Worldcoin offers users $20 worth of a new cryptocurrency in exchange for scanning that user's retina and adding them to a database. Their business model is mass surveillance and cryptocurrency wrapped into one.

So far, the launch has been a disaster: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-crypto-eyeball-scanning-orb-problems

Sam Altman, the founder of Worldcoin AND the CEO of OpenAI, says that the rise of AI is why we need tools to verify who is human.

Yes, Sam is selling us one tool to "protect" us from the harm his other tool is causing.

“As a Worldcoin Operator, you'll earn money for everyone you sign up with an Orb. You'll build your own team, run your operations and help get people excited about starting their Worldcoin journey.”- https://worldcoin.org/be-a-worldcoin-operator

I guess they went with an orb because a pyramid was too on the nose. #Worldcoin #MLM #PyramidScheme

@docpop I thought this thing happened and was mostly a failure like two years ago... They're back, apparently?

(citation: https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/sam-altmans-worldcoin-wants-to-scan-every-humans-eyeball-and-give-them-crypto-in-exchange/ )