Overview

• Tools for Humanity has deployed Orb Mini devices in six American cities and plans to install 7,500 machines nationwide by the end of 2025.
• Each Orb captures an iris scan to generate a 12,800-digit code that issues users a ‘World ID’ and about $42 of Worldcoin tokens.
• More than 12 million people have been verified globally since mid-2023 as part of World’s goal to reach 50 million users by year’s end.
• European data authorities have challenged the project’s anonymization model and ordered full deletion rights for users’ biometric derivatives.
• Backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the initiative is designed as a decentralized identity layer on blockchain eventually overseen by a nonprofit foundation.