⚠️ Worldcoin invites devs to build ahead of mainnet launch in 2024
Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency and digital identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is inching closer to a mainnet launch with the rollout of a blockchain preview for developers.
On July 9, the Worldcoin Foundation announced the launch of the World Chain developer preview, a tool providing global developers with an opportunity to start building on the World Chain before its mainnet launch.
With the World Chain developer preview, devs will be able to deploy infrastructure on a “gated mainnet,” as World Chain is skipping a testnet, Remco Bloemen, head of protocol at the Worldcoin Foundation, told Cointelegraph.
🔸 World Chain devs have already been testing on the OP Stack
Bloemen mentioned that developers have already been testing the World Chain on the OP Stack, the open-source development framework maintained by the Optimism Collective and serving as a public resource for Ethereum and Optimism ecosystems.
“OP Stack has seen plenty of testing already — we know it works,” Bloemen said. He added that interested developers can apply for developer preview access on the official website of Worldcoin’s developer Tools for Humanity.
The Worldcoin Foundation launched support of Optimism and the Superchain before the network’s in July 202. In less than a year, Worldcoin user transactions have grown to about 50% of OP mainnet’s activity, making it the biggest application on the network.
Expected to be fully launched sometime in 2024, World Chain is a blockchain integrated with Worldcoin’s identity protocol, World ID, and is designed to enable real human transactions. The project aims to provide an ecosystem where people use the universal World ID as a global digital passport and create a global economy for as many people as possible, regardless of country or economic status.
10 million people in 160 countries will be able to use the World Chain once the mainnet launches