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Title: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on April 02, 2018, 02:25:50 PM
I've compiled a list with some interesting projects that want to implement a form of basic income through cryptocurrency and blockchains. For now, I've just added a link to their website and some basic publicly available information. In the future I'll add more information to this list, if people are interested.

I'm not that good in creating these extensive and visually appealing threads, so apologies for the not-so-compact layout. Definitely let me know in the comments if you know any other related projects that I could add!


What is Universal Basic Income?
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A basic income (also called basic income guarantee, citizen's income, unconditional basic income, universal basic income (UBI), basic living stipend (BLS) or universal demogrant) is typically described as a new kind of welfare regime in which all citizens (or permanent residents) of a country receive a regular, liveable and unconditional sum of money, from the government. From that follows, among other things, that there is no state requirement to work or to look for work in such a society. The payment is also, in such a pure basic income, totally independent of any other income. An unconditional income that is sufficient to meet a person's basic needs (at or above the poverty line), is called full basic income, while if it is less than that amount, it is called partial. Basic income can be implemented nationally, regionally or locally. Some welfare systems are related to basic income but have certain conditions. For example, Bolsa Família in Brasil is restricted to poor families and the children are obligated to attend school. A related welfare system is negative income tax. Like basic income, it guarantees everyone (where everyone can mean, for example, all adult citizens of a country) a certain amount of regular income. But unlike a basic income with the same amount for all negative tax means that the amount is gradually reduced with higher labor income.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income


Legend
Green = UBI distribution has started
Red = Possible SCAM



Altrui.st (https://altrui.st/)
This project originates from the Techcrunch Disrupt European Hackathon 2017 (Berlin) and won third price. The Deutsche Bank and ESRI APIs were used just for the purpose of the hackathon sponsor prices. We are rethinking that part.

Dev Post (https://devpost.com/software/altrui-st)

BIG Foundation (http://big.foundation/)
BIG (Basic Income Guarantee) is a concept of unconditional basic income implemented using blockchain technology.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/bigfoundation/Documentation/blob/master/BIGwhitepaperEN.md)

Bitnation (https://tse.bitnation.co/)
Johan Nygren, a basic income activist, is currently exploring if basic income can be implemented using cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency are digital currencies whose value and number of units are regulated by encryption techniques, outside of any central banking system.

Explanatory Article (http://basicincome.org/news/2017/03/bitnation-recent-advances-cryptocurrency-see-basic-income-tested/)

Circles (https://joincircles.net/)
“Circles” will be a currency created from basic incomes only. In the system outlined in the following, new money is constantly distributed to every account participating in the system. The money in every individual account are uniquely identifiable and only gain in value if the account connects to other accounts and joins groups. This incentivizes every user to limit themselves to one account.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/CirclesUBI/docs/blob/master/Circles.md)

C.UBI (http://www.circularubi.org/)
C.UBI is an initiative that proposes a preliminary framework to finance a universal basic income out of global resource usage, within the context of a circular economy and enabled by technology.

Manifesto (http://www.circularubi.org/manifesto/)

Democracy Earth (https://www.democracy.earth)
With the rise of open source software and peer to peer networks, political intermediation is no longer necessary. We are building Sovereign, an open source and decentralized democratic governance protocol for any kind of organization. They have included Basic Income as part of their whitepaper.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/DemocracyEarth/paper/blob/master/README.mediawiki)

Duniter (https://duniter.org/)
Duniter is a cryptocurrency software, which means it is a software providing the ability to create currencies. Duniter is different from other cryptocurrency softwares you may know (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Peercoin, ...) for 2 main reasons : its currency code includes the concepts of a Universal Dividend and Web of Trust; but also its Blockchain code, which is far more energy efficient, getting rid of the massive waste of energy introduced by Bitcoin.

Whitepaper (https://duniter.org/en/theoretical/)

Enumivo (https://www.enumivo.org/)
The Enumivo Project envisions to provide a basic income (UBI) for all, on the premise that all citizens of earth have a right to an equal share of the planet's natural resources, a right as basic as the right to breathe air.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/enumivo/whitepaper)  |  Bitcointalk Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2903323.0)

GoodDollar (https://www.gooddollar.org/)
GoodDollar is the brainchild of Yoni Assia, eToro Founder and ColoredCoins co-founder.
The idea was first described in The Visible Hand (Yoni Assia, 2008), as a new type of money that has 2 main features:
It is transparent as it is based on blockchain, and every transaction is connected to a person.
It has a universal basic income, or social interest, based on social mining.

Whitepaper (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IC22u_sR49GSG4OI8i0qQG0Xb-V7lzTUs86QkGRt_f8/edit)

Greshm (http://www.greshm.org/)
Greshm is an independent basic income system backed by the US Dollar. You should be skeptical, but this is serious. We won't print money, but we'll be doing the digital equivalent. Project Greshm has developed a mechanism that allows us to continually create new currency without devaluing it against the dollar. This stream of new Greshm currency (XGD) will fund everyone's basic income.

We plan to organize the project as a nonprofit to manage the currency for the benefit of society.

Whitepaper (http://www.greshm.org/whitepaper/)

GroupIncome (https://groupincome.org/)
Group Income (n) is an efficient, fair, decentralized Basic Income system for you and your friends.

FAQ (https://groupincome.org/faq/)  |  Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCss9JQ6yFFk0yonhg-5JCtw)  |  Subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/groupincome)

Horizon (http://horizon.ngo/)
Horizon NGO is the first decentralized platform for uniting universal basic income initiatives. We are an independent non-governmental organization offering a basic income token implemented on the Ethereum blockchain. This simply means that, through our crypto tokens, everyone can start building a basic income for him- or herself. Our job is to keep on gathering enough financial reserves to make regular payouts possible. For this, we largely depend on donations and partnerships both inside and outside the crypto world.

Executive Summary (http://horizon.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/horizon-summary.pdf)

Kuwa (http://kuwa.org/)
We are developing a cryptocurrency "faucet" to deliver a universal basic income (UBI). As part of the project, we will implement the Kuwa identity sytem.

Whitepaper (http://kuwa.org/Kuwa-Driven_Basic_Income_Faucet.pdf)

Manna aka Grantcoin * (https://www.mannabase.com)
Manna is the world's first universally accessible, people-powered alternative currency.
No matter who you are or where you're from, we believe you have a basic human right to share in the money supply.

Whitepaper (http://www.grantcoin.org/documents/manna-whitepaper.pdf)  |  CoinMarketCap (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/manna/)  |  Bitcointalk Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1618075.0)

Project UBU (https://www.projectubu.com/)
We aim to create the world's first fully fledged decentralised currency that works to the benefit of everyone without relying on taxation.

Whitepaper (https://www.projectubu.com/pdf/ProjectUBU_WhitePaper.pdf)

Purpose/DUBI (https://www.prps.io/)
Purpose is a token built on the ERC-20 Token Standard that allows people to contribute to its altruistic objectives by holding it. Its primary feature is its ability to generate a second token called DUBI (Decentralized Universal Basic Income) that is supported by a large community of activists, as well as an independent group of volunteer developers who work together towards
increasing DUBI’s value, in preparation for eventually gradually distributing it among the world’s population.

Whitepaper (https://www.prps.io/Purpose.pdf)  |  CoinMarketCap (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/decentralized-universal-basic-income/)  |  SCAM ACCUSATION (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2803697.0)

Raha (https://raha.app/)
Raha offers people around the world a basic income through their app. Snap a video to prove you're real, then start minting your basic income.

Raha Basic Income Explained (https://raha.app/why-ubi/)  |  Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.raha.mobile)  |  IOS App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/app/raha/id1434224783?ls=1&mt=8)

Solidar (https://solidar.it/)(WEBSITE DOWN)
Solidar is a decentralized, distributed, peer-to-peer demurrage based, electronic currency designed to create an economic system based on stability and well-being of all the people. Solidar is distributed monthly to all network members as crypto-vouchers' universal basic income, to provide the satisfaction of human basic needs.

Project Info (https://solidar.it/how-it-works/)

Steem Basic Income (https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-a-complete-overview)
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemit members as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.

Steemit account (https://steemit.com/@steembasicincome)  |  Discord (https://discord.gg/fpSnkFM)

Swift (https://www.swiftdemand.com)
Swift Demand is an attempt at basic income. Each user who is signed up for the service receives 100 swifts each day. No additional swifts can be created with time or resources. No user can gain any other 'advantage' when it comes to acquiring swifts.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/swiftdemand/swiftprotocol)

Ubic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3021063)
UBIC stands for Universal Basic Income Currency and is a blockchain -based platform that will distribute crypto currency under the form of an universal basic income.

Whitepaper (https://github.com/UBIC-repo/Whitepaper/blob/master/README.md)  |  Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/UBIC/)

Ubit (http://www.unibit.io/)
UBIT - Universal Basic Income Tokens are an experimental function of the Unibit Blockchain (http://universalbitproject.com/). Participants will receive a set amount of UBITs weekly based on a tier system: Registered, Verified, and Permissioned. Verification processes will act as extended transaction layers (email, sms, etc). This prevents users from running multiple instances, and allows for a more fair distribution.

Github (https://github.com/unibitlabs)  |  Bitcointalk Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2128122.0)

Vialcoin (https://vialcoin.com/)
The First Cryptocurrency which strives to deploy a Universal Basic Income viable solution using the blockchain technology. Somebody still needs to work, but that somebody can be your computer. Deploy and earn using technology, while pursuing a career that truly fulfills you. We believe our world is in dire need of more people chasing dreams and purpose, and less people chasing money.

Whitepaper (https://vialcoin.com/white-paper/)  |  Bitcointalk Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2047904.0)

ZeroPoverty (http://zeropoverty.io/)
We want to eradicate poverty forever. We will do it by creating a cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin) to deliver a Universal Basic Income (UBI) to everyone. We recently launched The Crypto UBI Project (TCUP). We will finish implementing TCUP during August 2018. We will publish all TCUP software as a free open source project.

