Worldcoin L2's Developer Preview
Worldcoin L2's Developer Preview
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The Worldcoin Foundation has introduced a developer preview of their upcoming L2, World Chain, enabling some developers to participate in the testnet.
World Chain is set to be an open-source, permissionless, and commuity-governed network driven by the Superchain network and the OP Stack.
Worldcoin's WLD token transactions now account for more than a half (sometimes over 80%) of OP Mainnet activity, which is likely inspiring these new developments.
There are several partners involved in the World Chain project, including Safe, Elliptic, and Alchemy - they will provide the tooling.
Worldcoin itself and now World Chain will be based on a "proof-of-personhood" consensus that tries to differentiate between human and digital entities.
The consensus is, of course, reached with the help of iris scans.
The new L2 is also set to offer developers a chance to reach over 10 million customers in 160 countries.
Early access applications for developers are open.
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