Worldcoin
E137941
Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Worldcoin canonical | 10 |
| Worldcoin Foundation | 5 |
| Worldcoin protocol | 3 |
| Worldcoin project | 2 |
| Worldcoin token | 2 |
| Worldcoin (WLD) | 1 |
| Worldcoin digital identity system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Worldcoin Context triple: [Sam Altman, associatedWith, Worldcoin]
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A.
Meta River
The Meta River is a major waterway in Colombia and Venezuela that drains the eastern Andes and Llanos plains before joining the Orinoco River.
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B.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
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C.
Libra
Libra is a novel by Don DeLillo that offers a fictionalized exploration of the events and conspiracies surrounding the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically explores themes of family dysfunction, aging, and death.
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E.
MiriadaX
MiriadaX is an online learning platform that provides Spanish-language massive open online courses (MOOCs) from universities and educational institutions across the Ibero-American region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Worldcoin Target entity description: Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
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A.
Meta River
The Meta River is a major waterway in Colombia and Venezuela that drains the eastern Andes and Llanos plains before joining the Orinoco River.
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B.
Ripple
"Ripple" is a beloved folk-influenced ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody, spiritual lyrics, and enduring sing-along chorus.
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C.
Libra
Libra is a novel by Don DeLillo that offers a fictionalized exploration of the events and conspiracies surrounding the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically explores themes of family dysfunction, aging, and death.
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E.
MiriadaX
MiriadaX is an online learning platform that provides Spanish-language massive open online courses (MOOCs) from universities and educational institutions across the Ibero-American region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blockchain-based protocol
ⓘ
cryptocurrency project ⓘ digital identity project ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
create a global financial network
ⓘ
establish a global proof-of-personhood system ⓘ provide universal access to the global economy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
ⓘ
linked to:
Sam Altman
|
| backedBy | venture capital investors ⓘ |
| claimsProperty | one person one proof design ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Alex Blania
ⓘ
Max Novendstern ⓘ Sam Altman ⓘ |
| developedBy | Tools for Humanity ⓘ |
| economicModel | token incentives for verified users ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
digital identity
ⓘ
financial inclusion ⓘ proof of personhood ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Worldcoin Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Worldcoin
|
| hasComponent |
WLD token
ⓘ
World App ⓘ World ID ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
data protection concerns
ⓘ
privacy concerns ⓘ regulatory scrutiny in multiple countries ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
distribute tokens broadly to individuals worldwide
ⓘ
separate human identity from financial transactions ⓘ |
| hasNativeToken | WLD ⓘ |
| hasWhitepaper | Worldcoin protocol whitepaper ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn | San Francisco (core company Tools for Humanity) ⓘ |
| launchedIn | 2023 ⓘ |
| mainnetLaunchedIn | 2023 ⓘ |
| networkType | public blockchain-based network ⓘ |
| regulatorAction |
investigated by European data protection authorities
ⓘ
suspended in Kenya ⓘ |
| relatedTo | universal basic income debates ⓘ |
| supportsUseCase |
Sybil-resistant identity
ⓘ
access to digital financial services ⓘ |
| targetUsers | global population ⓘ |
| tokenSymbol | WLD ⓘ |
| tokenType | ERC-20 style crypto token (design intent) ⓘ |
| usesConcept | proof of personhood ⓘ |
| usesDevice | Orb ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
blockchain
ⓘ
iris scanning for biometric verification ⓘ |
| verificationMethod | biometric iris scan ⓘ |
| verificationOutcome | unique World ID ⓘ |
| website | https://worldcoin.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Worldcoin Description of subject: Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency and digital identity project that aims to create a global financial network by uniquely verifying individuals, co-founded by Sam Altman.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
linked to: Worldcoin
subject linked to:
San Francisco (core company Tools for Humanity)
linked to: Worldcoin