BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50”restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtech@kbin.socialcyberpunk@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkWhy are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50”restofworld.orgBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtech@kbin.socialcyberpunk@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
People are lured by easy money, without understanding the privacy implications of signing up for the block chain.
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThis thing doesn’t need to hold up a second longer than the time the founders need to sell most of their premined tokens. They likely can and will keep it going for a bit longer via money coming in from new investors.
minus-squaresarcasticsunrise@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAlright, I see what you did there
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah but with enough technobabble to slow down litigation until the money are squirreled away.
minus-squarehh93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe marketing cost seems to be insane though And developing such a high quality scanner also isnt cheap I feel like that current 2$ pricepoint can’t be the endgame the investors had in mind I don’t see how it’s going to rise further though
This thing doesn’t need to hold up a second longer than the time the founders need to sell most of their premined tokens.
They likely can and will keep it going for a bit longer via money coming in from new investors.
Some kind of Ponzeye scheme?
Alright, I see what you did there
Pyreyemid
Yeah but with enough technobabble to slow down litigation until the money are squirreled away.
The marketing cost seems to be insane though
And developing such a high quality scanner also isnt cheap
I feel like that current 2$ pricepoint can’t be the endgame the investors had in mind
I don’t see how it’s going to rise further though