The Future of Cryptocurrency

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I think there will turn out to be other reasons besides the ones that I'll mention now but when we think about these very powerful systems these very powerful aisles that will exist in the world. The benefits from them access to them governance of them that that belongs to real people and it's very important that AI is being built as tools for people right now. Alex are there any other like use cases that you see in the crypto space like airdrop farming is another one but it's just like the distribution of tokens is muted by the fact that we don't have this proof of personhood.

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on May 14th, 2023

David is joined by Worldcoin Co-Founders, Alex Blania and Sam Altman. Alex is Worldcoin’s CEO and Sam is CEO of OpenAI. Both Co-founded Worldcoin in 2020.

Worldcoin is one of the most ambitious crypto projects in the space. It’s Worldcoin’s philosophy that the best way to produce unique verifiable humanness is through human biometrics that map to our unique DNA. This is the most robust way to achieve sybil resistance. That is why Worldcoin created its silver Orb that scans user's eyeballs.

Why scan the eye? Is it safe? How is data stored? What’s Worldcoin’s crypto token distribution plan? All of these questions and much more answered in the episode.

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------ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 6:15 Inception of Worldcoin Idea 8:35 How Sam & Alex Met 10:57 Why Scan Eyes 16:35 The Technology Behind the Orb 21:40 Worldcoin & Privacy 25:05 How Worldcoin Data Flows 28:35 Why Worldcoin is Needed 33:02 Proof of Personhood & Crypto 35:05 Worldcoin’s Distribution Plan 36:49 Worldcoin’s Complexity & Pressure 39:25 Sam’s Involvement with Worldcoin 39:47 Worldcoin & Optimism 42:00 Orb Operations 48:10 Worldcoin Roadmap 49:25 The Ups & Downs of Worldcoin 53:10 Reflecting on Worldcoin’s Critiques 56:10 What Does Worldcoin Need the Most? 56:50 Where Sam Stands on AI Alignment 59:20 Closing & Disclosures

----- RESOURCES

Worldcoin Privacy Deep Dive https://worldcoin.org/blog/developers/privacy-deep-dive

Worldcoin https://worldcoin.org/

Alex Blania https://twitter.com/alexblania

Sam Altman https://twitter.com/sama

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