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This is a temporary move as the company is working on developing a bespoke solution to ease registrations in the country. Worldcoin was unable to foresee and handle the huge demand and crowd at Orb locations, sources privy to the developments told Moneycontrol.
Worldcoin plans to expand globally and offer its iris-scanning and identity-verification technology to other organisations, according to a senior manager. The company, launched last week, requiring users to give their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency.
Founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and theoretical physics student Alex Bania, the firm has invented a device known as an orb through which users can scan their eyes. The image is then encrypted and uploaded – after which they get free crypto. Privacy experts are not fans of the project