Talk:World (blockchain)

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Launch in Africa

Where would it be appropriate to talk about the launch of Worldcoin in Africa? Kenya was the first African country chosen for the launch but it has now been suspended over safety concerns. SpicyTofuNoodles (talk) 08:45, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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There's a typo near the bottom: fraudulend -> fraudulent Spitzanator (talk) 05:15, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cannolis (talk) 05:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add information to the topic "Controversies"

The Portuguese newspaper Expresso reports that in Portugal, Worldcoin has already collected the biometric data of 300,000 people, attracting mainly young people and people in need. The Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados, CNPD) has already carried out an inspection and is analyzing the legality of the project in collaboration with European authorities. The CNPD has expressed concern about the use of the service by minors, despite the company officially limiting membership to those over 18. Many young people have downloaded the app and provided their biometric data in exchange for money. Collecting personal data from children requires parental consent, and the CNPD has reservations about whether the interests of minors are being ensured. The newspaper also reports that the collection of biometric data has been suspended in France, India and Brazil and in Spain, where more than 360,000 users have registered on the platform, the Spanish Data Protection Agency has received four complaints which are still being assessed.[1] 2001:8A0:F954:FD00:6840:8C6C:183A:2652 (talk) 00:04, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm proposing the following edits. I work for Tools for Humanity, and I have declared my conflict of interest on my userpage as well as above.

1. History section, third paragraph, first sentence: Add "led by Andreessen Horowitz" after "$25 million". Can cite to any of these citations already existing in the Wikipedia article:

"You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the 'Orb' Scans Your Eye". Wired. 2021-10-21. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29.
Matney, Lucas (2021-10-21). "Sam Altman's Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
Browne, Ryan (2021-10-21). "Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 2, 2024. Retrieved 2023-08-26.

2. History section, fourth paragraph (MIT Technology Review): Add, to the end of that paragraph:

The MIT Technology Review report noted that a Bloomberg News article from a year earlier quoted Blania as saying "[M]any people around the world don't have access to financial systems yet. Crypto has the opportunity to get us there."

... using the same MIT Technology Review citation. (Here, by the way, is the Bloomberg News article: [2])

3. History section. After fifth paragraph (i.e., after TechCrunch paragraph), add the following new paragraph:

In May 2024, Worldcoin switched to a secure multi-party computation (SMPC) protocol to store and securely encrypt its biometric templates.^[1] After previously stored templates were migrated to SMPC, the old iris codes were securely deleted.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Birch, David G.W. (June 12, 2024). "Biometric Honeypots? Cryptography Delivers A Much Better Way To Work". Forbes. Retrieved June 11, 2025.

4. Legal and regulatory issues section: The first paragraph does not reflect what the citation says. Please replace it with the following, per the citation:

As of 2023, the currency had not formally launched in the U.S., due to U.S. regulators cracking down on digital assets based on fears over cryptocurrencies being used as a vehicle for speculation and fraud.^[1]

^ Hammond, George; Chipolina, Scott (2023-07-24). "Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Kim.TFH (talk) 13:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am setting this to answered. Most of this has either already been done or is unnecessary (see WP:FORBESCON, etc.) Wikipedia is not a platform for promotion, so the inane quote from Blania is inappropriate. Grayfell (talk) 01:26, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grayfell, and thank you for explaining that. I now understand your points on items 1–3.

On item 4, I would like to elaborate further:

In the Legal and regulatory issues section, in terms of the sentence "The currency has not formally launched in many countries because of concerns by national regulators regarding privacy and potential use of the tokens for fraudulent purposes", it is not confirmed in the citation [3]. The only country the citation mentions is the U.S., and the the only 'national regulators' the citation mentions are "US regulators".

Therefore I would like to request that the sentence be replaced with:

As of 2023, the currency had not launched in the U.S., due to U.S. regulators cracking down on digital assets based on fears over cryptocurrencies being used as a vehicle for speculation and fraud.^[1]

^ Hammond, George; Chipolina, Scott (2023-07-24). "Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

The other alternative I believe would be to delete the sentence entirely as it is unsupported by the citation.

Thank you for your consideration. Kim.TFH (talk) 01:10, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your proposed wording was selective and overly-promotional. I have adjusted the article's wording to resolve this issue. The first paragraph now more clearly summarizes the rest of the section, which lists several countries with many sources. Grayfell (talk) 04:17, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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First sentence: Please change "Berlin-based" (which is incorrect) to "Munich-based".

Here is verification that Tools for Humanity is based in Munich:

Thank you, Kim.TFH (talk) 00:26, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done . UmbyUmbreon (talk) 03:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox for Tools for Humanity: Please restore Alex Blania as CEO in the "Key people" section. (It used to be there [4].) Verification that he is CEO: [5].

Thank you. Kim.TFH (talk) 22:04, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done PK650 (talk) 00:00, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[forbes2024/05/22-1] Birch, David G.W. (June 12, 2024). "Biometric Honeypots? Cryptography Delivers A Much Better Way To Work". Forbes. Retrieved June 11, 2025.

[ArsT_2023-07-24-2] Hammond, George; Chipolina, Scott (2023-07-24). "Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[ArsT_2023-07-24-3] Hammond, George; Chipolina, Scott (2023-07-24). "Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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