World ID Credentials are now reportedly being piloted in select countries including Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and South Korea.
This secure and “anonymous” World ID feature increases global access to World Network and paves the way for “increased World ID utility.”
It also enables consumers to claim additional WLD tokens where they might be available.
As explained in the announcement from World (previously known as Worldcoin) World ID Credentials allow an individual to “connect valid forms of ID (starting with NFC-enabled passports) to their World ID without sharing any information with TFH, the World Foundation or any other third party.”
As mentioned in the announcement, all of the information is “securely stored on their device, and only their device.”
They can then use the “anonymizing” infrastructure provided by the World ID protocol to privately prove things about “themselves online beyond just their humanness and uniqueness.”
Credentials can be added to a person’s World ID whether or “not they have verified their humanness at an Orb,” and they have multiple important benefits:
- Credentials enable billions of people, including the world’s estimated 1.2 billion passport holders, who may not be close to an Orb but who have valid forms of identification to join and benefit from World Network more meaningfully.
- Thanks to the World ID protocol, Credentials allow people to go beyond unique humanness verification to verify select things about their identity (age, nationality, etc.) while remaining anonymous.
- Credentials give World ID holders the option to claim additional WLD tokens where available, whether or not they’ve had a chance to verify their uniqueness at an Orb.
The World Foundation is making WLD tokens “available to individuals with a valid World ID Passport Credential.”
Today, individuals who verify their World ID at an Orb are “eligible to claim a total of 50.04 WLD.”
Individuals who have added a Verified Passport Credential are eligible to claim an additional amount of “around 25.83 WLD (as of the date of this publication), regardless of whether or not they have verified their World ID at an Orb.”
Individuals who have verified at an Orb and have a Verified Passport Credential are currently eligible to “claim a total of around 77 WLD. This total amount decreases over time.”
The pilot is being rolled out on iOS for individuals with NFC-enabled passports from Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and South Korea who are currently located in those countries.
Support for Android devices will soon follow, and access to Credentials is set to expand to additional countries in the near future.
As clarified in the update, eligibility for Worldcoin (WLD) tokens is restricted based on “geography, age, and other factors.”
WLD are currently not available to, or “intended for,” people, companies or organizations who are residents of, or are located or “incorporated in the US or certain “other restricted territories (or have beneficial ownership in the United States or such other restricted territories).”
However, World ID and TFH’s World App remain available in the United States.