Worldcoin

Going to be hard to pull off. I'm surprised Sam Altman doesn't have the foresight to see that in a world where no one trusts institutions no one will willingly pay to scan their eyeballs without an obvious value proposition. Most people don't even understand Bitcoin yet

This is a horrible idea

As a technology anthropologist who's helped many companies bring software/hardware products to market, this is unlikely to succeed for several reasons. Growing mistrust of biometrics as a whole, the general market has zero trust for crypto right now, neither this hardware nor blockchain can scale at what would be needed at a societal level. I could go on.

What a terrible interview process, nobody even got back to me after I finished interviewing. Just straight up ghosted.

What most people want is to make an impact to the world and get sense of achievement by contributing, not to be replaced by AI and in turn receive passive basic income - Look at the recent strikes by content makers like those in Hollywood. It's hard to predict how Worldcoin goes in the future without a solid economic model embedded. It may be a good start, but far from enough to address the real issue.

Sometimes the most complicated of problems of the world are solved with pure genius, sheer simplicity, non-negotiable ethics and humanity. This is 100% NOT one of them.

I couldn't log into my account after changing to a new iPhone. I used iTunes to back up my data. I have my password, and I didn't change my phone number, so I can verify myself via OTP (One-Time Password). I completed my verification with Orb, so I thought it would be secure. However, to make matters worse, the customer service representative named Ann ignored my messages. It's really disappointing. I hope they can improve.

Restoring from backup doesn't work. It says it has suspended my account. That kinda proves that this system is not decentralized. One more thing - the only thing that prevents someone to generate tons of fake iris images is that the hardware that creates hashes must be certified by a central party. In that case the central party can get as many coins as they like. That is 100% a scam.

I love worldcoin and it's all initiative on universal verification through different touchpoints i love how they've already implemented as a login forms in a lot of apps.

The best chance for UBI + DID + freedom for the people of the world.