As the Worldcoin mainnet goes live, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his thoughts on Worldcoin and the broader topic of biometric proof of personhood in a detailed blog post.

Worldcoin, backed by OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, is a proof of personhood initiative to distinguish genuine human identities from bots and other artificial identities. The distinguishing factor? A specialized ‘Orb’ hardware scans an individual’s iris for biometric proof.

Buterin’s Take on Worldcoin’s Approach and Privacy Concerns

In the detailed analysis of Worldcoin’s approach to biometric identification, Buterin acknowledges the privacy benefits of storing iris hashes. “To me, the privacy of storing iris hashes seems sufficient,” he asserts, indicating an acceptance of the privacy levels afforded by this …