The Worldcoin Crypto Project Has Been Launched, But Public Enthusiasm Appears To Be Rampant

JAKARTA - The controversial crypto project, Worldcoin, was launched to the public on July 24, allowing customers to scan their eye slices at designated locations in 20 countries. In return they will receive 25 WLDs, the original token of the project.

The project was preceded by 2 million pre-service registrations, but interest in registering seems to fade after the actual launch. On the first day, users seemed enthusiastic, as the Hong Kong public recorded the highest number of registrations. In the city, there are three special locations called "Orbs", where users scan their eye slices and are given "World ID."

According to a report published by the South China Morning Post, three special locations in Hong Kong each received about 200 registrations on the first day, with a total of 600.

Heatherm Huang, co-founder of the company that operates one of Orbs, said that the total number of registrations is almost half of the total Worldcoin registrations in all of its new markets.

With 600 registrations representing nearly half of the entire new registration, the total number of registrations at all locations on the first day can be estimated at least 1,200.

Cointelegraph tried to contact Worldcoin to confirm the number of registrations exactly, but has not received a response.

Kontras is very sharp in the number of registrations before and after launch shows a lack of enthusiasm. However, the initial registration process is also controversial, as there are reports from MIT imply that the developers behind the project withdrew the first million registrants using fraud, cash payments, and others, especially in developing countries where data protection laws are still weak.

Worldcoin has attracted the attention and comments of many well-known figures in the crypto community, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. As a defense, the project states that it does not collect personal information and can delete biometric data at the request of users.