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Imagine walking into a store in the near future--not with cash, not with a card, but with your eyes. No wallet, no phone. Just your iris. It sounds like science fiction. But it's happening now, and it's called Worldcoin.
This is no ordinary tech rollout. The project, co-founded by OpenAI/ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman, is expanding rapidly across the world, offering people free cryptocurrency in exchange for one thing: a scan of their eyeball. And while some hail it as the next leap in digital identity and security, others--particularly Christians--are sounding the alarm as it prepares to enter the US this month.
Locations to register are being set up in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco to start but it is expected to expand rapidly.
While the technology is cutting-edge, the implications are ancient.
How Does Worldcoin Work?
At the heart of the project is a device called the Orb--a metallic, bowling-ball-sized scanner that captures a high-resolution image of your iris. This image is then converted into a unique digital code that becomes your World ID--your new identity in the digital age.
Once verified, you're rewarded with Worldcoin tokens (WLD), a cryptocurrency you can store and use via the World App, a digital wallet already integrating with payment systems and global platforms. The goal, Altman says, is to distinguish humans from AI in an increasingly automated online world, while also laying the foundation for a universal basic income model.
The Orb's main purpose is to make scanning people’s irises easier, but at some point, it’s expected to also serve as a point-of-sale terminal meaning you could buy items using just your eyeballs
But let's not sugarcoat this: the infrastructure being built isn't just for verification. It's being designed to eventually link who you are biologically with how you access money, social services, voting rights, and more.
And that should give every believer pause.
Some may argue, "It's just for convenience," or, "It's voluntary." But technology never stays still. Today's novelty is tomorrow's necessity. And what begins as "optional" often becomes "essential"--especially when tied to the flow of money.
Just look at how facial recognition is already used in airports, how palm-scanning has entered Amazon's checkout lines, and how digital IDs are being tested by governments worldwide. Apple's Face ID was the gateway drug. Now the iris is next.
What Worldcoin is doing is accelerating the normalization of biometric access as the new currency. And when you combine that with digital wallets, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and AI-driven identity systems, we are witnessing the slow fusion of the body with the bank.
The major concern isn't just privacy--it's control.
Biometric data is the most intimate form of identification. You can change your password. You can't change your retina. If your eye scan becomes the gateway to your bank account, your passport, or your ability to participate in digital society, then whoever controls that infrastructure controls you.
What happens when you disagree with the system? Or the government? Or the culture? What if "proving you're human" becomes contingent on your beliefs, social behavior, or political views?
We've seen previews of this already: social credit scores in China, PayPal freezing accounts based on speech, bank accounts suspended during protests in Canada. These aren't conspiracy theories--they're warnings.
And they echo something we've read before.
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