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I agree with certain sentiments, especially whether there is an actual product market fit for this, but the tech analysis here is sloppy. Molly is a crypto sceptic so suffers from confirmation bias.

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Can you provide a better critique than a single-word dismissal ("sloppy")? Molly is a crypto skeptic, but that fact alone doesn't make her analysis sloppy. If you have some insights into where she's wrong, please do share.

Yeh, I have a lot of problems with Worldcoin but this isn't a great post on it or the issues. You can tell she went in with the intention to write something for an audience that hates crypto and wants to be told they're right.

As a comparison, Vitalik wrote a great, even handed analysis:

https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/07/24/biometric.html

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