Worldcoin turns to person on the street to accelerate biometric development

Executives with the Worldcoin Foundation have created a development grant program that has been valued at 5 million WLD. The goal is to create more interest in developing better, more-equitable technology on the foundation's biometric technology.

Worldcoin's request-for-proposals page lists five areas that applicants should address singly or in combination, and two of them involve the foundation's digital World ID. One seeks innovations in World ID apps and the other focuses on the World ID protocol.

The grants will …

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