Founded by a team including Sam Altman, the founder and CEO of the already popular OpenAI (ChatGPT), Worldcoin was launched today.
After this launch, major exchange listings such as Binance and Huobi came for Worldcoin (WLD).
Worldcoin, which experienced a great rise after the listing news, also surpassed Ethereum in Google searches.
According to data from Google Trends, searches for Worldcoin surpassed ETH, with the most searches from Kenya, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.
It was seen that Turkey was in the 56th place and the USA in the 60th place.
What is Worldcoin (WLD)?
The Worldcoin system is centered around World ID, an identity network system that protects privacy. World ID protects users' privacy through a zero-knowledge proof system, while allowing other people to verify them. This is called personality proof.
WLD aims to build the world's largest identity and financial network. Anyone who authenticates on the WLD network will be eligible to receive their share of WLD tokens. The network does not adopt a token voting system, but a person voting system.
WLD is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum. Individuals will receive user grants through the Optimism Mainnet. Therefore, most WLD transactions are likely to occur on the Optimism network.
The project raised $250 million from investment companies such as a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, and Tiger Global.
*Not investment advice.