{"slug":"verifiable-humanity-new-email","title":"Verifiable humanity is the new verifiable email","summary":"Email verification became plumbing. Humanity verification will too — and Manav is the SMTP.","lede":"In 1997, 'verified email' was a feature. By 2010, it was plumbing. The same arc is happening to 'verified human' right now.","date":"2026-05-03","reading_time":"4 min","category":"Definitional","tags":["history","SPF","DKIM","DMARC","analogy"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Verifiable%20Humanity%20New%20Email/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/verifiable-humanity-new-email.html","wordcount":740,"related":["dns-of-human-trust","how-to-prove-human-2026","trust-layer-100b-company"],"schema":"Article"}