Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Startup Gets a New App Store
Sam Altman’s World is launching a pilot program that will pay developers who create “mini-apps” using its World ID authentication system. Starting April 1 and running for three months, the company will distribute $300,000 to qualifying developers based on usage of their apps, with World saying top-performing developers could earn up to $25,000 per week. Payments are made in the form of World’s own token but can be converted to other currencies.
World, formerly known as Worldcoin, is the company behind a controversial orb-like device that scans a person’s iris to create a unique, encrypted digital code. Once created—you need to physically visit an orb and have your eyeball…
