Blockchain
Worldcoin’s WorldID Coming to Solana via Wormhole Grant
THE World currency The Foundation announced a $70,000 grant Wormhole to support WorldID verification on Solana blockchain.
In a June 27 statement, Worldcoin She said the ID integration effort will “equip the Solana ecosystem with a much-needed tool” to demonstrate humanity.
The grant awards 25,000 WLD to Wormhole.
Wormhole described the grant in more detail, saying it will seamlessly allow Solana-based protocols to verify previously authenticated user IDs on Ethereum blockchain.
To do this, wormhole queries to an Ethereum-Solana state bridge service will propagate World ID state roots between chains. The state bridge service will monitor the World ID contract and securely transfer changes to Solana, where a smart contract stores the World ID state roots and validates proofs of inclusion.
Benefits of integration
Wormhole described several benefits related to the integration. The approach will enable new use cases and demonstrate the versatility of Wormhole’s multichain infrastructure.
Furthermore, the integration aims to simplify verification for developers and ensure compatibility with future updates and improvements in verification methods.
The effort also aims to improve security and decentralization by ensuring that identity verification is done in a privacy-preserving manner. It will also improve cross-chain interoperability by allowing more decentralized apps to interact with identity verification systems on Ethereum.
Finally, the initiative aims to increase financial inclusion by supporting Worldcoin in providing universal access to the digital economy, serving ID users worldwide.
Other Worldcoin Grants
The Worldcoin Foundation has announced 16 grants worth a total of 289,000 WLD.
Other grantees include Axiom, Proof of Passport, Farcaster Humaniser, Alphaday, Only Dust, Encode Club, zkSnap, TACEO, Cometh, Herodotus, World Poll, Agora, Fuzzing Labs, Satori, and BBB & Company.
TACEO contributed previously to the renewal of Worldcoin’s data collection.
The beneficiary projects are tasked with strengthening the Worldcoin ecosystem in a variety of ways, from research and development to education and outreach efforts.