Altman's Worldcoin Offers Eyeball Scans for Verification Across Apps Like Reddit and Minecraft
• Worldcoin, Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project, is integrating with apps like Reddit, Discord, Shopify, etc. to provide identity verification services.
• Worldcoin aims to redistribute wealth after AI captures the world's money. Users verify their identity by scanning their eyeballs through an orb.
• The integration allows apps to let users verify accounts and use World ID as a login system. Altman wants World ID to be the internet's default verification.
• Minecraft, which removed Bitcoin payments in 2022, is now letting users "verify their humanness" through Worldcoin's system.
• Verification services like World ID are concerning - they require biodata and sign up for a specific financial vision in return for identity confirmation.