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Worldcoin

Worldcoin

Worldcoin is a digital currency that launches by giving away a piece to every person in the world

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Worldcoin is a new form of cryptocurrency that supports the idea of wealth and money being distributed more equally across the world. The aim of worldcoin is to offer an equal share of the digital currency to every human on the planet, inspired by the idea of a universal basic income.

Worldcoin, on October 21st, announced the launch of a global digital currency with the aim to distribute it fairly among individuals. Also, on its launch, people can get a free share of Worldcoin.

The power of any network lies in its participants, i.e., the more the participants, the more influential the will be network. Talking about cryptocurrencies, these have the ability to distribute the ownership and the control of the networks among their users. It is said that cryptocurrencies can drastically increase access to the internet economy. But, the problem here is that a significantly less percentage of the global population actually participates in these networks.

Worldcoin aims to provide everyone access to its global currency, and it will allow every person to have a free share of it for the purpose of getting its new currency in everybody’s hands.

Provide proof that you’re a human:

I already mentioned that Worldcoin could provide every individual with a free share of currency. But, to claim your share, you have to prove that you are a human and not a bot.

To prove your humanness, Worldcoin has come up with a new device called Orb that captures the image of a person’s eyes. This image is then converted to a short numeric code that checks whether the individual has already signed up. The person will get his share of Worldcoin if he hasn’t signed up already.

Also, it preserves the users’ privacy by not linking this numeric code to their transactions or wallet.

The field tests are going on in many locations across the globe with Orb. A single device has the capacity to onboard nearly seven hundred individuals a year, and the testing data suggests that within the next two years, it can potentially onboard one billion people.

It is estimated that over 100,000 individuals have already signed up for Worldcoin. Note that 25 independent entrepreneurs are actively testing around 30 Orbs in 12 countries, and these tests are expected to be scaled up in the coming months.

The team is also working on the development of a wallet app that would be very easy to use and understand. With this wallet app, users will be able to participate in peer-to-peer payments across the globe and can also find the Orb operators to get their share of Worldcoin. Being non-custodial, the wallet will provide direct control to the users.

Timeline

March 23, 2022
Worldcoin raises a $100,000,000 corporate funding round from Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures.
October 21, 2021
Worldcoin raises a $25,000,000 venture round from 1confirmation, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Hashed, Multicoin Capital, Sam Bankman-Fried, Three Arrows Capital and Variant Fund.

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Further Resources

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What is World Coin? (Should We Be Worried or Excited)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIM4o5VL3qc

Web

October 22, 2021

Worldcoin launches a global cryptocurrency that will be given to every person on earth

Dean Takahashi

https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/21/worldcoin-launches-a-global-cryptocurrency-that-will-be-given-to-every-person-on-earth/

Web

October 21, 2021

Worldcoin: FREE Crypto For Scanning YOUR EYE!?? 👁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynmz6Voy378

Web

October 29, 2021

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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
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Funding round

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Industry
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
Distributed ledger
Distributed ledger
Tokenization
Tokenization
Blockchain
Blockchain
Smart contract
Smart contract
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Germany
CEO
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Alex Blania
Founder
Sam Altman
Sam Altman
Sandro Herbig
Sandro Herbig
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Alex Blania
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...469282-15
Number of Employees (Ranges)
50 – 99
Investors
Masha Drokova
Masha Drokova
Day One Ventures
Day One Ventures
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman
Digital Currency Group
Digital Currency Group
Multicoin Capital
Multicoin Capital
1confirmation
1confirmation
Coinbase Ventures
Coinbase Ventures
Blockchange Ventures
Blockchange Ventures
...
Founded Date
2019
Email Address
press@worldcoin.org
hello@worldcoin.org
Total Funding Amount (USD)
125,000,000
Latest Funding Round Date
March 23, 2022
Competitors
Circle (company)
Circle (company)
Celo
Celo
STASIS EURO
STASIS EURO
Carbon
Carbon
Business Model
Transaction processing / marketplace
Commerce
Stock Symbol
WORLD
Latest Funding Type
‌
Corporate funding round

Funding Round attributes

Funding Type
Private equity
Private equity
Funding Round Amount (USD)
25,000,000
Funding Round Date
October 21, 2021
Postmoney Valuation
3,000,000,000

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Premoney Valuation
3,000,000,000
Funding Round Investor
a16z crypto
a16z crypto
Public/Private
Private
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
100,000,000
TikTok URL
tiktok.com/@worldcoin
Blog
worldcoin.org/blog
Company Operating Status
Active
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