Crypto UBI Projects
Universal basic income that nobody's government pays for: crypto projects issuing an income to anyone who can prove they are one person, and the foundations, communities and studies paying a floor in ordinary money. Who pays, to whom, on which chain, and whether it still runs.
96 projects tracked
| Project | Details | Status | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aslah (Kigali, Rwanda) New | Aslah was Encointer's second community currency, launched in Kigali, Rwanda, with its first key-signing gathering on 30 October 2022. |
Inactive | encointer.org |
| Creatives Rebuild New York - Guaranteed Income for Artists New | Creatives Rebuild New York was a three-year, $125 million philanthropic initiative that paid 2,400 financially insecure New York State artists $1,000 a month |
Inactive | creativesrebuildny.org |
| Nation3 Basic Income (N3BI) New | N3BI was the basic income programme of Nation3, a "network state" DAO: citizens holding a valid, non-expiring Nation3 passport NFT (backed by time- |
Inactive | github.com |
| OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study New | OpenResearch (the research lab seeded by Sam Altman and OpenAI) ran the largest US unconditional cash study to date, paying 1,000 low-income adults $1,000 a |
Inactive | openresearchlab.org |
| Pilotprojekt Grundeinkommen New | Pilotprojekt Grundeinkommen was a three-year randomized controlled trial in Germany in which 122 people received EUR 1,200 a month unconditionally, compared |
Inactive | pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de |
| GiveCrypto New | GiveCrypto was a nonprofit founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong in 2018. |
Inactive | givecrypto.org |
| Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) Refugee UBI New | A 2021 pilot that paid refugees in Kenya's Kakuma camp and in Ghana's Ampain and Krisan camps an Unconditional Basic Income of $1.50 per day in cUS |
Inactive | |
| UBI-Vault New | UBI-Vault is an open-source "decentralized basic income distribution system". |
Inactive | ubi-vault.com |
| World (Worldcoin) New | World (formerly Worldcoin) combines World ID, a proof-of-personhood credential issued after an iris scan by an "Orb", with the WLD token. |
Inactive | world.org |
| Akropolis | Inactive | akropolis.io | |
| banquapp | "Dignity Through Identity" - Blockchain platform that enables refugees, displaced, and the world’s poorest to create a free and secure online profi |
Inactive | banquapp.com |
| Baza Foundation | "Because everyone needs a basic foundation" |
Inactive | baza.foundation |
| Big Foundation | The project will provide all participants of the system with a UBI, through BIG coins. The system will issue one BIG token per wallet, daily. |
Inactive | |
| Bitcoin Confidential Universal Basic Income Initiative | Bitcoin Confidential Basic Income Initiative is an UBI initiative from the Bitcoin Confidential https://bitcoinconf |
Inactive | |
| Cicada | Inactive | iamcicada.com | |
| Elmhurst Nonprofit Bank | Achieves purchasing power parity for organizations and a universal basic income for individuals. Both metrics enable longitudinal planning. |
Inactive | |
| Ethereum Cities Project | To unite UBI Programs & their userbase with other projects in an open and free marketplace. |
Inactive | mybe.space |
| Humanity DAO | Humanity was an experiment in unique identity, governance and UBI by Marble.org, launched on Ethereum mainnet in May 2019. |
Inactive | |
| Kuwa (ZeroPoverty) | Cryptocurrency "faucet" for distribution of UBI that will deliver UBI through a Kuwa identity system, which is a decentralized, pseudo-anonymous an |
Inactive | |
| mannabase (GrantCoin) | Manna is the world's first universally accessible, people-powered & empowering alternative currency. |
Inactive | mannabase.com |
| Seeds | Inactive | joinseeds.com | |
| SwiftDemand | Each user who is signed up for the service receives 100 swifts each day. No additional swifts can be created with time or resources. |
Inactive |