Worldcoin / World
Last changed 2026-11-02 · Fact-check review — Fact-check review (verdict: revise): the reviewer checked the page's claims against its sources; the trust score was recalculated from the page's findings, 33 → 34. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| The subject's own conduct | -25 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -19.2 |
| Incidents it suffered (e.g. hacks) | -6 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -0.9 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | 24 |
- 1 section set aside: the claims did not hold up in a fact-check, pending correction.
Score: 34/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Page reliability: Fact-checked 2026-11-02 · 9 of 11 claims confirmed · 2 need better sources
anchored·3k2dzP…yMaQSummary
Worldcoin/World (WLD) is Sam Altman's biometric identity and cryptocurrency project using iris-scanning Orb devices. Founded in 2019 by Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Novendstern via Tools for Humanity. Regulatory enforcement or investigation in 10+ jurisdictions: Kenya High Court ruled operations illegal, Spain and Portugal banned operations, Germany issued binding GDPR order. MIT Technology Review documented deceptive recruitment practices. Token distribution has 23.3% insider allocation with major unlock expected July 2026. Rebranded to World in October 2024.
Connected Entities
5 entities · 60 linked investigations- Ethereum→mentioned with→Vitalik Buterin(80%)
- Worldcoin / World→mentioned with→Sam Bankman-Fried(80%)
- Worldcoin / World→mentioned with→Blockchain Capital(80%)
- Worldcoin / World→mentioned with→Vitalik Buterin(80%)
- Vitalik Buterin→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- Worldcoin / World→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
Timeline(12 events)
6 April 2022
MIT Technology Review publishes investigation documenting deceptive recruitment
technologyreview.comDecision Log
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- slot 464375123 · hash DpySkEGed6xBftgPrMgeBBtjpswU8p1HD65ce3ji5xJi
- slot 464375119 · hash 8sZQyJv2E3tveJ2zDEzQ1zQ41A6F4q1YNdrxBPA4xYim
- slot 461964326 · hash F9dcL5G6CJZohS5PCJZFcEFXPKNooicBdPLhG65sXjSJ
- slot 419628827 · hash Fg7DSstnhG7V3HajUcGMLd8fb6qtqQYLtWecjpUcZhjc
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 decisions). 12 of 12 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/13/2026, 3:54:13 AM
last updated: 11/2/2026, 5:19:04 AM
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