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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by drngdds on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:38PM (#36909518)
That it actually freakin' works at doing the thing it's trying to do (providing a currency with a guarantee that each account is controlled by one person)
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by brian_cloutier on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:55PM (#36909771)
I don't believe they have ever promised that. One person = one account is not at all how the system is designed. It is definitely never mentioned or promised here: https://whitepaper.worldcoin.org/ and it is contrary to the system outlined in that document.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by moefh on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:52PM (#36910604)
That whitepaper doesn't explicitly say "one person = one account", but it seems to be a really basic feature of the system:

- They clearly don't want accounts that don't belong to a person ("Keep the Bots Out" is an explicit goal).

- They also don't want one person with more than one account (World ID is intended to solve the problem of governance by ensuring that each person gets only one vote).

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