More Info (http://zeropoverty.io/tcup.html)



Updated: 19/05/2019

* Important information about Manna:
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According to the whitepaper, the vast majority of existing monetary base is held by the founders and close associates:

-19% directly by the founders

-36% donated to Mannabase, a company directly controlled by their foundation

-17% paid to "dozens" of developers and technical staff

Another 9% was mined into circulation, and there is a strong probability that the early miners and the founders are one and the same. A grand total of 6% was given away as UBI but they promise to give more away by a complex process that seems very centralized.

It's essentially a UBI-branded premine: if you make us filthy rich we promise to make the world a better place. Certainly a splash of color in a crypto space that seems to be dominated by those who exploit more basic human impulses.

Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16515112

DISCLAIMER: Projects descriptions are copied from the respective websites, as to keep the information given as neutral as possible. The link in the project title will usually show you exactly where the text was taken from.

Sources + Interesting Links
https://cryptoubi.org/
https://cryptoubi.org/links
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@daan/let-s-talk-about-universal-basic-income-list-of-ubi-coins (My own Steemit blog)
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoUBI/comments/86k4ax/complete_list_of_active_basic_income_projects/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJqguQqIJp8 (MetaCert Exclusive: Roundtable Discussion on UBI with Scott Santens and Eric Stetson)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 04, 2018, 10:37:10 AM
Thanks for the nice comments Emma! I'm still planning on improving it, so if anyone has any suggestions which information I could add to the OP, please reply.
I'm currently thinking of adding a link to the whitepaper and Bitcointalk thread if applicable. Can't really think of anything else to add.

Maybe I'll try and update some of the descriptions, some of these projects don't really have much information on their website.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: dogbackwards on April 05, 2018, 03:59:23 AM
This is an excellent resource people. UBI in my opinion is what the world needs, there is a lot of disdain on the subject but you've really got nothing to lose here by giving it a shot and learning about it. Essentially it will help a huge problem with low income third world countries the most, in my opinion. Some people work for very little and even if they get x amount of dollars (usd value) each time they receive  their UBI, 5 usd goes a LONG way in some countries.

As for all the resources I haven't even heard of like over half of these and I've been with manna (grantcoin) for a long time now. And I've had swift since almost release. I appreciate you showing us all of these.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 05, 2018, 05:11:16 PM
I've added Purpose/Dubi to the list and also added a link to the whitepaper/equivalent.
Coinmarketcap page was added where applicable.

This is an excellent resource people. UBI in my opinion is what the world needs, there is a lot of disdain on the subject but you've really got nothing to lose here by giving it a shot and learning about it. Essentially it will help a huge problem with low income third world countries the most, in my opinion. Some people work for very little and even if they get x amount of dollars (usd value) each time they receive  their UBI, 5 usd goes a LONG way in some countries.

As for all the resources I haven't even heard of like over half of these and I've been with manna (grantcoin) for a long time now. And I've had swift since almost release. I appreciate you showing us all of these.

Yeah I really believe that UBI is something that the world is going to need very soon, but I agree that it's quite a heated topic with lots of opponents.
Manna is also my most favourite project, since they are the furthest along IMO. Most of these other projects don't even have a coin listed on exchanges.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: retlaw04 on April 05, 2018, 08:48:36 PM
This is a great and a very specific summary of projects. I can not not do the mosts dawn.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: paxmao on April 05, 2018, 09:00:58 PM
These are all excellent initiatives, but it may be difficult to put them into practice as the coin or token economics need an incentive for the developers of the system and that is more difficult in these cases.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 05, 2018, 09:43:02 PM
These are all excellent initiatives, but it may be difficult to put them into practice as the coin or token economics need an incentive for the developers of the system and that is more difficult in these cases.

I think that most of these projects have other uses than just being a basic income. Most of these projects are run by philanthropists, so they have some form of investment to pay developers, I would assume.

Only 2 of all these projects are actually listed on Coinmarketcap, so it's kinda difficult to say how most of these initiatives will get valued in the future.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: ManaMan on April 05, 2018, 09:51:33 PM
As long as others are willing to trade for these coins they should be interesting ones to keep an eye on. Simply to see where are they heading. I myself like the idea of basic income, because in future machines will take most of our jobs and then people will have to have basic income, this is really good to see in crypto space, first time I am exposed to such thing and that I personally hear about it in crypto world. Thanks for sharing! Will go through these projects, sound interesting now.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 05, 2018, 09:57:35 PM
As long as others are willing to trade for these coins they should be interesting ones to keep an eye on. Simply to see where are they heading. I myself like the idea of basic income, because in future machines will take most of our jobs and then people will have to have basic income, this is really good to see in crypto space, first time I am exposed to such thing and that I personally hear about it in crypto world. Thanks for sharing! Will go through these projects, sound interesting now.

Yeah I personally believe that this idea will definitely gain more traction in the future and that crypto is the perfect way to make it happen.
One main argument against Universal Basic Income is that it would be way too expensive to implement, through these projects society does not have to burden the costs for this through taxes.

The amounts you receive with Manna for example are pretty low atm, at least for people who live in first world countries, but I hope it will scale in the future. It might be worth it for people in poorer countries, for them every extra dollar they can receive per day/week counts.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 10, 2018, 12:03:53 PM
Update:

I've added UBIT to the list, a project I've found here on Bitcointalk. The project seems to be pretty new, but their Github seems active so I've added it.
Also added Bitcointalk thread to some of the other entries and scam warning for the Purpose/dubi project.

Again, let me know if you know something else that I could add :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 12, 2018, 03:41:16 PM
Update:

I've added 'Steem Basic Income' to the list, while it's not really a standalone project, I still think it might be useful for people who are already a member of Steemit.
Let me know if someone wants certain information added to the overview or if you know of other basic income projects!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: user0000001 on April 12, 2018, 04:12:02 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3052967.new#new
ARMR
https://armr.network/
security and anonimity
probably already everyone is tired of verifications. and I want to return the former anonymity


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: UmerIdrees on April 12, 2018, 04:15:07 PM
I don't Just get it  what is Meant by "Basic Income Projects"
Are you compiling the coins / tokens which have good potential or you are compiling the sites which can give good Income ?

Just a suggestion, you could have started a "Moderated thread" to keep the spam out of the way.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: kryptogunner on April 12, 2018, 04:16:25 PM
With all due respect, I would like a start to this thread with a brief definition and description of UBI projects in laymen terms for people to understand coupled with dynamics of such projects and how people can benefit from it. This is an awesome compilation for those who understand but for people still new (which most of us are as crypto itself is new), this shall act as starter.

Also, the theme is based on redistribution of wealth. However, generally new tokens are created every year which are further redistributed to new members. But this increased supply shall fuel inflation and wont do much good in terms of wealth redistribution.

You may like to add Grant Coin (http://www.grantcoin.org/) and Circles (https://joincircles.net/).

PS: please review both of them independently.



Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Parodium on April 12, 2018, 04:18:05 PM
Watching this thread with interest.

Also, would NEO count? Due to the gas generation property all holders are provided a small income.

Edit: https://www.enumivo.org/ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2903323.0)

Enumivo seems to meet your criteria directly, very little information available on it, particularly information about how the income is generated.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Steamtyme on April 12, 2018, 04:21:35 PM
I'm kinda amazed, I can honestly say I never even considered this as an application for blockchain technology. If these projects can show the benefit to their platform, there's a chance more progressive governments might adopt this. Either way in the end someone does have the burden of funding the basic income; but using a blockchain style ledger would greatly reduce the behind the scenes costs and potential errors involved in current social assistance programs.

I'm going to have to do some more reading on each but it's nice to see several developments out there focusing on distribution of wealth and not just decentralization. Thanks for putting this out there I definitely see the benefit to these platforms especially when dealing with less privileged members of society.

EDIT: I just did a quick search and turned up this project as well. Sorry noticed the post up top and realized that Manna was the re branding of this grantcoin.

http://www.grantcoin.org/


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 12, 2018, 04:41:34 PM
With all due respect, I would like a start to this thread with a brief definition and description of UBI projects in laymen terms for people to understand coupled with dynamics of such projects and how people can benefit from it. This is an awesome compilation for those who understand but for people still new (which most of us are as crypto itself is new), this shall act as starter.

Also, the theme is based on redistribution of wealth. However, generally new tokens are created every year which are further redistributed to new members. But this increased supply shall fuel inflation and wont do much good in terms of wealth redistribution.

You may like to add Grant Coin (http://www.grantcoin.org/) and Circles (https://joincircles.net/).

PS: please review both of them independently.



Great feedback, I will update the thread with a better explanation. Both the coins you've mentioned were already on the list, grantcoin = manna

Watching this thread with interest.

Also, would NEO count? Due to the gas generation property all holders are provided a small income.

Edit: https://www.enumivo.org/ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2903323.0)

Enumivo seems to meet your criteria directly, very little information available on it, particularly information about how the income is generated.

Neo doesn't seem to have basic income as it's goal, so that one I'll not include.

Enumivo was already on the list ;)

I'm kinda amazed, I can honestly say I never even considered this as an application for blockchain technology. If these projects can show the benefit to their platform, there's a chance more progressive governments might adopt this. Either way in the end someone does have the burden of funding the basic income; but using a blockchain style ledger would greatly reduce the behind the scenes costs and potential errors involved in current social assistance programs.

I'm going to have to do some more reading on each but it's nice to see several developments out there focusing on distribution of wealth and not just decentralization. Thanks for putting this out there I definitely see the benefit to these platforms especially when dealing with less privileged members of society.

EDIT: I just did a quick search and turned up this project as well.

http://www.grantcoin.org/

Grantcoin is the same as manna, check out their recent posts on that website ;) I'm personally really passionate about projects like these, because it's something that society will need sooner rather than later.
This could be a great implementation of Basic income at relatively low cost.

Thanks for the comment!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Steamtyme on April 12, 2018, 04:50:27 PM

Grantcoin is the same as manna, check out their recent posts on that website ;) I'm personally really passionate about projects like these, because it's something that society will need sooner rather than later.
This could be a great implementation of Basic income at relatively low cost.

