Why the Bitcoin and Crypto Communities Are So Skeptical of Worldcoin

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is sponsored by</span></em> <a href= "https://nydig.com/nlw/?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=nlw"> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NYDIG</span></em></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode is nominally about Worldcoin. The project launched this week with ambitions to airdrop a new cryptocurrency on everyone in the world. To do so, it’s using biometric eye scanning to identify people and the entire cryptosphere – bitcoiners, ethereans and beyond – are sort of not having it. NLW gives the context and background of Silicon Valley’s history with bitcoin and crypto in order to help explain the reaction to Worldcoin. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featuring Dan Held “</span><a href= "https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1350508724272599041?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Bitcoin</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.”</span><a href= "https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1350508724272599041?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://nydig.com/nlw/?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=nlw"> <strong><em>NYDIG</em></strong></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at</span></em> <a href= "https://nydig.com/nlw/?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=nlw"> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NYDIG.com/NLW</span></em></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div>