Worldcoin says it wants to ID humanity by scanning the world's eyeballs. But it needs more regulatory scrutiny first, argues LionelRALaurent via opinion
Sam Altman’s imprimatur has given a new lease of life to cryptocurrency Worldcoin, whose orb-shaped iris scanners — key to verifying individuals who can then claim free tokens — are now being pitched as humanity’s future ID system in a world dominated by artificial intelligence. The hype has certainly been very human: After launching this week, the digital money more than doubled in value beforeSo far, so crypto.
Clearly, there’ll always be some kind of market for speculative tokens lacking intrinsic value.
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