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Sam Altman’s Blockchain Project ‘World Chain’ Opens Up to Developers
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project has launched a developer preview of World Chaina new Blockchain which claims to prioritize humans and adapt to the growth of the Worldcoin ecosystem.
World Chain – built on OP stack and integrated with the World currency protocol – aims to provide developers with access to over 10 million users in 160 countries using compatible wallets, starting from Worldwide application.
With the Developer Preview, the Worldcoin Foundation invites a limited number of participants to explore, build, and test on the platform before the mainnet launch. This preview phase is critical as it allows developers to set up their deployments before the planned migration of users from OP Mainnet to World Chain later this summer.
Blockchain is positioned as a Layer 2 solution secured by Ethereal and designed for scalability within the Superchain ecosystem. It introduces several key features, including the use of Rectala high-performance Ethereum execution client developed by Paradigm, which will run in shadow mode during the preview, a first for Optimism.
Thibaut Sahaghian, Head of Network at Safe, said, “We are committed to achieving self-custodial ownership for every human being and are excited to support World Chain with Safe’s advanced smart account infrastructure.”
Ryan Wyatt, Chief Growth Officer at Optimism Unlimited, added: “The launch of the World Chain Developer Preview marks a significant step forward, enabling Worldcoin developers to leverage the power of OP Stack to build ambitious applications, further enhancing the impact of Superchain.”
The development of World Chain is driven by the need to address the scalability challenges faced by the rapidly growing Worldcoin network. Currently, Worldcoin user transactions account for approximately 50% of OP Mainnet activity, sometimes rising to over 80% during peak periods. To address this, World Chain will launch with a block gas target set at 10,000,000, effectively doubling the processing capacity compared to OP Mainnet.
However, the Worldcoin Foundation recognizes that this is just the beginning.
With over 10 million people already creating a World ID and a compatible wallet, resulting in over 100 million transactions, the network demands are expected to grow significantly. The foundation and other contributors have committed to further optimizations, aiming to reach 1,000 million gas per second (1GGas/s), a 400x increase over the current OP Mainnet target.
Georgios Konstantopoulos, General Partner and CTO of Paradigm, commented: “We are excited to help enable World Chain’s scalability roadmap with Reth, an SDK for building high-performance, production-ready blockchains.
“We look forward to working closely with the Worldcoin Foundation, TFH, OP Stack, and the rest of the community during the World Chain Developer Preview to achieve the ambitious mission of breaking the 1 GGas/s barrier and beyond.”
World Chain is supported by partners including Alchemy, Safe, and Elliptic, with more partnerships expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The blockchain will also be one of the first to launch as a Phase 1 rollout, incorporating a failsafe system to improve security and integrity.
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Developers interested in participating in the World Chain preview can Request access via the Worldcoin Foundation website. The full public launch of World Chain is expected later this year, marking a significant milestone in the Worldcoin project’s mission to create a blockchain ecosystem focused on human identity and accessibility.
(Image credit: Worldcoin / Marc Olivier Le Blanc)
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