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 <li>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin recently shared his thoughts on Worldcoin’s biometric proof of identity.</li> 
 <li>Buterin stated that biometric systems were privacy-friendly but posed centralization risks.</li> 
 <li>Meanwhile, Worldcoin gained more than 60% following its launch earlier today.</li> 
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<a href="https://coinedition.com/tag/vitalik-buterin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vitalik Buterin</a>, the crypto entrepreneur behind Ethereum, recently shared his take on the biometric proof of identity offered by Worldcoin. Worldcoin was launched earlier today by Sam Altman, the chief executive officer of OpenAI, the company behind artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. 
Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter earlier today to share a lengthy <a href="https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/07/24/biometric.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">paper</a> penned by him, which covered the pros and cons of the biometric proof of identity, which is also known as the proof of personhood. The need for such a biometric system arose when developers felt the need to determine that an account is controlled by a real person rather than a bot. 
According to the Ethereum co-founder, biometric proof of identity offers secure and reliable functionality on a large scale but comes with its fair share of risks and challenges. Buterin believes that such systems can be privacy friendly and easier … 
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Vitalik Buterin’s Take on Worldcoin’s Biometric Proof Of Identity

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