Thanks for the comment!

Not a problem, I edited my post as I did a little more reading.

Your right, although I would say this UBI is something that has been needed a long time. I've always been the sort you could consider a bleeding heart; but still live in reality. The first time I really understood the massive amounts of need were when I worked for a call center that handled calls for charities. Don't get me wrong it wasn't volunteer in any way and the company was greasy as far as I was concerned. One thing that made me good at those projects was instead of reading the scripts I looked into the charities so I could actually carry on a conversation with the donors(by the time I was done talking ;) ) The tough part was realizing you couldn't help everyone with the current system.

I hope that governments adopt this; I know some Canadian provinces are talking about UBI and it would be great to get them on board in this manner.

Again thanks for the info I'll be doing a little more research on these and maybe even start spreading the word.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Ganthet on April 12, 2018, 05:00:37 PM
I'm kinda amazed, I can honestly say I never even considered this as an application for blockchain technology. If these projects can show the benefit to their platform, there's a chance more progressive governments might adopt this. Either way in the end someone does have the burden of funding the basic income; but using a blockchain style ledger would greatly reduce the behind the scenes costs and potential errors involved in current social assistance programs.

I'm going to have to do some more reading on each but it's nice to see several developments out there focusing on distribution of wealth and not just decentralization. Thanks for putting this out there I definitely see the benefit to these platforms especially when dealing with less privileged members of society.

EDIT: I just did a quick search and turned up this project as well.

http://www.grantcoin.org/

Grantcoin is the same as manna, check out their recent posts on that website ;) I'm personally really passionate about projects like these, because it's something that society will need sooner rather than later.
This could be a great implementation of Basic income at relatively low cost.

Thanks for the comment!
In this respect, however, although an equal distribution of wealth is ideal, it still undermines the role of money as an incentive that pushes people to work harder, thus getting more income. Perhaps in a utopian society where the population is infused with the notion of hard work as a measure to maximize human potential and a sense of place in civilization which justifies this effort towards growth, such an implementation would work.

But given a society that is built on capitalist foundations and a craving for stratification, it is better off leaving mankind for to its own interests - a personal pursuit for meaning and purpose fueled by individual definitions of money.

And just to put it out there, an equal society tends to be a boring one. Suppose I'd have mustered enough cash to go on a vacation to a luxurious resort: once I arrive, it's empty. No one at the reception waiting for guests, no janitors keeping the establishment clean and no lifeguards securing the swimming area. Why? They've all saved enough money to go out at the same exact day that I did, earning and saving the same amount a year too. In the world today, this seems to be unreal, but in a society built on equal pay, a tale like this could be a narrative of daily life - a repetitive cycle of working and saving - towards what will always be a dead end job.

Just my two cents :).


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: emmybd on April 12, 2018, 05:00:54 PM
JSEcoin is a very good web browser mining income project, please consider adding it.
http://jsecoin.com

Web Browser Mining:
Anyone with a web browser or website can now mine cryptocurrency. Either mine on your own device on our easy to use platform, or simply install a code snippet into your website which will earn you tokens whilst your visitors browse.

Platform Mining Overview:
You can register your JSECoin account and start mining in 60 seconds.

We have a dedicated mining page on the platform where you can put your devices CPU to use earning you some JSECoin tokens. Here your computer will be performing mathematical equations to secure our blockchain (basically a ledger of all of our transactions) and as a reward for doing this you will have the chance to earn JSECoin tokens.

You’re in complete control the whole time and are able to start and stop the process at any point, as well as change how much CPU power you dedicate to mining.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: kryptogunner on April 12, 2018, 05:02:50 PM
With all due respect, I would like a start to this thread with a brief definition and description of UBI projects in laymen terms for people to understand coupled with dynamics of such projects and how people can benefit from it. This is an awesome compilation for those who understand but for people still new (which most of us are as crypto itself is new), this shall act as starter.

Also, the theme is based on redistribution of wealth. However, generally new tokens are created every year which are further redistributed to new members. But this increased supply shall fuel inflation and wont do much good in terms of wealth redistribution.

You may like to add Grant Coin (http://www.grantcoin.org/) and Circles (https://joincircles.net/).

PS: please review both of them independently.



Great feedback, I will update the thread with a better explanation. Both the coins you've mentioned were already on the list, grantcoin = manna


Irrespective of crytocurrencies, there have been many experiments all over the world encompassing developing as well as developed countries like Canada, Kenya, Uganda, Netherland etc.  Apart from these, India has also shown an interest last year when Annual Economic Survey (popularly called as budget here) had a section dedicated to it. But all these experiments so far has just remained as pilot projects and not evolved themselves into an ecosystem.

I am just thinking myself, what would I do if someday I am assured that I do not have to worry for working my ass off everyday ! ::)

I would like to get your views on what impacts could it bring to te society, both positive as well as negative by-products. One thing I can think off could be drugs/ alcohol consumption getting higher, or may be economic growth going down due to fall in productivity. But yes, it shall surely increase the happiness index enmasses. Afterall, we work to live and not vice versa !  :D

Hello Sir,
 
Please consider adding JSEcoin.
http://jsecoin.com

Do Jsecoin listed anywhere? or yet to be launched?


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Boristhecat on April 12, 2018, 05:10:30 PM
eternalgloom
Thank you for such a compilation.
I am interested in this topic in itself, especially its economic part, so I will be pleased to study these projects.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: snakeSTAND on April 12, 2018, 05:39:59 PM
I observed the word money, income are almost use then secondly the word bank, distribution, and profit. This make sense in people's lives. Funny to think that this topic seems pyramid to me. Even you provide a meaningful information of what the  majority needs with proof, in return some will think this isn't useful (ponzi).

I appreciated much your good compilation of what the universal basic income project. I assume if this basic put it into practice will make sense to everyone's income to meet the basic needs too. Even in one country's income will probably growth gradually. The effectivity will be observe not just in a few time but it will fully growth in a due time possibly will last long if it will practice intimately.

This is a compact information that could have good impact to the universe like what the basic cycle of ecosystem.

I leave a comment for this is  meaningful to me. That is how I  prove that it helps me and I would like to watch your update. By the way I like Manna it seems derived from the word blessings (foods) to provide everyone's family if they wish.

Thanks for your effort


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: vlad230 on April 12, 2018, 05:57:55 PM
This is an interesting concept indeed. :)

I took a look over the first one in your list but I still can't see how these projects can be successful. In the sense that if you handout free tokens to everyone their value will be diluted and they won't be worth anything in the end.

Even if other NGOs will pump money into it, there isn't going to be enough for a lot of people. Not to mention the inflation this will generate.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: cpbtc on April 12, 2018, 06:52:51 PM
Hi,

May earn.com be added here? They claim: Replace your public email with an inbox that pays you. Again task based and refers social networking like Linkedin.

Regards.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 12, 2018, 07:02:36 PM
I'm kinda amazed, I can honestly say I never even considered this as an application for blockchain technology. If these projects can show the benefit to their platform, there's a chance more progressive governments might adopt this. Either way in the end someone does have the burden of funding the basic income; but using a blockchain style ledger would greatly reduce the behind the scenes costs and potential errors involved in current social assistance programs.

I'm going to have to do some more reading on each but it's nice to see several developments out there focusing on distribution of wealth and not just decentralization. Thanks for putting this out there I definitely see the benefit to these platforms especially when dealing with less privileged members of society.

EDIT: I just did a quick search and turned up this project as well.

http://www.grantcoin.org/

Grantcoin is the same as manna, check out their recent posts on that website ;) I'm personally really passionate about projects like these, because it's something that society will need sooner rather than later.
This could be a great implementation of Basic income at relatively low cost.

Thanks for the comment!
In this respect, however, although an equal distribution of wealth is ideal, it still undermines the role of money as an incentive that pushes people to work harder, thus getting more income. Perhaps in a utopian society where the population is infused with the notion of hard work as a measure to maximize human potential and a sense of place in civilization which justifies this effort towards growth, such an implementation would work.

But given a society that is built on capitalist foundations and a craving for stratification, it is better off leaving mankind for to its own interests - a personal pursuit for meaning and purpose fueled by individual definitions of money.

And just to put it out there, an equal society tends to be a boring one. Suppose I'd have mustered enough cash to go on a vacation to a luxurious resort: once I arrive, it's empty. No one at the reception waiting for guests, no janitors keeping the establishment clean and no lifeguards securing the swimming area. Why? They've all saved enough money to go out at the same exact day that I did, earning and saving the same amount a year too. In the world today, this seems to be unreal, but in a society built on equal pay, a tale like this could be a narrative of daily life - a repetitive cycle of working and saving - towards what will always be a dead end job.

Just my two cents :).

I don't see basic income as a means to make society fully equal though. And experiments have also shown that it does not make people work less, what it does do is give people the opportunity to look for jobs that they like to do.

Basic income is fully compatible with capitalism and you will always have people who are willing to do the less interesting jobs as well, since basic income wouldn't be a full replacement for a wage.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: rajurathod18 on April 12, 2018, 07:35:44 PM
Hello OP nice compilation of Universal basic income projects, I personally use swift demand they are running now token sale for swits good site to buy and sell useful stuffs and information. I also like steemit a tokenized social media where we can learn share knowledge and earn. OP I would like to suggest you one more site https://wildspark.me this also tokenized social media project on blockchain where we can simply share our YouTube vedio and when people's watches our content if they like our vedio they rewards us in AMP which also tradable like steem and already listed on several exchanges and Coinmarketcap here is the link

 https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/synereo/


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Steamtyme on April 12, 2018, 07:39:24 PM
While stumbling down the rabbit hole a little I found this project https://tse.bitnation.co (https://tse.bitnation.co)

Looks like they want to create an entire governing nation without borders. Seems like an interesting future planning project; it reminds me of the off grid commune/commmunities people founded in the late 60s/70s.

