One stake per Human?
Fair? What does that mean, anyway?
I wonder if there is any way to do this without opening the can of worms that is called Biometrics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiometricsConsider this approach:
It has to be designed in such a way that it propagates itself, but does not reward the initial starting group. Any IPO process is inherently unfair, since it is occurring in a certain point in time, and everyone entering later, is at an disadvantage.
First create the coins, and the distributed network, similar to NXT or Qora, but do not "populate" them with owners. The coins only take on value, if they have "owners" and the owners get added in in such a fashion:
Start with an initial group: a network of humans that know, and vouch for each other.
Every person who has received a stake, can mature into a "banker" - that is an account that has the capability to identify and recruit 10 more individuals. "Mining" or "forging" occurs that moment when a new stakeholder has been appointed by an existing one. (just like current banks create the value out of thin air). Any stakeholder can do that only 10 times in his/her life. (One for each fingerprint?)
So the coins are "pre-created" but not "pre-mined". Mining or Forging occurs when new owners are populating (taking ownership of) the coins.
I think there are smart individuals out here, who can work out how many coins should be in the total pool, and how many should be in a stake, so that all the (future) humans on this planet can have an adequate supply of usable coin units.
The coins, once given value by being owned by new stakeholders, of course can be used and traded like any other currency.
But... this will not work, because nobody here can let go of their greed to get in on the original creation of value. Nobody will want to spend energy on something that might empower the ones that follow us. Nobody wants to be a 'banker' without getting rich through it.
Pentamon