Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse
by brian_cloutier on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:18PM
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I said and I meant "more fair". We both agree this will not be a perfectly fair airdrop. Anything not perfect is feudalism?
> What prevents a factory owner from having all of his employees grab an orb, scan their irises, claim their coin, and then hand over their wallets to him as a condition of employment?
The airdrop is gated in multiple places. Everybody needs to visit an orb to claim worldcoin but the set of active orbs is managed by worldcoin and when one of them acts suspiciously the orb can be deactivated, among other counter-measures. A set of wallets all owned by distinct people will act differently than a set of wallets controlled by one person.
This is obviously not a perfect counter-measure, some fraud will absolutely occur. It is still a more fair initial distribution than any other currency I know of.
> What prevents a factory owner from having all of his employees grab an orb, scan their irises, claim their coin, and then hand over their wallets to him as a condition of employment?
The airdrop is gated in multiple places. Everybody needs to visit an orb to claim worldcoin but the set of active orbs is managed by worldcoin and when one of them acts suspiciously the orb can be deactivated, among other counter-measures. A set of wallets all owned by distinct people will act differently than a set of wallets controlled by one person.
This is obviously not a perfect counter-measure, some fraud will absolutely occur. It is still a more fair initial distribution than any other currency I know of.