues with its Whitelabel-As-A-Service concept of a KYC Status Directory available on mainnet.

Everest Proposal for The Great Reddit Scaling Bake Off

28/07/2020

Everest prepared the following proposal — we thought those of you not on Reddit (really? you’re missing out…) might also find it interesting….

Digital Identity with Attestations and Value Transfer Capabilities

06/07/2020

Digital Identity is a topic that is often discussed/debated, but also vastly misunderstood. In one camp are Digital Certificates which are, at best, an…

Update from the Founders — Q1 & Q2, 2020

06/06/2020

It has been an eventful first half of the year for the team and we are happy to share some exciting news, accomplishments and articles with you, our supporters, advisors and friends…

Everest — Indonesia Case Study

12/05/2020

Everest’s device-free biometric identity platform used … to reduce leakage, biometrically verify users and yield efficiencies in the LPG gas subsidy program.

Update from the Founders — Q4 2019

06/02/2020

It has been an eventful Q4 for the team in terms of development, and we are happy to share some exciting news with you, our supporters, advisors and friends…

Austrac registers Everest’s platform…..

16/10/2019

As part of our continued work with the Asian Development Bank to build the Central Bank of Samoa’s regulatory compliance platform, Everest is pleased to announce our registration with DIA and Austrac…

Update from the Founders — Q3 2019

09/10/2019

It has been an eventful Q3 for the team and we are happy to share some exciting news with you, our supporters, advisors and friends…

Update from the Founders — Q2 2019

17/07/2019

It has been an exciting Q2 for the team, and we are happy to share some exciting news with you, our supporters, advisors and friends…

Everest selected for Inclusive Fintech 50

21/06/2019

Visa, the MetLife Foundation, Accion, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, founded the Inclusive Fintech 50…

Update from the Founders — Q1 2019

14/03/2019

t’s been quite an exciting 2019 already, and it’s only March 🙂

We are happy to share some exciting news with you, our supporters, advisors and friends….

The Future of Cybersecurity

04/12/2018

Does our personal data belong on the internet? Probably not, but we continue to upload it anyway. Take a moment to think about all of the data that exists on your computer…

Redefining the Land Title Using Blockchain

10/12/2018

If you live in a wealthy country, then property rights may be something that you never had to worry about or even consider…

Biometry and why we use it

26/11/2018

When I was growing up I went to school with a pair of twins, not just twins, but identical twins. We had a saying for remembering who was who — “Carl with the mole, Stephen without the mole”…

Atomic Swaps

13/11/2018

We have previously discussed the ability to exchange cryptocurrencies via a trusted decentralized third party know as a DEX, but in this post, we aim to explain how cryptocurrencies can be exchanged …

Encouraging individuals to perform socially-useful work through a CRDT-based economy

08/11/2018

Everest plans to allow regular people to #earncrypto for doing socially-useful work…

Forks, and why we use them

06/11/2018

The word “fork”, used as a noun, has always been used to describe an object/instrument that has two or more prongs protruding from the end, used for holding or lifting. ..

Identity: the ‘OS layer’ of an economy

29/10/2018

All transactions are based on trust. It is the simple bedrock of any economic system. We have to trust that the value we transfer to others will be delivered and that we receive our expected value in exchange…

Exchanges: Centralized vs Decentralized

27/10/2018

In a previous post, we dissected the different ways of storing crypto assets and highlighted the difference in wallets and exchange accounts. However, we did not go into detail about the two types of exchanges — centralized and decentralized…

Which type of wallet should I use?

19/10/2018

When first introduced to distributed technologies and cryptocurrencies, many people are curious about safe storage practices. Should I use a wallet or just leave my assets on an exchange?…

Ghosts in the machine: the billion people locked out of the global economy

13/10/2018

Who are you? How would you answer that question if your passport, driving license, social security number, or the deeds to your house had been stripped away?…