Worldcoin Foundation announces grant winners

The Worldcoin Foundation has announced the winners of its grant program designed to improve Worldcoin, a project that aims to enroll the world into its digital identity service by scanning people’s irises in exchange for cryptocurrency.

The first Worldcoin Community Grants Program, Wave0, will distribute approximately 800,000 of its Worldcoin Tokens (WLD) to the winners, which include 28 projects spanning five continents. Trade publication CoinDesk has valued the total amount of grants at US$5 million.

The winning projects pitched solutions …

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