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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Hibaq Farah

EXPLAINED: New cryptocurrency offers users tokens for scanning their eyeballs | Vintage Vibes

Generic photo of an eye
People having their eyeballs scanned for the Worldcoin scheme will receive a World ID that it says will prove they are a ‘real and unique person’. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Members of the public are being invited to have their eyeballs scanned by a silver orb as part of cryptocurrency project that aims to use biometric verification to distinguish humans from AI systems.

People signing up to the Worldcoin scheme via an app this week will receive a “genesis grant” of 25 tokens, equivalent to about £40, after having their iris scanned by one of the bowling ball-sized devices.

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