Global proof of personhood in the age of AI.

<aside> 👋 Hello Hackers! Join us in building the largest network of real humans!

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About Worldcoin and World ID

The Worldcoin Orb with a World ID.

Worldcoin

Worldcoin is building the world’s largest identity and financial network as a public utility, giving ownership to everyone. Currently, over 6M people have signed up and claimed their World ID!

Learn more.

World ID

World ID, part of the Worldcoin ecosystem, is the privacy-first identity protocol that brings global proof of personhood to the internet.

World ID is a digital passport that lets you prove you are a unique and real person while remaining anonymous.

Learn more.

🧑‍💻 The Hackathon

<aside> 📎 Questions? Reach out in the #partner-worldcoin channel of the ETHGlobal Discord!

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<aside> 💸 Need testnet funds? You can verify with World ID to get 1 testnet ETH every 24 hours at Optimism’s Superchain Faucet!

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🎯 The Goal

Build a web3 dapp & contract (optional) that leverages the World ID Protocol.

📋 Guidelines

• To qualify for any Worldcoin prize your project must:
  • Integrate Sign in with World ID or Incognito Actions.
  • World ID must be fully integrated. Proof validation is required and needs to occur in a web backend or smart contract.
  • Clearly describe a meaningful use case.
• Follow all official ETHGlobal guidelines, including instructions for submissions, judging, etc.

🤑 Prizes — ETHGlobal Website

$20,000 USD are up for grabs at the hackathon for devs who build on top of World ID, distributed as follows:

• $10000 to the Best Overall Projects🥇
  • $4000 to First Prize
  • $3000 to Second Prize
  • $2000 to Third Prize
  • $1000 to Honorable Mention
• $2500 to the Most Creative Use Case 🖼️
• $2500 to the Best Governance App 🧑‍⚖️
• $2500 to the Best Public Goods Use Case 👍
• $2500 Prize Pool - distributed equally among all qualifying submissions 🏊

Any prizes not awarded will be distributed to the prize pool.

🧑‍⚖️ Judging criteria

• Use case. Is there a meaningful problem being solved with World ID? Does the project have potential to solve a real problem in production?
• Depth of the integration. Was the project fully integrated on both the frontend and backend? Does the integration work end-to-end?
• Technical depth. Is the project introducing novel implementations or new tech?
• Creativity. Is the project posing a creative solution to a problem? Is World ID being used in a new way?

🧰 Hacking with World ID

<aside> 💡 Don’t have the app? We recommend you download World App before coming to the venue, in case there are connectivity issues.

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⭐️ Getting Started

🔗 Quick Start (easiest)

🔗 Use Cases

🔗 Web Verification Hackathon Template

🔗 On-Chain Hackathon Template

Advanced

🔗 Privacy in World ID

🔗 The Orb: Open source hardware

🔗 Biometric performance for 1B+

Build

🔗 Sign in with World ID

🔗 Incognito Actions (Cloud Verification)

🔗 Incognito Actions (On-Chain Verification)

🔗 Developer Portal

Other

🔗 World ID FAQs

🔗 Humanness in the Age of AI

🔗 Discord

🔗 Twitter