World ID USE CASES & IDEAS
The protocol to bring global proof of personhood to the internet.
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Voting
Using World ID, and particularly relying on global proof of personhood, can be used to build a truly democratic, one person one vote, system as well as novel voting systems.
- Deduplication in government elections
- Novel DAO governance including quadratic, and conviction voting
- Anonymous online polls platform
- Snapshot integration
- Change.org integration
Social Media
Social networks where humans, not bots, engage. With World ID and progressive proof of personhood social networks can be enhanced and several abuse problems solved.
- Bot protection for posting, views, likes
- Filter posts, comments, replies, and notifications to verified accounts
- Community moderation tools
- Content attribution to prevent deep fakes & misinformation
- Discord, Twitter, Lens, and Farcaster integrations
Wealth Distribution
Using World ID’s proof of personhood, a system could be built to ensure aid from NGOs, non-profits, government programs, etc. is distributed equitably to recipients.
- Government welfare programs
- Non-profit and refugee aid distribution
- Privately or publicly funded Universal Basic Income