What is a worldcoin Iris orb?

The orb is shiny and about the size of a large grapefruit, and was built with the help of a top Apple designer. Worldcoin has made around 1,500 of the devices and is building more. You can see a picture of one above. The orb has one purpose: to scan and record your iris.

How secure is the worldcoin orb?

In line with the Worldcoin project’s commitment to privacy protection, the Orb has robust security features to prevent spoofing, tampering or hacking. Each Orb is provisioned with a private key, which is stored in secure hardware, that authenticates the Orb and signs important messages.

Is worldcoin a bot?

Worldcoin, a digital identification platform that proves your "personhood" (i.e. that you are not a bot), is ramping up following its July 24, 2023 launch by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. As of August 31, 2023, the company claimed that 2.3 million users had already signed up.

What is the 'Orb' & how will it impact the worldcoin project?

As AI advances, the ability to know what is truly human-generated content online is becoming a necessity. The Orb, developed by Tools for Humanity (TFH), is the first custom biometric imaging device built for the Worldcoin project to verify humanness and uniqueness in a secure and privacy-preserving way.