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İsmet Koyun on Worldcoin, Iris Scans, and Digital Identity

"World is not a digital identity project. It is a centralized control system," says Koyun.

June 23, 2026
InterviewIT WELT

In this Itwelt interview, KOBIL founder İsmet Koyun assesses Sam Altman's World project — which offers iris scans in exchange for a "World ID" tied to a wallet, cryptocurrency, and social network — and argues it solves the wrong problem. He credits World's ambition to build unified digital identity but rejects its execution: identity managed by a single private company, tied to a cryptocurrency incentive, using biometric data that can't be changed if compromised.

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