> If it doesn't work, it means there is some secret or centralized check that the network performs, which means the currency is not open. I could be wrong, but

> If it doesn't work, it means there is some secret or centralized check that the network performs, which means the currency is not open. I could be wrong, but isn't this because distribution of 'free' worldcoin is centralized? Meaning you can create identities on the network that may or may not be tied to a real person's eyeballs, but that identity only gets free Worldcoin if scanned by lets say an Approved™ Orb scanner operated by an Approved™ Orb operator, who is (presumably) verifying that the orb is scanning real humans only. This is basically Yet Another Shitcoin With Airdrop, but with some effort to try and control 1 human adopter = 1 free coin in the airdrop. Regardless, that doesn't imply that the network is centralized / controlled, just the distribution of the initial 8 billion worldcoins is (philosophically, you might say that the centralization of the initial distribution of coins means that the network is effectively not decentralized, but presumably the network is running similar code as any other blockchain).