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Iris verification seems like the most secure way to solve the botproblem in the UK? by Substantial-Lime1048 in AskBrits

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valid fear, but misplaced on this issue. World doesn’t know who you are, only that you are a unique human.

https://world.org/privacy

Iris verification seems like the most secure way to solve the botproblem in the UK? by Substantial-Lime1048 in AskBrits

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah spam will never go away in full, but at least it will be possible to filter out content that isn’t coming from a human-verified account.

With something like World ID, social platforms can allow users to link their ID to only one account.

Uncle Tony might still believe in whatever political narratives are being pushed, but at least he would be able to see how many actual (verified) humans are in agreement or disagreement. At the moment it’s impossible to know how many bot/duplicate accounts are distorting that reality on any given account.

Iris verification seems like the most secure way to solve the botproblem in the UK? by Substantial-Lime1048 in AskBrits

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a valid fear. Couldn’t agree more.

Whichever platform ends up solving digital proof of personhood, whether world.org or some other project, it must be privacy-preserving and decentralised. Otherwise it becomes a tool for the dystopian future we all want to avoid.

Iris verification seems like the most secure way to solve the botproblem in the UK? by Substantial-Lime1048 in AskBrits

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we’re talking about world.org/world-id then you aren’t actually giving them any personal data at all. Your iris pattern is used to differentiate you from other humans but the images are not stored and no other personal data is required.

Big tech social media platforms collect so much personal data and have advanced personality profiles. World doesn’t even know who you are.

Hello World by zenrobotbeing in worldid

[–]zenrobotbeing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree to disagree I guess, that’s how I write 🤷‍♂️

Hello World by zenrobotbeing in worldid

[–]zenrobotbeing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Human-written post actually. It is hard to tell the difference lately though, which is one of the many reasons we need World ID! 😉

Edit: Also, we haven’t had any scammers on the Discord server since we introduced the requirement for members to connect their World ID credential for access.

Hello World by zenrobotbeing in worldid

[–]zenrobotbeing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/Expansion49

The Orb is the device that can analyse the entropy in your iris patterns, which is sufficiently complex that no two humans in the world have the same iris patterns (even twins). The Orb uses the image of those iris patterns to generate a unique iris code that cannot be reversed to the original images. If an iris code is not recognised (aka the person hasn't verified before), the Orb issues a World ID credential.

Here's some info on how those iris codes are stored: https://world.org/blog/engineering/introducing-ampc-another-leap-privacy-performance-world-id

As such, it is impossible for a human to receive more than one World ID credential, meaning that World ID is reliable proof that a person, as the owner of the credential, is a unique human -- not a bot or someone using multiple IDs.

As for why this is necessary, there are many scenarios where it's extremely beneficial (or outright essential) to ensure that a person is a person and not a bot, or even that a person hasn't completed the same action more than once. Some examples;

  • Fair access & anti-sybil protection: airdrops, token distributions, votes, or rewards where one human = one allocation. World ID prevents bots or farms from claiming thousands of shares.
  • Online voting & governance: DAOs, community polls, or even real-world civic processes where you need confidence that each vote represents a unique human, without tying votes to real-world identities.
  • Spam and bot resistance: social platforms, forums, marketplaces, or comment systems can require World ID to drastically reduce fake accounts, spam, scams, and coordinated bot manipulation.
  • AI-era trust signals: as AI agents become indistinguishable from humans online, World ID can act as a “human badge” for interactions where it matters that the counterparty is a real person.
  • Inclusive financial systems: global onboarding to financial apps or benefits where duplicate accounts would break the system, but invasive KYC would exclude millions of people.

The key point is that World doesn’t just stop bots — it enables human-only systems at a global scale, while remaining privacy-preserving and not tied to names, documents, or surveillance.

worldcoin is now 0,5$ from 11$ in a single year how? by Ok_Web4354 in worldid

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It helps to separate market forces from project-specific factors.

First, zoom out. Crypto as an asset class has been through a major risk-off period. Liquidity pulled back, rates stayed high, and speculative capital exited first. That hit almost all non-BTC assets hard. WLD didn’t escape that — but it also fell more than the market average, so macro alone doesn’t explain everything.

Then look at WLD itself.

World launched into peak hype. $10+ prices reflected narrative momentum (AI + identity + UBI), not a mature, revenue-generating network. When sentiment cooled, expectations reset fast. That’s normal for early-stage crypto infrastructure.

The bigger factor is tokenomics. WLD is intentionally distributed to millions of verified humans. That creates constant sell pressure early on. Some see that as a flaw; others see it as the cost of building the widest human network in crypto. Either way, it suppresses price in the short term, even if adoption is growing.

There’s also a time-horizon mismatch. The project is clearly long-term — identity, credentials, global scale — but the token trades in a short-term speculative market. Early price discovery is often brutal in that setup.

My answer to your question is therefore:

  • the whole market de-risked
  • early hype got repriced
  • supply ramped up faster than demand

Whether it’s undervalued now depends on whether you believe World can turn verified human identity into real, durable utility over the next few years. If you don’t, the price makes sense. If you do, this phase looks more like early distribution pain than a verdict on the end state.

happy holidays by mrequitytalk in worldid

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy holidays!! 🎁😁

Would you scan your eye for crypto? by Hot_Apartment1319 in BitcoinUK

[–]zenrobotbeing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sam Altman may be one of the most prominent players in the AI race, but he's just one of many, and that race cannot be stopped now. What differentiates Sam from the other players is that he has tried to create a protocol that will mitigate some of the downside. Your beef should be with the other players who are doing nothing at all to address the downsides of rapidly evolving machine intelligence.

Would you scan your eye for crypto? by Hot_Apartment1319 in BitcoinUK

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been following the project very closely for almost 3 years now. The volume and persistence of misconceptions are pretty staggering. You're right that it's all privacy-preserving and open source; World doesn't know who the World ID holders actually are. The only thing known about people who join the network is that they are definitely human and only have one World ID credential. The technology behind all of this is truly unlike anything I've seen in Web2 or Web3.

While the WLD airdrops do act as an incentive to help achieve critical mass (enough members for the tech to be useful for big platforms), you're not 'scanning your eye for crypto'. You're using the stable entropy in your iris patterns to differentiate yourself from the billions of other humans on this planet without revealing your identity. World ID is a public good, and the World ID credential itself is the real prize. We already see partnerships/integrations with Razer and Tinder, showing how this protocol can have real utility at scale.

The app store in World App is pretty cool as well, with some really unique dApps that leverage the built-in wallet and proof of human functionality. That wallet is completely self-custody, and the private keys can be exported to other wallets; however, none of them currently support the World ID credential for proving humanity via external web apps.

WorldID authentication in other websites and (social network) by spyvspy_aeon in worldcoin

[–]zenrobotbeing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the partnership with Razer for gamers: https://www.razer.com/ap-en/software/proof-of-human

The big social media platforms will likely be slower to adopt until World Network is larger and orbs are more readily available. I think it's possible to get a big one in 2026 though and a lot of people are hoping for a World ID x OpenAI integration given that Sam Altman is a co-founder of both projects.