This is the initial article that I read where they discuss their UBI.

http://basicincome.org/news/2017/03/bitnation-recent-advances-cryptocurrency-see-basic-income-tested/



In this respect, however, although an equal distribution of wealth is ideal, it still undermines the role of money as an incentive that pushes people to work harder, thus getting more income. Perhaps in a utopian society where the population is infused with the notion of hard work as a measure to maximize human potential and a sense of place in civilization which justifies this effort towards growth, such an implementation would work.

But given a society that is built on capitalist foundations and a craving for stratification, it is better off leaving mankind for to its own interests - a personal pursuit for meaning and purpose fueled by individual definitions of money.

And just to put it out there, an equal society tends to be a boring one. Suppose I'd have mustered enough cash to go on a vacation to a luxurious resort: once I arrive, it's empty. No one at the reception waiting for guests, no janitors keeping the establishment clean and no lifeguards securing the swimming area. Why? They've all saved enough money to go out at the same exact day that I did, earning and saving the same amount a year too. In the world today, this seems to be unreal, but in a society built on equal pay, a tale like this could be a narrative of daily life - a repetitive cycle of working and saving - towards what will always be a dead end job.

Just my two cents :).

I understand where you are coming from, all a UBI is supposed to do is really ensure that regardless of the career path you chose you shouldn't have to chose between eating/hydro/or a roof over your head.

These situations are rampant through all industrialized nations. Many people put in 40 hours + and still can't afford a basic quality of life. Another added benefit to a UBI that has been lost in the last few decades is that it can become easier for a parent to chose to stay home and raise children until they are school aged. This issue in itself has many added benefits to the family unit and specifically the children.

Thanks again OP for creating an interesting topic to discuss



Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 13, 2018, 09:25:32 AM
While stumbling down the rabbit hole a little I found this project https://tse.bitnation.co (https://tse.bitnation.co)

Looks like they want to create an entire governing nation without borders. Seems like an interesting future planning project; it reminds me of the off grid commune/commmunities people founded in the late 60s/70s.

This is the initial article that I read where they discuss their UBI.

http://basicincome.org/news/2017/03/bitnation-recent-advances-cryptocurrency-see-basic-income-tested/

Thanks! I hadn't found that one yet and it does seem to fit the criteria to be added on this list. Most of the suggestions by other people don't really qualify as basic income, but this one definitely does.


In this respect, however, although an equal distribution of wealth is ideal, it still undermines the role of money as an incentive that pushes people to work harder, thus getting more income. Perhaps in a utopian society where the population is infused with the notion of hard work as a measure to maximize human potential and a sense of place in civilization which justifies this effort towards growth, such an implementation would work.

But given a society that is built on capitalist foundations and a craving for stratification, it is better off leaving mankind for to its own interests - a personal pursuit for meaning and purpose fueled by individual definitions of money.

And just to put it out there, an equal society tends to be a boring one. Suppose I'd have mustered enough cash to go on a vacation to a luxurious resort: once I arrive, it's empty. No one at the reception waiting for guests, no janitors keeping the establishment clean and no lifeguards securing the swimming area. Why? They've all saved enough money to go out at the same exact day that I did, earning and saving the same amount a year too. In the world today, this seems to be unreal, but in a society built on equal pay, a tale like this could be a narrative of daily life - a repetitive cycle of working and saving - towards what will always be a dead end job.

Just my two cents :).

I understand where you are coming from, all a UBI is supposed to do is really ensure that regardless of the career path you chose you shouldn't have to chose between eating/hydro/or a roof over your head.

These situations are rampant through all industrialized nations. Many people put in 40 hours + and still can't afford a basic quality of life. Another added benefit to a UBI that has been lost in the last few decades is that it can become easier for a parent to chose to stay home and raise children until they are school aged. This issue in itself has many added benefits to the family unit and specifically the children.

Thanks again OP for creating an interesting topic to discuss



You've explained it perfectly! Basic Income isn't going to be a total replacement of a wage, more like an addition so everyone gets their basic needs met.

**Updated the OP, added Bitnation


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: InvestICO2L on April 14, 2018, 10:03:54 AM
I think you should add LBRY project to your list.
What is LBRY project?
LBRY is a sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable users to publish material and get paid for doing so. People using LBRY’s service can monetize their published material with its built-in payment system.
LBRY allow creators to upload their work to the LBRY network of hosts (like BitTorrent), and set a price per stream or download (like iTunes) or give it away for free (like YouTube without ads).
Now you can Sync your Youtube channel and earn LBC coin yearly.
For youtube channel have 1.000     Subscribers ----> 250 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 10.000   Subscribers ----> 1.000 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 100.000  Subscribers ----> 5.000 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 1.000.000 Subscribers ----> 15.000 LBC/year



Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 14, 2018, 10:50:06 AM
I think you should add LBRY project to your list.
What is LBRY project?
LBRY is a sharing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable users to publish material and get paid for doing so. People using LBRY’s service can monetize their published material with its built-in payment system.
LBRY allow creators to upload their work to the LBRY network of hosts (like BitTorrent), and set a price per stream or download (like iTunes) or give it away for free (like YouTube without ads).
Now you can Sync your Youtube channel and earn LBC coin yearly.
For youtube channel have 1.000     Subscribers ----> 250 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 10.000   Subscribers ----> 1.000 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 100.000  Subscribers ----> 5.000 LBC/year
For youtube channel have 1.000.000 Subscribers ----> 15.000 LBC/year


I don't really think that LBRY has the goal of providing people with a basic income, so I'm not going to add it to this list.
It's a really cool project though!

** I've updated the OP to include a definition of what basic income actually is. I've just gotten it from Wikipedia for now, I might make a custom one in the future.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Analyst101 on April 14, 2018, 11:33:51 AM
This is quite a nice compilation. Thank you for doing this for the community. I actually already signed up for Swift but I struggle to sign up for Grantcoin (can’t go pass the verification stage.) One thing that I really liked about Swift was that there’s already a small market where one can sell and buy services via its currency. For example, I helped few people translate their names to Korean, and I got small amount in return. It’s quite interesting to see there are several projects trying to promote universal income, and I wonder whether they will be able to establish sustainable marketplace.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 14, 2018, 12:04:56 PM
This is quite a nice compilation. Thank you for doing this for the community. I actually already signed up for Swift but I struggle to sign up for Grantcoin (can’t go pass the verification stage.) One thing that I really liked about Swift was that there’s already a small market where one can sell and buy services via its currency. For example, I helped few people translate their names to Korean, and I got small amount in return. It’s quite interesting to see there are several projects trying to promote universal income, and I wonder whether they will be able to establish sustainable marketplace.

Yeah the verification for Manna/grantcoin can be a bit tricky depending on which country you're from.
I had no issues signing up and getting verified with my Belgian phone, but have heard from other people that they were unable to.

You can always try to manually verify your identity with them or alternatively try to use another phone (different provider) for verification.

Haven't signed up for Swift myself, but it does seem very interesting indeed :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: Analyst101 on April 14, 2018, 12:34:32 PM
This is quite a nice compilation. Thank you for doing this for the community. I actually already signed up for Swift but I struggle to sign up for Grantcoin (can’t go pass the verification stage.) One thing that I really liked about Swift was that there’s already a small market where one can sell and buy services via its currency. For example, I helped few people translate their names to Korean, and I got small amount in return. It’s quite interesting to see there are several projects trying to promote universal income, and I wonder whether they will be able to establish sustainable marketplace.

Yeah the verification for Manna/grantcoin can be a bit tricky depending on which country you're from.
I had no issues signing up and getting verified with my Belgian phone, but have heard from other people that they were unable to.

You can always try to manually verify your identity with them or alternatively try to use another phone (different provider) for verification.

Haven't signed up for Swift myself, but it does seem very interesting indeed :)

Ah I see. I will try to sign up manually then. Actually, Swift is doing a tokensale right now. It's keep increasing (early bird advantage) but right now it's 1ETH=105,568 Swift token. But I am not sure whether that's good. We get 100 per day so that's like almost 3 years worth of getting it daily :/


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 15, 2018, 12:20:13 PM
This is quite a nice compilation. Thank you for doing this for the community. I actually already signed up for Swift but I struggle to sign up for Grantcoin (can’t go pass the verification stage.) One thing that I really liked about Swift was that there’s already a small market where one can sell and buy services via its currency. For example, I helped few people translate their names to Korean, and I got small amount in return. It’s quite interesting to see there are several projects trying to promote universal income, and I wonder whether they will be able to establish sustainable marketplace.

Yeah the verification for Manna/grantcoin can be a bit tricky depending on which country you're from.
I had no issues signing up and getting verified with my Belgian phone, but have heard from other people that they were unable to.

You can always try to manually verify your identity with them or alternatively try to use another phone (different provider) for verification.

Haven't signed up for Swift myself, but it does seem very interesting indeed :)

Ah I see. I will try to sign up manually then. Actually, Swift is doing a tokensale right now. It's keep increasing (early bird advantage) but right now it's 1ETH=105,568 Swift token. But I am not sure whether that's good. We get 100 per day so that's like almost 3 years worth of getting it daily :/

I also have my doubts about Manna btw, they barely have any volume on the exchanges they've listed and they mention in their whitepaper that they're planning on building their own proprietary blockchain in 2018.

Interesting what you say about Swift, I seriously doubt that the token will retain its value, if they're selling them that cheaply. It also doesn't make sense to keep the distribution so low.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 19, 2018, 09:48:59 AM
Small update:
I've changed the description of Swift, the old description was pretty bad and just something I had found directly on their home page.
Now I've updated it to some info that I found in their FAQ.

Also added some additional links in my sources and will continue to add crypto-UBI related links in the future.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects
Post by: eternalgloom on April 26, 2018, 12:29:23 PM
Another update to the OP:

I've added Vialcoin to the list, I'm not sure if this project is still active, but have added it anyway.
Also changed the colour of BIG and Solidar, to show that their UBI distribution has already started. Had forgotten about that the last time it seems.

