Hacker News
- Deception, exploited workers, and free cash: How Worldcoin recruited 500K users https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ 6 comments
- Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited users https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ 2 comments
- Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million test users https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ 4 comments technology
- Worldcoin - A a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income OR...an Exploitative "profit off the poor" scam? https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ 23 comments cryptocurrency
Linking pages
- Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse - Blockworks https://blockworks.co/news/worldcoin-privacy-concerns 353 comments
- Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/15/worldcoin-in-kenya/ 191 comments
- Worldcoin: a solution in search of its problem https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/worldcoin-a-solution-in-search-of 168 comments
- Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not? | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/27/are-you-going-to-let-sam-altmans-crypto-project-scan-your-eyeballs-or-not/ 121 comments
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman wants to convince billions of people to scan their eyes to prove they aren’t bots. Meet Worldcoin, the founder’s crypto project https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-wants-110000591.html 94 comments
- The venture capitalist's dilemma - Molly White https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-capitalists-dilemma 88 comments
- OpenAI CEO's other startup aims to give crypto to people who scan irises in orb | Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/sam-altman-cryptocurrency-startup-uses-eye-scans 82 comments
- Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. - The New York Times http://nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/worldcoin-iris-scans.html 65 comments
- What Is Worldcoin? Here’s What To Know About The Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Launched By OpenAI’s Sam Altman https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/07/24/what-is-worldcoin-heres-what-to-know-about-the-eyeball-scanning-crypto-project-launched-by-openais-sam-altman/?sh=50eb986a5c4b 63 comments
- First crypto burger purchase at Bored Ape restaurant illustrates why people don't widely do this https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=first-crypto-burger-purchase-at-bored-ape-restaurant-illustrates-why-people-dont-widely-do-this 60 comments
- ChatGPT Creator’s Worldcoin Token Goes Live This Week https://beincrypto.com/openai-sam-altmans-worldcoin-token-wld/ 47 comments
- What Is Worldcoin? Here’s What To Know About The Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Launched By OpenAI’s Sam Altman https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/07/24/what-is-worldcoin-heres-what-to-know-about-the-eyeball-scanning-crypto-project-launched-by-openais-sam-altman/ 41 comments
- Twitter Becomes X, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and Google’s Robotics Lab - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/podcasts/elons-x-machina-crypto-orbs-and-a-visit-to-googles-robot-lab.html 38 comments
- Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin Is Having An Identity Crisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2023/08/10/worldcoin-sam-altman-identity-crisis/ 38 comments
- What to Know About Worldcoin and the Controversy Around It | TIME https://time.com/6300522/worldcoin-sam-altman/ 33 comments
- Sam Altman's Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-altmans-worldcoin-eyeball-scanning-073648283.html 26 comments
- Worldcoin Gets Widely Trashed on Social Media https://beincrypto.com/social-media-reaction-worldcoin-overwhelmingly-negative/ 25 comments
- Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/worldcoin-sam-altman-orb/ 23 comments
- WLD Token Slumps Amid Crypto Community Concerns About Worldcoin Project https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/25/worldcoin-token-slumps-amid-crypto-community-unease/ 19 comments
- Kenyan Government Suspends Worldcoin (WLD) Activity https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/02/kenyan-government-suspends-worldcoin-activity/ 16 comments