The Worldcoin Foundation, an organization behind the iris-scanning Worldcoin crypto project, has launched a developer preview of its upcoming Layer 2 network, World Chain.

The World Chain developer preview enables a limited number of developers to start exploring, building, testing and providing feedback on World Chain before its mainnet launch, expected later this summer, according to a statement shared with The Block.

The preview also allows developers to set up their deployments ahead of the migration of Worldcoin’s more than 10 million World App users from its existing base on OP Mainnet. World Chain is intended to be permissionless, open source and independently governed by its community, the Worldcoin Foundation said.

First announced in April, the World Chain is secured by …