Worldcoin reaches an important milestone in Chile: more than 1% of the population would be registered
Worldcoin, the biometric and identification wallet project, has announced that it has managed to attract more than 1% of the Chilean population. According to the organization, more than 200,000 Chileans already use Worldcoin. This growing popularity is also seen in other South American countries, including Argentina, where 9,500 Argentines verified their identity in one day.
Success in Chile: more than 1% of population registered according to reports
Worldcoin, the project that uses biometric iris scanning as “proof of identity,” has reached an important milestone in Chile. The organization said 200,000 Chileans have already registered since the launch. With a Chilean population of around 19.5 million, this means that more than 1% of the population has signed up to receive Worldcoin's subsidy in the form of WLD, the protocol's native token.
This growth signals the increase in popularity of the project in South American countries, which are interested in the proposals of the World ID application. Due to this demand, Tools For Humanity, a Worldcoin contributor, has scaled up its operations in Chile by installing additional verification stations in Vina del Mar and Concepcion, while continuing to operate the verification stations in the capital Santiago.
Verifications for Worldcoin involve a special hardware device called an “orb”, which is used to scan the iris of users who wish to verify their ID in order to be part of the Worldcoin system.
Popularity despite difficulties
The popularity of the Worldcoin project also extends to other Latin American countries, which have also adopted it thanks to the subsidies. In August, the organization announced that it had registered more than 9,500 Argentines in a single day, or one verification every nine seconds, a significant milestone considering there were only four verification stations in the country .
According to data from a Kenyan parliamentary committee investigating the project, 350,000 Kenyans had registered at one point in July, which then represented 25% of the platform's users.
However, in August, the Kenyan government suspended Wordcoin's activities and attempted to arrest Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools For Humanity, and Thomas Scott, Tools For Humanity's legal spokesperson, after their hearing before the Kenyan National Assembly.
The Kenyan government said US agents intervened to ensure the departure of Worldcoin executives because no crimes could be proven in the country.
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