{"id":39758,"date":"2024-10-18T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T08:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/worldcoin-rebrands-launches-world-chain-mainnet\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T08:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T08:39:57","slug":"worldcoin-rebrands-launches-world-chain-mainnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/worldcoin-rebrands-launches-world-chain-mainnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldcoin rebrands, launches World Chain mainnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"post-article-image  -mt-24  mb-8  lg:-mt-32  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/04\/Sam-Altmans-Worldcoin-eyes-PayPal-and-OpenAI-partnerships-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/04\/Sam-Altmans-Worldcoin-eyes-PayPal-and-OpenAI-partnerships-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/04\/Sam-Altmans-Worldcoin-eyes-PayPal-and-OpenAI-partnerships-smartcrop-750x375.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/04\/Sam-Altmans-Worldcoin-eyes-PayPal-and-OpenAI-partnerships-smartcrop-363x181.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                    <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worldcoin has rebranded to \u2018World\u2019 and introduced several new features to enhance its World ID.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The project also announced the mainnet launch of its blockchain World Chain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worldcoin is now simply \u201cWorld\u201d after the blockchain-based identity verification project announced it\u2019s rebranding on Oct. 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sam Altman and Alex Blania, co-founders of World, announced the name change<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/worldcoin\/status\/1846962270233940001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">during a company event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in San Francisco. As well as the rebranding, the project unveiled several updates aimed at bringing \u2018proof-of-humanity\u2019 technology <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/worldcoin-soars-as-world-id-expands-to-three-more-countries\/\">to more people<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/world.org\/blog\/announcements\/hello-world-5-key-announcements-from-new-world-event-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">key announcements<\/a> is World\u2019s unveiling of a new version of the biometric identification device the Orb. The company said the next-gen Orb is powered by NVIDIA\u2019s latest Jetson chipset and offers as much as fivefold the AI performance of the previous version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World has also introduced World ID 3.0, an advanced version of World ID and designed to enable further verification across the globe. The World ID Credentials and Deep Face features enhance this capacity, allowing those with NFC-enabled passports to verify their identity via their devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new World ID 3.0 features World ID Credentials, a way for even more people to participate in &amp; benefit from World Network using things like an NFC-enabled passport. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sLGRCEzIiD\">pic.twitter.com\/sLGRCEzIiD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World (@worldcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldcoin\/status\/1847022911862755543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to details in the blog post, verified passport holders can claim the native cryptocurrency WLD even before fully verifying their ID via the Orb.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>World Chain mainnet launch<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct. 17 also saw World Chain, the layer-2 chain the World Foundation announced earlier in the year, launch its mainnet. Approximately 15 million people have migrated or are completing the migration to World Chain as of Thursday, October 17, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World Chain is a blockchain network that will prioritise human activity and transactions over bots and launched with support from several crypto platforms, including Dune, Uniswap, Optimism, Alchemy, Safe and Etherscan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/worldcoin-rebrands-launches-world-chain-mainnet\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison ) Worldcoin has rebranded to \u2018World\u2019 and introduced several new features to enhance its World ID. The project also announced the mainnet launch of its blockchain World Chain. 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