Still looking for suggestions or just general feedback :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: dxbcoin on May 03, 2018, 11:25:56 PM
 I am one of many people using Steem Basic Income now and I can give anyone who interested a brief review. That is such a great project, the discord also full of helpful people I believe so even I don't talk much in there, this was founded by @josephsavage, and he is very active in the channel, he will answer every questions you might have.
Basically, you send (min) 1 SBD ( Steem Dollar to @steembasicincome) and everytime you post an article on Steemit, you automatically get upvote from them. Especially you can sponsor another person. And there are different ways to increase your income. But what I want to tell you here is, you can both enjoy writing and earn money at the same time on this platform. Gradually, you will not only earn money from Steem Basic Income but also from contests, upvote from other people ( when you are are more active and interact with other people. ) Steem Basic Income really helps you to start comfortably with not only Steemit but with cryptocurrency in general. Go check it out! You know, honestly Steem basic income might be a little amount for you, but believe me you will earn from different ways when you know more about it. Lol, sounds like I did a great PR for Steemit :D :D :D

But, really appreciate it, this thread helped me to realize there are more of them out there that I havent know. Thank you a lot!

Edited: Oh, its great if you start with this post so you can understand more https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-a-complete-overview


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Projects [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 04, 2018, 08:20:36 AM
I am one of many people using Steem Basic Income now and I can give anyone who interested a brief review. That is such a great project, the discord also full of helpful people I believe so even I don't talk much in there, this was founded by @josephsavage, and he is very active in the channel, he will answer every questions you might have.
Basically, you send (min) 1 SBD ( Steem Dollar to @steembasicincome) and everytime you post an article on Steemit, you automatically get upvote from them. Especially you can sponsor another person. And there are different ways to increase your income. But what I want to tell you here is, you can both enjoy writing and earn money at the same time on this platform. Gradually, you will not only earn money from Steem Basic Income but also from contests, upvote from other people ( when you are are more active and interact with other people. ) Steem Basic Income really helps you to start comfortably with not only Steemit but with cryptocurrency in general. Go check it out! You know, honestly Steem basic income might be a little amount for you, but believe me you will earn from different ways when you know more about it. Lol, sounds like I did a great PR for Steemit :D :D :D

But, really appreciate it, this thread helped me to realize there are more of them out there that I havent know. Thank you a lot!

Edited: Oh, its great if you start with this post so you can understand more https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-a-complete-overview

I've also been using it myself, but for now I just have one share.
That gives me an upvote of around 1 or 2 cents, which isn't a lot... I'm really thinking of sponsoring some other members to also increase my own shares

I think it's a pretty good system that you have to sponsor someone else to get your shares.

You can always pm or share your steem username, I'll get you another share as well ;)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: dxbcoin on May 04, 2018, 06:33:57 PM
That’s very kind of you. Appreciate your help! My steemit username is @adam.tran. I think it would be fine to share it here to you. I joined few contests that give rewards with Steem Basic Income shares, I really like the idea because it’s not one time reward.



Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 04, 2018, 08:51:37 PM
That’s very kind of you. Appreciate your help! My steemit username is @adam.tran. I think it would be fine to share it here to you. I joined few contests that give rewards with Steem Basic Income shares, I really like the idea because it’s not one time reward.



Yeah I've bought one myself and added your steem username in the memo field ;)
You should receive it soon, I think it takes a couple of days or so.

My username is @daan btw ;-)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: dxbcoin on May 05, 2018, 07:17:15 PM
I have seen it in your memo and it would be really helpful for me. Thanks for your help @eternalgloom , Cheers!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 11, 2018, 05:37:42 PM
I have seen it in your memo and it would be really helpful for me. Thanks for your help @eternalgloom , Cheers!

Looks like they're having some kind of backlog, none of my shares have been processed yet.
I think I'll have to ask on their Discord channel or something to get this sorted out.

As far is I know they're adding everybody manually.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: qazgroup on May 11, 2018, 05:44:58 PM
Very useful thread, i have to admit that i was not even aware of such programs if they really live upto their concept, i think they are superb especially in the under previliged regions of the world.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [16 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 18, 2018, 02:00:05 PM
Changelog:

- I've added Democracy Earth to the list, as they have a specific section in their whitepaper that talk about including basic income.
- Added better description to Enumivo
- Arranged the list alphabetically

I was thinking of moving this thread to a different section, but I'm not sure where it would fit better.
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [17 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on May 18, 2018, 02:48:01 PM
There is also UBIC.
Here is the announcement thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3021063


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [17 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 18, 2018, 04:51:47 PM
There is also UBIC.
Here is the announcement thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3021063
Thanks, hadn't heard about that project yet. Nice catch!
Seems to be a very recent and active project, so it's definitely a great addition to the list :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on May 19, 2018, 07:24:54 PM
I think that both Duniter and Ubic should be marked green. Distribution has begun.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Coins [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 19, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
I think that both Duniter and Ubic should be marked green. Distribution has begun.

Thanks, I've updated it. I try to go over these projects every once in a while, but it's not always super clear whether distribution has started.
Will go over it again tomorrow, just to be sure ;)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects[18 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 25, 2018, 06:15:59 PM
I've changed the colour of Project Ubu to green since it seems like distribution has started.
You can receive 100 UBUs per day if you register on their website.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on June 17, 2018, 07:01:29 PM
Just wanted to keep the thread alive with an update.

A few weeks ago I registered for some of the easier ones, and when I have time will take care of the others.

So far receiving Manna, and swift.

Whether any of these projects takes off it is neat to see on the swift page the random things you can buy from others, or that you can yourself offer.

Anyone on the fence you really don't have anything to lose, why not try them out and help build support for these projects.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on June 17, 2018, 11:01:39 PM
Just wanted to keep the thread alive with an update.

A few weeks ago I registered for some of the easier ones, and when I have time will take care of the others.

So far receiving Manna, and swift.

Whether any of these projects takes off it is neat to see on the swift page the random things you can buy from others, or that you can yourself offer.

Anyone on the fence you really don't have anything to lose, why not try them out and help build support for these projects.

I'm also registered at Mannabase and Swift myself, you don't get a lot but it does add up over time.
Thanks for the reply, if you come across more basic income crypto projects, let me know ;)

Btw, we're also having discussion on https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoUBI/
We're at over 1000 members and growing every day :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on June 21, 2018, 03:30:55 AM
For sure.

Thanks for the Reddit link it'll give me somewhere else to spend my nightshifts.

I know it's tough to bring in the conversation. Odds are your in the right place the only other one I could think of would be "politics and society". Only because UBI would benefit society. You may also drum up more conversation about UBI itself.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on June 21, 2018, 12:39:27 PM
Yeah politics & society would be a good board as well, but I'm fine with leaving it here.
Maybe there just aren't that many people interested in it :P

Might change in the future though.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on June 22, 2018, 08:25:30 AM
Discussion would be nice to have. I'm a little surprised there isn't more of a global feel to this topic= as of yet. Like you said maybe in the future.

So I've been rabbitholing again, lol.

Started with this one zeropoverty.io - Note I have a bad feeling about it just skimming through. Mostly focused on needing donations, and then I noticed there projected fundraising timeline had passed. There seem to have been no updates on the project either.

I have a hard time outright calling this a scam though for 1 reason mostly they have Phillip Silva listed there and provide his linkedin profile where it does show he is a part of the project. The only other mention of a team member is Jim Flynn.

Considering the above, I am surprised the community hasn't seen a lot more of these potential UBI scams, though I'm sure they're coming unfortunately,

Then I found this, the Kuwa.org - This has a better feel to it. There appears to be a plan, a whitepaper, and a full team. The funny thing is the 2 of the co-founders are the only 2 team members mentioned in the zeropoverty site. That helped reaffirm my suspicions about them. One thing I like about them is that they are trying to avoid the roadblocks of passports and Id's. I found it an interesting consideration seeing as ideally a UBI in my mind can reach everyone, going so far as to say I'd rather it reached those in need before myself.

A nice edit to your OP would be to ad this extended site link https://cryptoubi.org/links

I think there are a few more projects on there now.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on June 22, 2018, 09:06:37 AM
Check the OP again ;) I had already added https://cryptoubi.org/ to the OP at the bottom, under 'Sources + Interesting Links'.
I did some more digging and found out that both websites have basic income projects with the same name. I wonder if they're related in some way.

Check this out:
http://zeropoverty.io/tcup.html
http://kuwa.org/Kuwa-Driven_Basic_Income_Faucet.pdf (also called TCUP)

Could just be a coincidence, I've added them both to the OP.

Thanks for the help!

Edit: I'll go over all the links in https://cryptoubi.org/ seems like there are a few more projects which I haven't added yet.

https://groupincome.org/
http://www.resilience.me
https://www.gooddollar.org/
http://horizon.ngo/


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [18 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on June 22, 2018, 09:31:31 AM
Check the OP again ;) I had already added https://cryptoubi.org/ to the OP at the bottom, under 'Sources + Interesting Links'.

Sorry I wasn't clear lol, been a long nightshift. I just meant the extension of "/links" seeing as it brings you right to all the projects. When I was searching around it kept coming up before the main page.

I did miss that TCUP copnnection. I'm sure they are connected in some way if only through the co-founders Jim Flynn and Phillip Silva.

Maybe the zeropoverty was supposed to be an intial branch of kuwa. The zeropoverty site still makes me feel uneasy. The way they use the large border photo to draw you into donating. Can't really put my finger on anything else, but like I said my previous years in call centers have given me a bit of an idea when people are trying to manipulate you.

I'm going to definitely check out the new batch that have popped up some seem promising.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on June 22, 2018, 10:18:14 AM
Oh no, I just misread it, you did mention to add the extended site link.

Of the sites I've have mentioned, I'm not going to add http://www.resilience.me
It doesn't seem to be updated, while he's also still asking for donations through Indiegogo.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: imamb on July 02, 2018, 01:14:09 PM
I almost follow the list listed above and I almost analyze it carefully what the advantages and disadvantages of the project, so we can find out more we can open as well as rego, this redcab including those on my list of best project list. :D :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on July 05, 2018, 01:08:30 PM
I almost follow the list listed above and I almost analyze it carefully what the advantages and disadvantages of the project, so we can find out more we can open as well as rego, this redcab including those on my list of best project list. :D :)

I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what you're trying to say.
Do you want me to add some additional information to the list or are you talking about something else?


