They will give you free cryptocurrencies if you allow them to scan your eyes

<p>A cryptocurrency business in Silicon Valley is making waves with an unusual offer: they'll give you free cryptocurrency in exchange for allowing them to scan your eyeballs.</p> <p>Sam Altman, a tech billionaire, founded the startup Worldcoin. Altman intends to scan a billion people's eyes till next year, according to NotebookCheck.net.</p> <p>After your eyes are scanned, you'll be paid in Worldcoin, the company's proprietary cryptocurrency.</p> <p>According to the company's official website, Worldcoin is intended to be a "collectively owned global money that will be distributed equally to the greatest number of people feasible."</p> <p>This essentially indicates they want to see a greater spread of cryptocurrency use. Recently, Worldcoin asserted that less than 3% of the global population is involved in crypto or anything remotely close.</p> <p>Since its inception, the cryptocurrency business has scanned the eyes of over 100,000 people worldwide. According to CNBC, company CEO Alex Blania believes that their cryptocurrency can be used to fund a future "universal basic income."</p> <p>Indeed, cryptocurrency has dominated headlines for the better part of the last two years. Many people are investing their life savings in this novel type of investment in the hope of striking it rich in the digital world.</p> <p>Why Is This Cryptocurrency Startup Using Eye Scanners?</p> <p>To others, this may sound like a scene from a dystopian future: large corporations acquiring people's personal and biometric data. However, Worldcoin claims that they are doing so for a very legitimate reason.</p> <p>According to the CNBC article, the eye scans are intended to assist individuals in verifying their personal bank accounts. The metallic spheres that do the scan do so by scanning irises, which function similarly to fingerprints as a form of identification.</p> <p>When a user scans their eyes, their eyes are photographed. After then, the photo will be used to generate a code that will be sent to the company's servers. These