Trusted identification of enrolling users based on images and unique identifiers associated with sponsoring users

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a first unique identifier from at least one remote system;
• capture a first image of an enrolling user;
• embed the first unique identifier in the first image by steganography, wherein embedding the first unique identifier in the first image by steganography comprises adjusting at least one bit of a plurality of pixel values of the first image based on the first unique identifier;
• and
• communicate first image data associated with the first image of the enrolling user to the at least one remote system, the first image data comprising the first unique identifier embedded in the first image,
• wherein, in response to receiving the first image data, the at least one remote system is configured to record the first image data and the first unique identifier in a ledger;
• generate a first edge in a tree based on the first image data comprising the first unique identifier, the tree comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, each node of the plurality of nodes connected to at least one other node of the plurality of nodes by a respective edge of the plurality of edges, the first edge connecting a first node of the plurality of nodes associated with a sponsoring user to a second node of the plurality of nodes associated with the enrolling user;
• and determine a trust score for the second node based on a respective trust score of each of at least one node of the plurality of nodes connected to the second node by a respective edge of the plurality of edges, the at least one node of the plurality of nodes comprising the first node, the first node associated with a first trust score.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• receive a first unique identifier from at least one remote system;
• capture a first image of an enrolling user;
• embed the first unique identifier in the first image by steganography, wherein embedding the first unique identifier in the first image by steganography comprises adjusting at least one bit of a plurality of pixel values of the first image based on the first unique identifier;
• and
• communicate first image data associated with the first image of the enrolling user to the at least one remote system, the first image data comprising the first unique identifier embedded in the first image,
• wherein, in response to receiving the first image data, the at least one remote system records the first image data and the first unique identifier in a ledger;
• generates a first edge in a tree based on the first image data comprising the first unique identifier, the tree comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, each node of the plurality of nodes connected to at least one other node of the plurality of nodes by a respective edge of the plurality of edges, the first edge connecting a first node of the plurality of nodes associated with a sponsoring user to a second node of the plurality of nodes associated with the enrolling user;
• and determines a trust score for the second node based on a respective trust score of each of at least one node of the plurality of nodes connected to the second node by a respective edge of the plurality of edges, the at least one node of the plurality of nodes comprising the first node, the first node associated with a first trust score.