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by quantified 1115 days ago
As of 2021, there were going to be only 10 billion coins, 1 for each human and 2 billion for the founders and investors. Nothing shady or profiteering there. [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/21/worldcoin-now-v...].

We should read how they plan to increase the supply only for births and retire coins for deaths. And if you don't have a clear cornea, no goodies for you.

Meanwhile, from the article:

> Blania told CoinDesk that Worldcoin has partnered with a “very big international manufacturer” with a plant in Germany, which will pump out about 50,000 Orbs per year. Though Blania declined to name the company or say where the company was from, when CoinDesk asked if the manufacturer was Chinese, Blania responded: “Definitely not, for many reasons, and one of them is actually security. The Orb itself has private keys and signs every message it sends so we know it’s actually a real Orb. And that means we need to lock this whole supply chain totally up so we know it’s not compromised,” Blania said.

And how do you know that I didn't claim this is a real Orb, and just steal your retina print?