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The promise and peril of Worldcoin – GIS Reports

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The crypto-backed biometric identity network promises to upend finance, governance and democracy itself. Is Worldcoin a magic bullet, tool for despotism or pipe dream?

The crypto-backed biometric identity network promises to upend finance, governance and democracy itself. Is Worldcoin a magic bullet, tool for despotism or pipe dream? The Worldcoin website on a laptop arranged in Germantown, New York, on launch day, July 24, 2023. © Getty Images × In a nutshell A universal identity network would have powerful, wide-ranging applications Worldcoin faces regulatory, technical and practical challenges Non-adoption may be the biggest barrier to the revolutionary change promised When Worldcoin, the biometric cryptocurrency project, launched on July 24, 2023, three

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