When you go through KYC and scan your face, you are not just confirming your identity.
You are giving a part of yourself to the database of the future.
Worldcoin promised a “unique digital passport for everyone,” but instead of freedom, we received a digital mirror where every fingerprint became a token of trust.
👁️ How biometric crypto-identity works
Worldcoin and similar projects use iris scans, fingerprints, or voice to create an unhackable 'soul ID' (Soul ID).
This ID is stored not in the cloud, but on the blockchain — as a unique hash, supposedly without personal data.
But there is a nuance:
the blockchain does not forget.
And if someone ever matches the hash to a person — digital anonymity will disappear forever.
🔍 Why does Web3 even need identity?
1. To fight against bots and fake DAO votes.
2. To build reputation systems (soulbound tokens, on-chain CV).
3. To make lending, voting, and Web3 services personalized.
Web3 is maturing — and without trust, it will not survive.
But the more trust there is, the less privacy.
⚖️ Freedom vs verification
The problem is that 'proof of humanity' could become a new form of digital slavery.
Today you are asked to scan your iris — tomorrow your wallet won't open without biometrics.
Blockchain promised anonymity, but the era of the 'transparent person' is coming.
🧬 Alternative: decentralized IDs
Projects like Polygon ID, Civic, Lens Protocol, and SpruceID offer a different model —
where you own your data and decide what to show the world.
This is not 'access through a passport'.
This is 'access through trust', encoded in code.
💡 Final insight
Blockchain once gave us freedom from systems.
Now he is trying to give systems freedom from people.
The question is — who will be at the helm when man and code become one?
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