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-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtech@kbin.socialcyberpunkprivacy
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWhy are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50”restofworld.orgBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtech@kbin.socialcyberpunkprivacy
People are lured by easy money, without understanding the privacy implications of signing up for the block chain.
minus-squarehh93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYeah - if everyone gets 50$ and only half of them cash out then it’s not possible to have enough demand to not make this thing fall into oblivion. I really wonder how they plan to keep the value up once it has settled?
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 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.
Yeah - if everyone gets 50$ and only half of them cash out then it’s not possible to have enough demand to not make this thing fall into oblivion.
I really wonder how they plan to keep the value up once it has settled?
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?