BREAKING: Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Shares His Opinion on Proof of Personhood Following the Launch of WorldCoin

• The Worldcoin Foundation announced today that the Worldcoin project successfully migrated to the OP Mainnet protocol.

• Buterin emphasized the importance of proof of personhood, cautioning that the absence of this mechanism could render decentralized governance susceptible to manipulation.

On Monday, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, expressed his reservations regarding WorldCoin’s proof-of-personhood system as the cryptocurrency was launched on Binance. In a blog post, Buterin stated,

“Proof of personhood is valuable because it solves a lot of anti-spam and anti-concentration-of-power problems that many people have, in a way that avoids dependence on centralized authorities and reveals the minimal information possible.”

The Worldcoin Foundation announced today that the Worldcoin project successfully migrated to the OP Mainnet protocol. As a result, Open AI, the organization behind the development of ChatGPT and co-founded by Sam Altman, will now expand Orb sign-ups for World ID to 35 cities in 20 countries worldwide. Sam Altman is also closely associated with Worldcoin.

Buterin emphasized the importance of proof of personhood, cautioning that the absence of this mechanism could render decentralized governance susceptible to manipulation by “wealthy actors and hostile governments.”

What do I think about biometric proof of personhood?https://t.co/yozo1buW24

— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 24, 2023

To address these apprehensions, many present-day applications rely on government-backed identity systems like credit cards and passports. However, Buterin recognizes that these systems come with privacy compromises and are vulnerable to government exploitation. He identifies four major risks associated with such systems: privacy breaches, limited accessibility, potential centralization, and security vulnerabilities.

Regarding privacy concerns, Buterin remarked, “Potentially, iris scans might reveal more information.” He further raised issues regarding accessibility, stating, “World IDs are not going to be reliably accessible unless there are so many Orbs that anyone in the world can easily get to one.”

Assessing Security Concerns and Vulnerabilities

Buterin highlights several vulnerabilities in terms of security, explaining that hackers could hack users’ phones, coerce users into scanning their irises while showing a public key that belongs to someone else, and there is the possibility of 3D-printing ‘fake people’ that can pass the iris scan and get World IDs.

Despite acknowledging that there is no flawless proof of personhood, Buterin proposes that combining different approaches might present the most effective solution.

He emphasizes, “The most obvious, and greatest, potential privacy leak that any proof-of-personhood system has is linking each action that a person takes to a real-world identity. This data leak is very large, arguably unacceptable large, but fortunately, it is easy to solve with zero knowledge-proof technology.”

Worldcoin Token Price Surges Over 70% on Binance Listing

Earlier today, the Worldcoin Project was officially introduced to the public by OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman. Following the announcement, major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance swiftly prepared to list the Worldcoin (WLD) token on their platforms.

Consequently, a significant influx of investors has been eager to acquire the WLD token during the project’s early phase. Just over an hour after listing on Binance, the WLD token’s price surged by over 74%, and it is currently trading at $2.90 with a market capitalization of $303 million.

Several crypto exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, Bybit, and OKX, added Worldcoin’s WLD token to their listings. Huobi and Bybit have already made the WLD token accessible for both deposits and trading. Bybit has scheduled withdrawals on Tuesday at 10 a.m. UTC, with OKX following suit. 

Huobi users can engage in spot trading with the WLD/USDT pair, while Bybit has also introduced the WLD/USDC pair for trading.

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