Crypto Roundup: 25. juli 2023 | CryptoCompare.com

Sam Altman, administrerende direktør for firmaet bag ChatGPTs OpenAI, har lanceret Worldcoin, et kontroversielt kryptovalutaprojekt, der belønner deltagere med krypto for en scanning af deres øjne.

On the day of the full-scale launch, a legion of individuals from across the globe formed lines to peer into silver orbs – the project’s proprietary scanning device. The project is meant to help distinguish humans from robots online, and according to Altman could “drastically increase economic opportunity” while preserving privacy.

Worldcoin envisions its system to potentially set the groundwork for an “AI-funded” universal basic income, albeit the specifics remain unclear. Universal basic income refers to the concept of providing all citizens with a set income irrespective of their means.

Worldcoin’s proposed digital utopia is contingent upon enlisting potentially millions, if not billions, of individuals to submit to iris scans, thereby confirming they are human.

According to the company, its testing phase, initiated two years prior, has already amassed more than two million participants from 33 different countries, primarily in Europe, India, and southern Africa. Interestingly, despite the company’s American roots, U.S. citizens are excluded from the initiative due to regulatory implications.

Worldcoins officielle lancering betyder, at dens tokens nu er tilgængelige på kryptovalutahandelsplatforme.

Selvom det er innovativt, har scanningsprocessen været kontroversiel, især når det kommer til de strategier, der anvendes af kommissionsbaserede orb-operatører, især i mindre velhavende lande.

Derudover har databeskyttelseseksperter rejst bekymring over potentielt misbrug af følsomme oplysninger opnået gennem iris-scanning. Ethereums medstifter Vitalik Buterin og Twitters grundlægger Jack Dorsey er blandt projektets kritikere.

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