Vitalik Buterin Raises Red Flags on Worldcoin’s Launch and Design
Allgemein• Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, raised concerns over the recently launched Worldcoin human identity verification system.
• He discussed issues regarding privacy, accessibility and centralization within the Worldcoin Foundation and security.
• He expressed skepticism about the ability of the system to provide a decentralized way of verifying people’s identities.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Raises Concerns Over Worldcoin
Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog raising concerns on the recently launched Worldcoin human identity verification system. Exploring Sam Altman’s project Worldcoin and its operational mechanics, Buterin delved into the broader concepts, including proof-of-humanity approach.
Worldcoin Overview
Worldcoin offers a unique “digital passport” to its users that allows them to prove they’re human, and not a bot. This massive catalog is achieved through the use of Orbs, machines that scan a person’s eyeball to create a World ID. According to their figures as of now, they had made 1,500 Orbs accessible in 35 global cities — leading to an increase in weekly registrations from 40K to 200K individuals. In total it was estimated that two million people had already signed up for a World ID.
Vitalik’s Concerns
Buterin expressed concern over privacy — scanning someone’s iris could capture much more data than met the eye such as sex, ethnicity and even medical conditions — as well as accessibility and centralization within the Worldcoin Foundation and security. He also questioned whether it would be possible for everyone worldwide to have access to one of these machines (Orbs).
Conclusion
In his concluding remarks, Buterin suggested that if projects like this continue decentralizing as promised then it will help avoid “dependence on centralized authorities” while revealing minimal information possible – ultimately helping “anti-spam and anti-concentration-of-power problems”.
Takeaway
To sum up: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin raised several important points about the recently launched Worldcoin human identity verification system — privacy risks; accessibility issues; centralization within its structure; and security considerations — all which must be taken into account before further development can continue on projects like this in order for them to remain successful in solving anti-spam and concentration of power issues while ensuring user safety at all times.