World gives people a tool to prove they are unique, real human beings online. The core insight is simple: as AI advances, the internet needs a reliable way to distinguish real people from bots, algorithms and synthetic identities. In a world where artificial intelligence can generate text, images, voices and even entire digital personas, proving you are human is becoming both more important and more difficult.
Traditional tools like CAPTCHAs, passwords and KYC checks were designed for an earlier era of the internet. Today, bots often pass CAPTCHAs more reliably than humans do, and AI-generated or synthetic documents can fool verification systems built decades ago. As automation scales, online fraud, spam, impersonation and misinformation become easier to produce. The internet needs a new foundation for trust – one that verifies humanness without compromising privacy. World helps advance humanity by building that foundation for the digital age.
Using the Orb, a fancy camera, individuals receive a verified World ID. World ID is a digital credential stored on a person’s phone that lets them anonymously prove they are a unique human. Through zero-knowledge proofs, this verification reveals nothing about their personal identity. The result is a proof of human, not proof of identity, that works across networks, platforms and borders.
World was founded so every human can benefit from the age of AI. Our mission is to accelerate every human by creating the world's largest real human network. Already, [insert verified human ticker] people have verified their World ID at an Orb.
World consists of four parts: the Orb (hardware that verifies uniqueness and humanness), World ID (a private digital proof of human), World Chain (blockchain infrastructure powering the network) and Worldcoin (a digital token).
Learn more about how World ID works and find an Orb near you.
1. Why does World or proof of human matter right now?
The question "what is real?" has become urgent. AI-generated content, synthetic accounts and automated agents are reshaping every corner of the internet, from social media to financial services to digital advertising. Major advertisers are already quantifying the scale of the problem: they have independently concluded that significant portions of digital impressions are generated by bots. Banks report that bots can now fabricate documents more convincingly than humans can. Dating platforms face users creating multiple accounts under pseudonyms. Gamers compete against bots that corrupt leaderboards and tournaments.
World was built for this moment. Our founders anticipated, years ago, that proof of human would become essential digital infrastructure needed by everyone. The real human network already spans millions of verified humans across the world, and is becoming increasingly relevant from every direction: finance, social platforms, gaming, advertising and government.
2. How does World protect my privacy?
World was designed from the ground up to prove you are human without learning who you are.
The proof of human verification process creates an encrypted code, stored exclusively on your phone. Thus, World has no centralized database of personal data.
A verified World ID holder's name, location, gender and any other personal details remain completely unknown to World. When going through a modern airport, a traveler unknowingly gives away far more personal information than anyone who verifies and utilizes their World ID.
3. Is World a crypto company?
World is a proof of human network. Blockchain technology serves a specific and important purpose within the project: it enables World to operate as a decentralized protocol that no single company or country controls. This matters because a global proof of human infrastructure should be open infrastructure, available to everyone. Worldcoin (WLD) is the operative cryptocurrency of World. World Foundation stewards the allotment of tokens reserved for the community of individuals who verify as unique humans.
4. Where is World available, and where is it going?
World is live in 20+ countries and counting. Globally, nearly 40 million people have joined the network, with roughly half being verified humans.
In countries where proof of human technology has been available the longest, the adoption numbers are striking: more than a third of the adult population in Lisbon have a proof of human, and more than a quarter of adults in Buenos Aires do as well.
In the United States, World launched in key innovation hubs including San Francisco and Miami. Orb availability in the US is expanding quickly, with new-generation devices being produced and deployed at partner locations including Razer stores and other retail locations.
World ID Credentials, which allow individuals to verify through an NFC-enabled passport or government document, offers another high-signal path for those without immediate access to an Orb.
The road ahead is about making proof of human a built-in, human-centered layer of the internet – as standard as HTTPS. Partners and integrations across dating, gaming, finance and retail, and each makes the value of proving your unique humanness more self-evident.
The real human network is here.
For additional FAQs, please visit https://world.org/faqs
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