Adrián, a 15-year-old boy from San Fernando de Henares (Madrid), was offered “free money” at the Plenilunio shopping center. For more than a year, Adrián collected digital currencies, which were then worth only a few cents.

Worldcoin chose to establish age verification in December 2023 in every place in Spain where photos of irises were taken due to news about “a couple of minors” The company says that it has always required that individuals be at least 18 years old to obtain a World ID, the virtual document that is obtained with the photo of the iris and allows collecting coins. The company Tools for Humanity, promoter of Worldcoin and co-founded by Sam Altman, has its European headquarters in Germany, hence the relevant authority for these matters is that of Bavaria, with whom the AEPD collaborates. The cunning and mischief of a handful of young people shows that it is not easy to create a cryptocurrency that ‘gives away money’ without many other dangers.