More than 1% of Chile's population has signed up with Worldcoin, a biometric wallet and ID project. More than 200,000 Chileans, according to the group, are already using Worldcoin. This increase in popularity is also seen in other South American nations, such as Argentina, where 9,500 Argentines validated their IDs in a single day.
More than 1% of the population in Chile is reportedly registered for Worldcoin, marking a significant milestone.
The project known as Worldcoin, which uses biometric iris scanning as "proof of personhood," has accomplished a significant milestone in Chile. Since its beginning, the organization claimed to have 200,000 Chileans as members. With 19.5 million people living in Chile, this translates to more than 1% of the country's people signing up to receive Worldcoin's grant in the form of WLD, the protocol's native currency.
This expansion reflects the project's increasing popularity among South American nations that have expressed interest in the World ID app's concept. Tools For Humanity, a Worldcoin contributor, increased operations in Chile in response to the demand, adding extra verification stations in Vina del Mar and Concepcion while keeping its verification operations in Santiago, the country's capital.
The orb, a particular piece of hardware used for Worldcoin verifications, scans the irises of users who want to confirm their identity in order to utilize the Worldcoin system.
Commonality Among Problems
Because of its subsidies, the Worldcoin project has gained appeal in other Latin American nations as well. Given that there were only four verification sites in Argentina at the time, the organization announced in August that it had registered more than 9,500 Argentines in a single day, or one verification every nine seconds.
Additionally, 350,000 Kenyans had enrolled at some point in July, making up 25% of the platform's users at that time, according to statistics from a Kenyan parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the initiative.
However, after appearing before the Kenyan National Assembly at a session, the Kenyan government banned Wordcoin activities in August and attempted to detain Thomas Scott, the legal spokesperson for Tools for Humanity, and Alex Blania, the CEO and co-founder of the organization.
Given that the Worldcoin executives have not been proven guilty of any crimes in Kenya, the Kenyan authorities was informed that U.S. officials interfered to arrange their departure.
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