Worldcoin has partnered with Alchemy ahead of the launch of World Chain.

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Ahead of launching the WorldChain blockchain in the coming weeks and months, it announced a partnership with web3 infrastructure platform Alchemy.

““Our partnership with Alchemy gives World Chain developers immediate access to a complete and comprehensive web3 developer platform that includes core and data APIs, indexing solutions, and a suite of other tools developers need to drive their apps,” the statement said.

Steven Smith, head of protocols at Tools for Humanity, told The Block:“The Alchemy developer toolset is the most comprehensive we know of for web3.”

The Worldcoin project is primarily developed and promoted by Tools for Humanity, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alex Blania, who is also the company’s CEO.

Last April, World Coin Foundation announced that it would launch the following services: A new layer 2 blockchain called World Chain. The new blockchain is designed to allow the Worldcoin project to function more efficiently by assigning World IDs to people who want to prove they are human through an eye scan. According to its website, the project has signed up nearly 6 million people.

According to a statement Wednesday, World Chain will “work together with Optimism, Coinbase, and the broader Ethereum ecosystem as part of a superchain.” “World Chain, which is migrating from the OP mainnet, where Worldcoin regularly occupies more than 50% of available block space, will become the new home of World ID and World App.”

According to Worldcoin, the new blockchain is expected to launch sometime this summer.

Alchemy’s Noam Hurwitz said his company’s joining forces with Worldcoin achieves the larger goal of attracting more “mainstream” internet users on-chain. “A fundamental way to scale blockchain applications and free up more block space is to use rollups, a core part of the infrastructure we are partnering with,” he added.

According to the Worldcoin Foundation, World Chain is intended to be “optimized for real humans instead of bots,” with World ID holders getting priority block space and “free gas allowances for everyday transactions.”

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