WIA Releases World’s First Cryonics Identity Standard
“Wake up in 100 years, and you’re still you” — Solving Identity Continuity for the Cryopreservation Era
Executive Summary
World Certification Industry Association (WIA) has released ‘WIA-CRYO-IDENTITY v1.0’, a standard ensuring identity continuity for cryopreserved individuals, as free and open source under MIT License. This announcement positions the Republic of Korea as a leader in setting international standards for the cryonics field.
🚨 The Problem: Why This Standard Matters
The biggest unsolved challenge in cryonics is ‘identity continuity.’
• Worldwide cryopreserved individuals: ~500 (as of 2024)
• Waitlist members: 5,000+
• Expected preservation period: 50-200 years
• Current identity continuity standards: None
Even if revival technology is perfected in 100 years, there’s no way to prove “this person is really that person.” DNA can be altered, biometric data can be lost, and legal status remains undefined for decades. You could become an entity recognized by neither family nor state.
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Identity Discontinuity Problem Visualization
Dr. Yeon Sam-Heum, CEO:
“There are people who chose not to die. People who chose to wake up again in the future. They have the right to prove ‘I am me.’ After 100 years, after 1000 years. This isn’t a technology problem — it’s a human rights problem.”
💡 WIA’s Solution: CRYO-IDENTITY
WIA-CRYO-IDENTITY is the world’s first international standard ensuring identity continuity for cryopreserved individuals. It includes biometric data preservation, legal identity chains, blockchain-based immutable records, and multi-factor authentication protocols for future revival.
The standard encrypts and distributes multi-layer biometric data (DNA, iris, fingerprint, voice) collected before preservation, automatically tracks legal status changes, and confirms identity through multi-factor authentication at revival. All processes are recorded on blockchain, making tampering impossible.
📊 Existing Solutions vs WIA Standard
| Feature | Existing | WIA CRYO-IDENTITY |
|---|---|---|
| Identity Data | Single institution storage | Multi-layer biometric + distributed |
| Legal Continuity | Undefined | Auto-tracked legal status chain |
| Tamper Protection | None | Blockchain immutable records |
| Revival Authentication | No defined procedure | Multi-factor auth protocol |
| Price | Proprietary/Expensive | Completely Free |
🔧 Standard Structure
| Phase | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Format | Standard format for multi-layer biometric data including DNA profile, iris, fingerprint, and voice. Includes encryption methods suitable for long-term preservation. |
| 2 | API Interface | RESTful API for identity data registration, retrieval, and verification. Ensures interoperability between cryonics facilities and legal institutions. |
| 3 | Protocol | Pre-preservation registration, status monitoring during preservation, and multi-factor authentication procedures at revival. Blockchain-based immutable record protocol. |
| 4 | Integration | Integration guidelines for existing cryonics facilities, medical systems, and legal identity systems. Legacy data migration support. |
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Successful Post-Revival Identity Verification Vision
Dr. Yeon Sam-Heum, CEO:
“We determined that DNA alone isn’t enough. DNA can be altered, even cloned. So we combined multi-layer biometric data with legal chains and blockchain records. We designed it to be admissible in courts 100 years from now.”
🌏 弘益人間 (Hongik Ingan) — Open Source Declaration
弘益人間 (Hongik Ingan)
“Benefit All Humanity”
A 4,000-year-old founding philosophy of the Republic of Korea
WIA is releasing CRYO-IDENTITY under MIT License with no patents.
| ✅ | Forever Free | No licensing fees |
| ✅ | Open Source | MIT License |
| ✅ | No Patents | Intentionally not filed |
| ✅ | Global Standard | Available for everyone worldwide |
Dr. Yeon Sam-Heum, CEO:
“Whether Alcor or Cryonics Institute adopts this standard or not, we don’t care. Our goal isn’t their customers — it’s all of humanity who will wake up in the future. This is a gift from the Republic of Korea to them. This is 弘益人間.”
📦 Related Services
| 📚 | Official eBook | wiabooks.store • English Edition: $99 • Korean Edition: $99 |
| 🎮 | Free Simulator | cryo-identity.wiastandards.com • Try it directly in your browser |
| 🏆 | WIA Certification | cert.wiastandards.com • Compliance certification program • Global certification mark |
| 💼 | Consulting | Standards implementation consulting • Contact: contact@thekoreantoday.global |
📋 Technical Information
| Standard | WIA-CRYO-IDENTITY v1.0 |
| GitHub | github.com/WIA-Official/wia-standards |
| License | MIT (Free, Open Source) |
🏢 About WIA
World Certification Industry Association (WIA) is an international standards organization with a mission to provide equal opportunities to all humanity through technology and certification.
WIA is developing over 400 international standards across accessibility, security, AI, environment, healthcare, and more — all released as free and open source.
🦀 Tech Stack: WIA’s core APIs are built with Rust — a systems programming language developed by Mozilla that uniquely achieves both memory safety and zero-cost abstractions. Rust is adopted by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta for their critical infrastructure, and is the only language besides C to be officially accepted into the Linux kernel. WIA chose the most rigorous tech stack with the philosophy: “Standards deserve standard-grade code.”
👤 About the Founder
Dr. Yeon Sam-Heum is recognized as South Korea’s top-tier AI-powered programmer and a living legend in lifelong education.
Since founding SmileStory Inc. in 2009, he has operated 11 business sectors including travel, insurance, publishing, education, media, web/software development, medical devices, medical tourism, and business consulting. In 2018, he established WIA to pursue an unprecedented mission: free international standards for all humanity.
“We don’t sell standards. We gift them. When Dangun, the legendary founder of Korea, said ‘Benefit All Humanity’ 4,000 years ago, we can finally realize what that means through technology. The most beautiful gift the Republic of Korea can give to the world — that is WIA.”
📞 Contact
| Representative | Dr. Yeon Sam-Heum |
| Position | President, WIA (World Certification Industry Association) |
| contact@thekoreantoday.global | |
| Phone | +82-1599-1045 |
Address
SmileStory Inc.
5F D01-511, Innermass Magok 1st
21, Magok Jungang 6-ro, Gangseo-gu
Seoul 07793, Republic of Korea
弘益人間 — Hongik Ingan — Benefit All Humanity
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