Worldcoin, the project giving airdrops to participants who volunteer to scan their irises with the infamous 'Orb', has received a fair share of heavy skepticism and criticism from the crypto community and beyond.

Many liken the project's operations to something coming out of a black mirror episode, or from George Orwell's 1984 dystopian novel. But what is the project really all about? Is there more to Worldcoin than what meets the eye?