Hilde Latour and Roland Sassen and Reyer Brons started this Global Distribution startup: UBI-Vault
They solve the problem of how to distribute UBI (Universal Basic Income) money to citizens, so that it is easier for organizations and governments to decide to give money to the UBI-Vault.
Design
The core of the (open source) UBI-Vault is a blockchain system, with Ether as cryptocurrency and smart-contracts as programming tools. By using blockchain technology the UBI-Vault is very resistant against fraud, the automatic distribution system works without human intervention. Also any money transfers are visible for anybody on the public blockchain. Citizens will use a mobile phone for identification; later on biometric access methods can be added. Eventually, the only thing the UBI-Vault needs to ‘know’ is: are you a unique human being?
Money coming in
Self-owning machines and companies (AI DAOs) can deliver their surplus to the UBI-Vault, the money is then automatically distributed to UBI-citizens.
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It is also possible to transfer conventional money into the UBI-Vault, which makes it suitable for all kinds of funding.
Distribution of UBI
People can register as citizen with our UBI-Vault app (feel welcome to try our beta app here: UBI-Vault Android app. Citizens have their own wallet to receive money from the UBI-Vault distribution system.The UBI-Vault aims at supporting as many people as possible, independent of their income.
As we can see from cash-transfer programs organized by Give Directly and experiments in Namibia and India, a small amount of money every month can make a huge difference.
UBI-Vault citizens receive their UBI in crypto currency and can either use that to pay with directly or exchange it to a currency of choice.
Support
You can support the development of this not-for-profit project by sending a donation to: UBI-Vault