As the title says - could an altcoin be used to provide a universal basic income?
a "problem" i see is you'd have to stop people claiming it more than once, so i think this would mean using a centralized id verification service or using electronic-id's - which currently are only used in a small number of countries.
What is universal basic income - http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/universal-basic-income.html