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on August 02, 2018, 12:17:39 AM
So unfortunately with a new government rolling into power the UBI pilot project in Ontario is dead.

http://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

This article wasn't all doom and gloom because I didn't realise how many countries were experimenting with this.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on August 02, 2018, 08:24:20 AM
So unfortunately with a new government rolling into power the UBI pilot project in Ontario is dead.

http://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

This article wasn't all doom and gloom because I didn't realise how many countries were experimenting with this.

That's too bad, that it only lasted one year in total. If I recall correctly, it's not the only basic income project that has been terminated earlier.
Finland had also stopped its experiment, or at least decided not to expand on it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/finland-to-end-basic-income-trial-after-two-years

Now I'm curious to see what comes of the Dutch and Italian UBI trials.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on August 04, 2018, 01:05:33 PM
It's definitely Italy a set back when any of these programs shutters early. That's unfortunately an easy option during a change in government, considering thoughts on UBI generally differ along party lines.

Unless any of these programs follows through on a trial for a reasonable amount of time and then really analysed the data, it will be easy for politicians to denounce these projects.

Another bonus for the crypto based idea; with the drawback of funding being an issue. Once funded though there would be a clear goal and no worry it would shut down early.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on August 06, 2018, 01:16:34 PM
The problem with most of these basic income proposals, is that they are usually viewed as overly left-leaning measures.
Political stances in Europe are currently shifting more towards the right (I would say at least), which certainly has an effect on the level of government support on these basic income projects.

That's why I like the idea of crypto UBI so much, since it's completely separated from the government.
Okay projects like Manna do receive some form of government funding, but it should still be able to exist without it.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on August 23, 2018, 03:22:00 PM
I've just found a bit of interesting news.

It appears that Manna has started a Gofundme campaign to raise funds for making a documentary about Basic Income.
There are some interesting perks, such as a chance to win either $500 or $1000 worth of Manna basic income per month.

Go check it out here:
https://www.gofundme.com/basicincomedoc


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on September 04, 2018, 09:26:35 AM
Perhaps EOS will also distribute a cryptoUBI. Very exciting.
https://cryptonomist.ch/en/blockchain-en/universal-basic-income-2/


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 04, 2018, 10:14:00 AM
Perhaps EOS will also distribute a cryptoUBI. Very exciting.
https://cryptonomist.ch/en/blockchain-en/universal-basic-income-2/

Very interesting indeed. I'll definitely add it to the list when they build a project around this.
Might actually need to buy some EOS now, I'm sure that this basic income will depend on your stake in EOS.

I doubt that it's actually going to be an unconditional basic income.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on September 04, 2018, 10:35:48 AM
Perhaps EOS will also distribute a cryptoUBI. Very exciting.
https://cryptonomist.ch/en/blockchain-en/universal-basic-income-2/

Very interesting indeed. I'll definitely add it to the list when they build a project around this.
Might actually need to buy some EOS now, I'm sure that this basic income will depend on your stake in EOS.

I doubt that it's actually going to be an unconditional basic income.

I've read the Telegram group conversation and if it will be like they described it then it will be a true cryptoUBI. Lets see...


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on September 04, 2018, 10:40:09 AM
I have to stop phone browsing almost missed that UBI Gofundme.

Those draws look appealing, especially if the project gets off the ground. I am tempted to get myself some cool shades, but the link to the picture is missing lol.

Watching the trailer it looks like if the goal is reached they will have a polished video. If it is going to help convert naysayers though they will need to focus a portion of the video separating fact from fiction. I'm sure they can find someone to play devils advocate, so that it isn't easily dismissed as propaganda.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 04, 2018, 10:49:55 AM
I have to stop phone browsing almost missed that UBI Gofundme.

Those draws look appealing, especially if the project gets off the ground. I am tempted to get myself some cool shades, but the link to the picture is missing lol.

Watching the trailer it looks like if the goal is reached they will have a polished video. If it is going to help convert naysayers though they will need to focus a portion of the video separating fact from fiction. I'm sure they can find someone to play devils advocate, so that it isn't easily dismissed as propaganda.

Oh lol, I already forgot about that, I was planning to donate at least enough for an entry into the raffle.
I should also do some promotion on my Steemit account, I really hope they reach their target.

I mean, you see crowdfunding for a lot of useless stuff that gets millions, without even having a working product.
Manna is already up and running and they barely reached $4000


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Steamtyme on September 04, 2018, 11:18:12 AM
It's a harder sell to people for some reason; I imagine even harder to get funds to promote/explain it. Not to bad though 8% of the goal in 18 days. I don't see a deadline on the fundraiser so given enough time they might get there.

At least it has outperformed this campaign (https://ca.gofundme.com/let039s-get-kylie-jenner-to-a-billion)  ::)

Both truly equal causes "poor" Kylie

I should also do some promotion on my Steemit account, I really hope they reach their target.

Couldn't hurt all exposure is good.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Ubiubi18 on September 04, 2018, 12:38:22 PM
I have to stop phone browsing almost missed that UBI Gofundme.

Those draws look appealing, especially if the project gets off the ground. I am tempted to get myself some cool shades, but the link to the picture is missing lol.

Watching the trailer it looks like if the goal is reached they will have a polished video. If it is going to help convert naysayers though they will need to focus a portion of the video separating fact from fiction. I'm sure they can find someone to play devils advocate, so that it isn't easily dismissed as propaganda.

Oh lol, I already forgot about that, I was planning to donate at least enough for an entry into the raffle.
I should also do some promotion on my Steemit account, I really hope they reach their target.

I mean, you see crowdfunding for a lot of useless stuff that gets millions, without even having a working product.
Manna is already up and running and they barely reached $4000

They are up and running but still seem to lack a solution for sybil attacks and have also obvious issues with centralisation. i wouldnt buy it but also wonder how low people sell it, i mean they still have a chance to change a lot and recive more trust. Trust will be a main source of value in cryptoubi.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: sharpshot on September 15, 2018, 01:47:27 PM
I can't help thinking that we only need one basic income.  Doesen't having so many different projects make it harder for any one to succeed?


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 16, 2018, 09:45:38 AM
I have to stop phone browsing almost missed that UBI Gofundme.

Those draws look appealing, especially if the project gets off the ground. I am tempted to get myself some cool shades, but the link to the picture is missing lol.

Watching the trailer it looks like if the goal is reached they will have a polished video. If it is going to help convert naysayers though they will need to focus a portion of the video separating fact from fiction. I'm sure they can find someone to play devils advocate, so that it isn't easily dismissed as propaganda.

Oh lol, I already forgot about that, I was planning to donate at least enough for an entry into the raffle.
I should also do some promotion on my Steemit account, I really hope they reach their target.

I mean, you see crowdfunding for a lot of useless stuff that gets millions, without even having a working product.
Manna is already up and running and they barely reached $4000

They are up and running but still seem to lack a solution for sybil attacks and have also obvious issues with centralisation. i wouldnt buy it but also wonder how low people sell it, i mean they still have a chance to change a lot and recive more trust. Trust will be a main source of value in cryptoubi.

Yeah that's true, I do hope they will find a solution for that, they've indicated on Reddit that this is something they plan to improve in the future.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MannaCurrency/comments/7txwtu/now_available_manna_whitepaper_wallets_and_more/

I can't help thinking that we only need one basic income.  Doesen't having so many different projects make it harder for any one to succeed?

I don't think it makes it harder for other projects to succeed. It would be very very difficult to be able to coordinate one single global basic income.
Not enough research has been done and the whole concept of a crypto-based UBI is completely new.

You'd need many different projects to test out their vision of issuing basic income through cryptocurrency.
Some will fail, some might have some merit to them, but without trial and error we'd not progress at all.

Also, with just one basic income, that's one single point of failure. I'd rather have many different solutions.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: Ubiubi18 on September 17, 2018, 09:12:42 AM
i see most major internet player within a few years starting redistribution of tokenized dividends to user as marketing argument (wouldnt come as a surprise to me if telegram will be one of the first), otherwise other competitors using redistribution will canibalize those major players. most people would have nothing to loose, only to win joining such a system. It wont be basic income but it will be accepted redistribution mechanism. I think we need to see major players like google, facebook, amazon turn into commons via slow redistribution of profit and power (like 5% a year), so you can still get rich as a individuum and startup founder with bright ideas for a lifetime, but you also share your wealth and even more important innovation power 5% a year. So as long as you grow more innovative than 5 % a year in business, your wealth will still grow, but you will constantly redistribute the rights on it to everyone.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 17, 2018, 11:03:42 AM
i see most major internet player within a few years starting redistribution of tokenized dividends to user as marketing argument (wouldnt come as a surprise to me if telegram will be one of the first), otherwise other competitors using redistribution will canibalize those major players.

Redistribution of profits would be an interesting concept to witness, but I'm doubtful that major players would want to do that. They already control the majority of the market (Facebook, Google Etc.) without sharing their profits, so they have no incentive to start doing so.

Sure, these companies will probably issue their own tokens in the future and they may share (give away) those tokens with their customers. I just don't think they'll share any actual profit though.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 19, 2018, 11:48:07 AM
Just a quick update for the Manna project:

I've received this news via e-mail through their newsletter, but I haven't been able to find any other press release online.

Quote
Partnership With Stanford
Code the Change

We are excited to announce that the leaders of the Stanford University chapter of Code the Change have decided to work with us during the 2018-2019 academic year. They are planning to recruit 8 computer science students who will each volunteer 5-10 hours per week to improve Mannabase.com, Manna wallets, and more.

As many of you know, most of the work done on the Manna project has been volunteer based. We are honored to have these talented students working on our project to help make the Manna vision a reality.

