Gaze into a chrome Orb, get your iris scanned, and get your fair share of a new cryptocurrency. That's the radical vision behind CEO Alex Blania's Worldcoin. On PressClub, the Worldcoin team and top web3 investors debate the potential, risks, and challenges of using biometrics to power universal basic income. We discuss how this new approach to proving unique identity could power a safer, more inclusive financial system. Hear tales from the developers building Worldcoin, the field operators convincing people to stare into the Orb, and the investors envisioning how people will trade and spend this new currency.

On this episode, you'll learn about:

Worldcoin's origin from co-founder Sam Altman's "crazy" idea
How The Orb works and handles privacy
The story and strategy behind The Orb's futuristic industrial design
Why cryptocurrency funded by AI could unlock universal basic income
The challenges of scanning people's irises around the world
How Proof-Of-Personhood could become the foundation of anti-fraud
Plans for Worldcoin's developer platform
The importance of normalizing sovereign ownership
How to get your allotment of 25 Worldcoin

Featuring:

Worldcoin co-founder and CEO Alex Blania
Worldcoin developer Miguel Piedrafita
Worldcoin field operator Tiago Sada
A16z deal partner Elena Burger
SignalFire partner Elaine Zelby
and your host, SignalFire venture partner Josh Constine

This PressClub will make you believe in science fiction.

Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/. This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 4pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where the big names in tech discuss the big ideas. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on PressClub include the founders of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, and more. Thanks for being part of our futurist community!

Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania demystifies his eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency