180 - Worldcoin’s Sam Altman & Alex Blania on Crypto's Most Ambitious Project

<p>Disclaimer: This episode was recorded on May 14th, 2023</p> <p>David is joined by Worldcoin Co-Founders, Alex Blania and Sam Altman. Alex is Worldcoin’s CEO and Sam is CEO of OpenAI. Both Co-founded Worldcoin in 2020.</p> <p>Worldcoin is one of the most ambitious crypto projects in the space. It’s Worldcoin’s philosophy that the best way to produce unique verifiable humanness is through human biometrics that map to our unique DNA. This is the most robust way to achieve sybil resistance. That is why Worldcoin created its silver Orb that scans user's eyeballs. </p> <p>Why scan the eye? Is it safe? How is data stored? What’s Worldcoin’s crypto token distribution plan? All of these questions and much more answered in the episode. </p> <p>------<br /> ✨DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:<br /> <a href= "https://www.bankless.com/debrief-worldcoin">https://www.bankless.com/debrief-worldcoin</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless in September. Bankless Citizens get 30% off<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless">https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2">https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 </a> ⁠</p> <p>🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | TRACK & MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/MetaMask</a>  </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a>   ⁠</p> <p>🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Mantle">https://bankless.cc/Mantle</a>  ⁠</p> <p>👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET<br /> <a href= "https://polygon.technology/roadmap">https://polygon.technology/roadmap</a> </p> <p>🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Toku">https://bankless.cc/Toku</a>   </p> <p>------<br /> TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:15 Inception of Worldcoin Idea<br /> 8:35 How Sam & Alex Met <br /> 10