Coin of the realm

A startup called Worldcoin is giving out small bits of its currency to new users- if they agree to hand over a slew of biometric data. At the front of the line, representatives of Worldcoin Indonesia were collecting emails and phone numbers, or aiming a futuristic metal orb at villagers' faces to scan their irises and other biometric data. Village officials were also on site, passing out numbered tickets to the waiting residents to help keep order. Two months before Worldcoin appeared in Ruswandi's village, the San Francisco-based company Tools for Humanity emerged from stealth mode. World coin was its product. The company's website described Worldcoin as an Ethereum-based new, collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible.