In keeping with its proof of personhood (PoP) mission, World also touts how the app can be connected to World ID, so it “allows you to know when you’re chatting with a verified human.” Verified users get a blue bubble instead of a drab grey one, and an extra special “World ID gem in the upper right corner.” World has recently been rapidly expanding operations in Southeast Asia, with its latest stop landing it in Thailand. Bangkok is now home to three “World Spaces” where interested parties can scan their irises and attain a World ID to become “verified humans” on the World Network (and choose to receive an allotment of WLD cryptocurrency). To participate in World Network, Thais only need to download World App and verify they are human via the Orb, World’s state-of-the-art camera