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OpenAI co-founder’s ‘World ID’ project launches, along with SDK waitlist

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OpenAI co-founder’s 'World ID' project launches, along with SDK waitlist

Crypto unicorn Worldcoin has launched a waitlist for its “World ID” software development kit (SDK) — which will allow websites to verify the uniqueness and humanness of its users without storing their personal information. 

The company has also launched the World ID software itself, allowing end users to

Worldcoin launched in October 2021 by giving away cryptocurrency in exchange for iris scans. According to Worldcoin, these scans produced numbers that could be tied to a user’s identity, but no image of the scans was stored.

In December 2015, the first Worldcoin ATM was implemented in Bratislava, Slovakia, when operator Cryptodiggers.eu decided to offer the coin in its ATM alongside Bitcoin.