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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by mplewis on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:51PM (#36910579)
OK, so I gaze into the orb, it generates me a private key, and assigns me a wallet. Now what happens when I leak that private key? Is it all over for me and my money? I obviously can't get another one – you get one World ID per human.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by derangedHorse on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:23PM (#36914170)
If I recall correctly, the whitepaper talks about using the iris code (generated from your iris image) to associate your private key to your world id. I think one of the purported selling points is that you can recover your identity using an orb and your iris.
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