Founded at Stanford University, Code the Change gives computer science students the opportunity to work on projects that are creating positive social change. Working with Manna is a perfect fit and we can't wait to get started!

I'm really glad that they're finally going to update the manna wallets. Though I also think it's kinda weird that they have to rely on students to issue updates to the platform.
I think development for Manna is rather slow, so I'm wondering how many actual coders they do have working regularly on the project.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed]
Post by: exochrono on September 26, 2018, 08:55:39 AM
Hi! I'm one of the founders of Raha (https://raha.app) - would you be willing to add our project to your list? We're pretty new to the scene - we've only been at it seriously for about 6 months now, but I think we're one of the first UBI projects to have apps released on both the iOS and Android app stores!

Also, our identity system requires verification by another already-verified member of the system to start receiving a basic income, so let me know if you'd like to have a conversation to get verified :)


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on September 27, 2018, 11:13:11 AM
@exochrono

I've added your project to the list, I assumed that people can already receive a basic income through your app, so I marked it green.
If it's possible, I'd like to test out your app, so I can add more detailed information about Raha on the list.

I would be very grateful if you could send me an invite through PM, if possible.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Lucasgabd on October 13, 2018, 01:21:09 PM
really interesting topic!

how often do you update the main post?

it seems like Solidar is offline
https://solidar.it/

swift deman is also interesting but has no pratical application at the moment since you can't spend the tokens/coins and use it out of the platform, right?


(will merit the main post ;) )


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on October 13, 2018, 02:26:22 PM
how often do you update the main post?

it seems like Solidar is offline
https://solidar.it/

swift deman is also interesting but has no pratical application at the moment since you can't spend the tokens/coins and use it out of the platform, right?

I check for new projects every couple of months or so, but if anyone suggests a project to add, I usually add it within a couple of days.
I don't often keep track of the listed projects, so I must've missed that Solidar wasn't active anymore. Will adjust the OP

Yeah Swiftdemand seems to be very inactive. They do seem to make announcements on Twitter from time to time, so isn't completely dead.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Lucasgabd on October 19, 2018, 09:02:37 PM
how often do you update the main post?

it seems like Solidar is offline
https://solidar.it/

swift deman is also interesting but has no pratical application at the moment since you can't spend the tokens/coins and use it out of the platform, right?

I check for new projects every couple of months or so, but if anyone suggests a project to add, I usually add it within a couple of days.
I don't often keep track of the listed projects, so I must've missed that Solidar wasn't active anymore. Will adjust the OP

Yeah Swiftdemand seems to be very inactive. They do seem to make announcements on Twitter from time to time, so isn't completely dead.

thanks for the update
would you recommend any of the links on the OP that you use, it's working and generates more than 10 usd a month?


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on October 19, 2018, 09:11:50 PM
how often do you update the main post?

it seems like Solidar is offline
https://solidar.it/

swift deman is also interesting but has no pratical application at the moment since you can't spend the tokens/coins and use it out of the platform, right?

I check for new projects every couple of months or so, but if anyone suggests a project to add, I usually add it within a couple of days.
I don't often keep track of the listed projects, so I must've missed that Solidar wasn't active anymore. Will adjust the OP

Yeah Swiftdemand seems to be very inactive. They do seem to make announcements on Twitter from time to time, so isn't completely dead.

thanks for the update
would you recommend any of the links on the OP that you use, it's working and generates more than 10 usd a month?

Well, I'm actively using Steem Basic Income, which gives me around 1 dollar per day.
The thing is that you need to be an active blogger on Steemit for that and it also requires some investment, not it's not a typical form of basic income.

Aside from that, I can recommend joining Manna, since you do not have to do anything to receive a basic income, though it will definitely not earn you 10 dollars per month.
The price of manna has been steadily dropping, so it's worth almost nothing.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Lucasgabd on October 21, 2018, 06:34:59 PM
how often do you update the main post?

it seems like Solidar is offline
https://solidar.it/

swift deman is also interesting but has no pratical application at the moment since you can't spend the tokens/coins and use it out of the platform, right?

I check for new projects every couple of months or so, but if anyone suggests a project to add, I usually add it within a couple of days.
I don't often keep track of the listed projects, so I must've missed that Solidar wasn't active anymore. Will adjust the OP

Yeah Swiftdemand seems to be very inactive. They do seem to make announcements on Twitter from time to time, so isn't completely dead.

thanks for the update
would you recommend any of the links on the OP that you use, it's working and generates more than 10 usd a month?

Well, I'm actively using Steem Basic Income, which gives me around 1 dollar per day.
The thing is that you need to be an active blogger on Steemit for that and it also requires some investment, not it's not a typical form of basic income.

Aside from that, I can recommend joining Manna, since you do not have to do anything to receive a basic income, though it will definitely not earn you 10 dollars per month.
The price of manna has been steadily dropping, so it's worth almost nothing.

thanks for the heads up!
I'll give a look on steemit project since I'm posting at least twice a month there.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on October 22, 2018, 10:10:46 AM

thanks for the heads up!
I'll give a look on steemit project since I'm posting at least twice a month there.


Oh yeah, you definitely should, if you're already posting there.
There are a lot of ways to get free Steem Basic Income shares, just check the SBI Discord.

If you want you can share your Steemit username, then I'll send you a couple of shares to start with.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: trcharless on October 28, 2018, 12:39:57 AM
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Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on October 28, 2018, 08:57:31 AM
We at Basic Income Network envision a world of .....

--snip--

http://basicincome.network/trcharless

Your website is almost an exact copy of Swiftdemand's website, just seems a little bit fishy to be honest.
Even the basic income payout is exactly the same, as well as the referral earnings.

Why would you just do a low effort copy like that of an existing UBI solution?

Just compare:

https://www.swiftdemand.com/
&
http://basicincome.network/index.php

Also no SSL? Yeah no thanks...


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Green.warrior on February 23, 2019, 08:22:32 PM
I've been going through all of these quite exhaustively and signing up to as many as I can. I'm not kidding, it's been a crazy 2 days and I have learned a lot. I honestly think UBI is the way forward but I think someone should mention the elephant in the room with a lot of these initiatives. My biggest problem with all of these projects is that they all seem to be following the rules of neo-liberalism, this idea that an open market will provide for all is not right. The thing is, let's say a poor farmer from a third world country and the community around him went onto one of these networks. To begin with these poor people trade the cryptocurrency amongst each other for grain and other produce, life is good. Then someone in a rich country decides to buy a really large amount of the same currency. The poor farmer decides to see if he can make more money, so he advertises his grain as being more than he is selling to the locals. He then gets noticed by the rich guy who considers his grain as extremely cheap. At that point it wouldn't matter if all the locals got a small amount of money each day if a large amount of people from rich nations are selling their currency to a few people. At the end of the day, they will still end up with nothing and all the grain will go to the rich country for a better price. If you read up on South Korea and how the went from rags to riches in just 50 years. You will see how important it is to protect a growing industry. They increased import taxes on electronic goods and increased public spending on anyone making a business in the elecronics industry. Before they knew it they had Samsung. Samsung was protected as a baby and allowed to grow. Only then was placed into the global market when it was mature enough to take it.
I know that would be a big problem to tackle but I think it should be tackled in some way. It is nice to see that UBIC wallet (my favourite so far) seems to be doing just that. It was easy to set up as well, scan my passport, it then gave me a unique currency that is linked to the country I am from (the currency is UUK, I am from the UK). It then just requires exchanges to ensure that the currencies are exchanged at a rate that would protect the poorer members of the group. It's still hard but at least it's a step in the right direction.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on February 23, 2019, 09:06:37 PM
@Green.warrior

Hehe, I'm glad that you've found my thread useful and I definitely agree with your assessment.
These UBI projects really depend on people from richer countries buying up these UBI coins and keeping the prices high artificially.

That said, while this form of UBI might not be truly lifesaving for people in poorer countries, it could provide those people with a little bit of income just to get their basic necessities.
It's far from perfect, but I do think they could make a small difference.

Only if those people can properly access them though, so I hope that some of these projects will try to reach those people, without the people having to find them on the internet (for which they have to pay).

Thanks for your reply, awesome that you made an account on this forum purely to reply to this thread!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Green.warrior on February 24, 2019, 06:03:00 AM
@eternalgloom

I'm passionate about both blockchain technology and Universal Basic Income. I think both can help with the fight against global warming :)
But I also enjoy writing ;p


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on February 28, 2019, 12:17:26 PM
@eternalgloom

I'm passionate about both blockchain technology and Universal Basic Income. I think both can help with the fight against global warming :)
But I also enjoy writing ;p

Consider joining Steem then :) They have a pretty good basic income project, guaranteeing you an upvote on every article you write there.
Plus, other people will also upvote you, so you could stand to earn quite a bit there.

Here's a link for more information:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income
https://steemit.com/@steembasicincome


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: CryptoUBI on April 08, 2019, 12:31:22 AM
We are working on creating the first North American Crypto/UBI Conference to happen in NYC, tentatively on May 14th! Details to be announced shortly.

More details and list of UBI Coins at: https://cryptoubi.org


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: slaman29 on April 08, 2019, 08:09:07 AM
Very good list eternalgloom these kinds of posts definitely deserve some recognition. I have to say I have heard of the concept, but never actually got round to reading much about it. I can see all the criticisms that people are saying against it and they seem to have a point, but then, if we see the alternatives to it, there is also no good solution, so I say we should really try and give this model a really good attempt.

About Steem though, I used to write there but I never got any income even after many many posts. Maybe two or three posts got 1 cent:)



Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on April 08, 2019, 10:19:23 AM
About Steem though, I used to write there but I never got any income even after many many posts. Maybe two or three posts got 1 cent:)

That's exactly what Steembasicincome is trying to fix.
After you enroll with them, you are guaranteed to get a certain amount of upvotes on your posts, depending on how much you put into Steembasicincome.

I for example get around a $1 upvote from them on every post I make.
Partly because I've received many shares of people and also because I put some Steem into it.

