Sam Altman Wants to Scan Your Eyeballs for Crypto: Is This the Future or a Dystopian Nightmare?

Bald Man's Eye Scanning Scheme: What is Worldcoin Anyway?

Alright alright settle down you juicers! Let's talk about this Worldcoin thing. So Sam Altman the dude who's probably trying to replace us all with Skynet is now offering to scan your eyeballs for crypto. Yeah you heard me right. He wants to look into your soul... or at least your iris. The idea is to create a global ID system to prove you're a real person and not some bot farming gold in WoW. But does it smell a bit like a cyberpunk movie gone wrong? You bet your sweet bippy it does!

The Orb and the Promise of Free Crypto (and Possibly Your Identity)

So here's the deal. You walk up to this thing called an 'Orb' – which sounds like something straight out of a Destiny raid – and it scans your face and eyeballs for about 30 seconds. Then BAM! You get a unique 'IrisCode' and some free crypto called WLD. The claim is that it verifies you're human and haven't already signed up. They're launching these Orb stations in cities all over the US like Austin Atlanta Los Angeles and even Nashville. It sounds like a decent deal until you realize you're getting paid in crypto. What are you gonna buy with that? A pack of gum at this point?

Big Names Big Concerns: Visa and Tinder Joining the Party?

Visa's making a World Visa card exclusively for iris scanned individuals. What is this Gattaca? And Tinder's testing World ID for age verification in Japan. Look I get the need to prove you're not a 12 year old catfishing lonely weebs but is eye scanning really the solution? Feels a little extreme doesn't it? It seems that Sam is really trying to penetrate the markets maybe even as far as penetrating that hairline recession of his...

Data Privacy? More Like Data Anxiety!

Here's where things get spicy. Worldcoin claims they keep some personal data to prevent fraud but investors swear it's decentralized and impossible to reverse engineer. They also mention splitting the data between different financial and blockchain institutions. Is this truly secure? Is there any guarantee that this won't leak? They are so confident in the system and they are really testing the limits of that famous quote 'Do you guys not have phones?'

Funded by the Elite: Because Nothing Says 'For the People' Like Billionaire Backing

Tools for Humanity the company behind Worldcoin has raised over $140 million from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman. So it's got the money and the backing but does it have the trust? Can we really trust these ultra billionaires with such sensitive information? Remember folks they are the people that don't play video games so they really aren't like you and me!

One Billion Eyeballs: A Dystopian Dream or a Global Identity Solution?

Worldcoin wants to scan a billion people's irises. A BILLION! That's a lot of eyeballs man. They haven't met the expected goal to scale up that high yet but they aren't giving up. Now I'm not saying this is the mark of the beast or anything but it definitely feels like we're edging closer to some kind of cyberpunk future. It's a slippery slope and I'm not sure if I'm ready to slide down it you know? What do you guys think? Is this the future of identity or a one way ticket to a dystopian nightmare? Let me know in the chat!