The Worldcoin Foundation has awarded a grant to Wormhole, the cross-chain interoperability protocol, to implement the World ID system on the Solana blockchain.
According to the announcement, the verification functions for world ID will be enabled on the Solana blockchain without compromising security or performance by using Wormhole’s Ethereum to Solana State Bridge Service. This is expected to make the process easy and secure for different blockchains.
The main goal of the integration is to improve user identification across blockchains by leveraging Worldcoin’s distributed identity solutions.
A crucial aspect of this is the introduction of a new smart contract named SolanaWorldIDProgram that will be used to validate and store World ID state roots. By doing so, applications based on Solana can easily authenticate the identities of users, thereby potentially creating new opportunities for developers in the ecosystem of Solana.
In response to regulatory concerns, Worldcoin has also introduced improved privacy measures as a response to issues regarding the regulation. These consist of Personal Custody and Unverify World ID features, which are intended to give users more control over their data without compromising the network’s integrity.
Moreover, Worldcoin has partnered with Alchemy in order to accelerate the development of its World Chain project. This means that Alchemy’s technical know-how and developer tools will be used to boost the expansion of the World Chain Project.
Meanwhile, Worldcoin (WLD) and Solana (SOL) both experienced market movements following the announcement. WLD is currently trading at $2.83, a 2% increase from its previous price of $2.69, while SOL went up significantly, trading at $149.8, representing a 9.11% increase.