Keep in mind, these are upvotes you get for as long as you are active on Steem.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: CryptoUBI on May 02, 2019, 08:12:41 AM
If you're in New York for Blockchain Week, We hope you can join us at the Bushwick Generator on the evening of May 15th: 
https://openubi.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR1F6yJzBhw-ZI7Y-ynJ9fW1-InviRpSHkmnFxYEY4Tn4XL93q3amGi-72g


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: leea-1334 on May 02, 2019, 08:19:22 AM
Sorry I only saw this response on the Steemit platform so late now,,, I wanted to share that I also actually spent a lot of time on that platform, writing original thoughts and really putting effort.

In the end I got not even a single comment, the few upvotes from random strangers, people posting to ask me to join some thing or whatever. I got more organic traffic from my free blog rather than from Steemit, so it was very disappointing for me as a crypto platform. I will think about this again later down the line if I ever start writing again. Thank you for the information you guys are sharing.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 02, 2019, 08:25:17 AM
If you're in New York for Blockchain Week, We hope you can join us at the Bushwick Generator on the evening of May 15th: 
https://openubi.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR1F6yJzBhw-ZI7Y-ynJ9fW1-InviRpSHkmnFxYEY4Tn4XL93q3amGi-72g


Sadly, I won't be attending, I'm based in Europe and I'm pretty busy with work the next couple of weeks.

Sorry I only saw this response on the Steemit platform so late now,,, I wanted to share that I also actually spent a lot of time on that platform, writing original thoughts and really putting effort.

In the end I got not even a single comment, the few upvotes from random strangers, people posting to ask me to join some thing or whatever. I got more organic traffic from my free blog rather than from Steemit, so it was very disappointing for me as a crypto platform. I will think about this again later down the line if I ever start writing again. Thank you for the information you guys are sharing.

That's really sad to hear, I wish you would've asked me for some help sooner.
It's completely true that you won't get any engagement or upvotes if you just join Steemit and start writing, without looking further into it.

If you decide to try again, I can introduce you to some communities and suggest some tags you can use on your blogs, so you will get more upvotes and comments.
It really is a pretty tight-knit community and you do have to know some people in order to make it there.

I know it's not an ideal situation, I wish there was a better system in place for good content to get discovered.
That might change soon though, I know some projects that are working on it.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: RolandSassen on May 18, 2019, 08:40:21 PM
About Manna: "According to the whitepaper, the vast majority of existing monetary base is held by the founders and close associates:

-19% directly by the founders

-36% donated to Mannabase, a company directly controlled by their foundation

-17% paid to "dozens" of developers and technical staff

Another 9% was mined into circulation, and there is a strong probability that the early miners and the founders are one and the same. A grand total of 6% was given away as UBI but they promise to give more away by a complex process that seems very centralized.

It's essentially a UBI-branded premine: if you make us filthy rich we promise to make the world a better place. Certainly a splash of color in a crypto space that seems to be dominated by those who exploit more basic human impulses."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16515112


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on May 18, 2019, 09:28:33 PM
@RolandSassen

Good that you mention it, I'll adjust the overview tomorrow to include that information.
I have to admit that I hadn't looked to closely at Manna's whitepaper.

Edit: Added to OP


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on June 28, 2019, 02:42:01 PM
I don't tend to bump this topic all too often, but I thought I'd just do it once.
If anyone knows about any other crypto UBI projects that aren't listed here, just leave a reply and I'll add them as soon as possible.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: TeeJayRu on August 16, 2019, 08:23:10 AM
A new crypto currency project with basic income.
The project is pre-shown, pre-ordered "Preview Trade", detail in https://www.facebook.com/PreviewTrade and in https://vk.com/previewtrade and in https://github.com/orgs/preview-trade/projects/2.

Rights at the discretion of the developers.

Stage
Search for crypto currency for re development.
Search for crypto currency for a new development.
Search for developers, co developers.

Stage
Technical task solution. Developments.

Crypto currency basic income (CCBI).
Humanitarian: issued to the user from the crypto currency system, the amount is "number", on the date the time is "number", used at the discretion of the user.
Commercial: exchanged by the user for other crypto currencies, fiat currencies.
Crypto currency of basic income (CCBI) of the Region “Name” (R“N”), the rate is equal to the fiat currency of the Region “Name” “Name” (FCR“N”“N”), CCBIR“N” 1 : FCR“N”“N” 1, the exchange rate is equal to that agreed between the exchangers. Stable coin.
Develop the number of crypto currencies by the number of regions (the name of the region “name” is the name of the Internet domain “”).
№“” Crypto currency of the basic income of the Region "USA" (CCBIRus); 1  CCBIRus = 1 FCR USA USD
№“” Crypto currency of the basic income of the Region "Russia" (CCBIRru); 1 CCBIRru = 1 FCR Russia RUB
Etc.

Burse (trading platform) crypto currency (BCC), the rate is according to the rules of the trading platform, exchange according to the rules of the trading platform.
Commercial: exchanged by the user for other crypto currencies, fiat currencies.
Develop the burse crypto currency.

Identification: one person, one user (located in the region), one basic income in the CCBIR“N”, the number of wallets, the number of devices. The confirmation: .

Wallet. With the function, issue to the user the CCBIR“N”, the amount is “number”, the date time is “number”.
The amounts of the test application once a month: CCBIRus 3000, CCBIRru 30000, etc.

Miner. With crypto currency mining function. With function: emission editing surcease. With metrics: in circulation, . With the function: issue the user the ID, CCBIR“N”, the amount “number”, the date time “number”; with the function to verify the issued.

Define what else needs to be developed: “”, .

Stage
Applicability on trading platforms.
Applicability on exchangers.
Applicability in the buy and sale: goods and services, other crypto currencies, fiat currencies.

Stage
Test application.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on August 16, 2019, 02:01:11 PM
@ TeeJayRu

Since it's in such an early development stage, I won't add it just yet to the main list.
Do reply again when you've come out with a working UBI project though.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: TeeJayRu on August 16, 2019, 03:51:38 PM
To: eternalgloom.
I will reply, and it will be possible to observe project updates at the previously written links.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on August 16, 2019, 04:46:27 PM
@TeeJayRu

Thanks, I will definitely keep an eye on those websites.
No worries, I'll add your project once you have a working system in place!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on October 11, 2019, 09:04:03 AM
Looks like the BIG Foundation project is dead.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on October 28, 2019, 09:27:19 PM
There is a new project called Idena. It looks promising.
Link: https://idena.io/
Distribution has already started!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: eternalgloom on October 28, 2019, 09:45:19 PM
@uboid

Thanks for mentioning this!
I'll adjust the OP tomorrow, sorry for the late reply.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on January 16, 2020, 03:57:30 PM
@uboid

Thanks for mentioning this!
I'll adjust the OP tomorrow, sorry for the late reply.
I think you forgot to add it  ;D


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: amy1284455127 on March 08, 2020, 07:41:35 AM
Is this thread alive? It seems that Idena is the most representative UBI project. Perhaps the UBI concept will become the next hot spot!


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: TeeJayRu on March 08, 2020, 02:03:44 PM
This topic is alive:
A new crypto currency project with basic income.
The project is pre-shown, pre-ordered "Preview Trade", detail in https://www.facebook.com/PreviewTrade and in https://vk.com/previewtrade and in https://github.com/orgs/preview-trade/projects/2.
And updated:
Grant the researches, developments of the theme, project Crypto Currency Basic Income CCBI at the link:
https://money.yandex.ru/to/4100111076771279


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Praxis on March 29, 2020, 03:22:17 PM
Does Idena (DNA) qualify?
Edit: I saw someone already mentioned it. Nevermind.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on April 18, 2020, 11:59:27 PM
UBIC that is using a "proof of passport" is also taking off. It has over 1,400 members already.
Stats: https://ubic.network


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: notblox1 on April 21, 2020, 02:10:30 PM
I am still not convinced any of crypto projects can be used as real UBI universal Basic Income, as we all know volatility of crypto assets
Anyway, one more project that can be added to this list is Idena - first Proof of Person blockchain, with almost 1700 nodes so far.
Website: https://idena.io/
ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194871.0


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on April 27, 2020, 11:10:55 AM
UBIC that is using a "proof of passport" is also taking off. It has over 1,400 members already.
Stats: https://ubic.network

I've heard of UBIC, but 1,400 members, do you know largely where they are from? I've heard also that if Trump's stimulus package comes true and everyone gets 2k usd a month for 6 months, they might start considering a form of UBI after that, for much lower but enough to have people survive basic means. Wish my country were like that, even though I know it's bad for fiat (but maybe if they did a form of crypto?).
You can see where they are from on this website https://ubic.network
Mostly China.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: roberthays on May 07, 2020, 09:32:05 AM
Great list of resources here. It's definitely going to be interesting to see how Cryptocurrency may collaborate with government initiatives in the near future.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: uboid on May 07, 2020, 09:41:29 AM
The BIG Foundation link should be removed, it was an ICO scam  :'(


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: Ajoro on May 23, 2020, 09:23:07 AM
Its thrilling to discover that blockchain technology can be to applied to this momentous area of human endeavour. If this project shows the teeming masses and blockchain enthusiasts what its made off; then certainly there will be a laborious adoption and support by the government and sundry. However, the funding of this social investment program will be done by a third party and consequently it would be of tremendous help to the less privilege.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: BayAngelo on June 24, 2020, 09:39:12 PM
https://vialcoin.com/
Unfortunately,this website of this project is down due to not been about to pay domain fees. this is one of the issues these project face. funds to maintain relevant and available. if these options are not met, it is most likely that they will disappear as a result of fees and other necessary factors to keep up. registration as a legal entity could be another problem.


Title: Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [24 Projects Listed]
Post by: AceFairy on March 05, 2021, 02:30:38 AM
gooddollar is probaly a pyramid, or ponzi; there is a free token distributed, and gullible participants will pay with their time and money to turn zero value into some value; and the real benefittors will be the organizers and invested capital holders; Projects similar to the Ponzi project. Find out what a Ponzi project is, it will give you the sanity you need.