UBI Blockchain: a descentralized framework for

Universal Basic Income applications

Celso Singo Aramaki - Nº USP 807433

USP – Universidade de São Paulo – EACH Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades

GPP - Curso de Gestão de Políticas Públicas

Course Advisors

Profa. Dra Sylmara Lopez – Gestão Ambiental

Prof. Dr. José Vaz – Gestão de Políticas Públicas

Other Advisors

Professores Doutores USP:

USP EACH Sistemas de Informação, Marketing, Mestrado em Sistemas Complexos

Professores Doutores USP:

Incubadora Social Habits – USP

Apoio Inter-Disciplinar Alunos USP:

Alunos Mestrandos dos Cursos de Inteligência Artificial e Sistemas de Informações

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Universal Basic Income UBI model projects can benefit from a proposed UBI
Blockchain based distributed framework implementation to manage and analyse
citizens' generated data during its research phase.

As a unique UBI model project grows the UBI Blockchain can also scale itself as a
production stack, managing and connecting the lifecycle LCMS of many different UBI
ecosystems.

Blockchain platforms has grown in the last few years because of the advantages of its
native features such as decentralization, better security, increased capacity,
immutability, faster settlement and transparency.

Blockchain is a cryptographically secure list of transactions and it's strength in enabling

decentralized computing allows anyone to create Apps – such as Bitcoin or a proposed
test UBIcoin, which themselves are decentralized to strengthen social and economic
transactions by self-enforcing tools such as smart contracts without high investment
into development.

A UBI Blockchain stack can make citizens' generated data available to allow public
policy researchers and social innovators to aggregate features as services to address the
stacks of the ecosystem of microproblems, mesoproblems and macroproblems of our
(network x network) society.

Universal Basic Income is a promise of equal opportunity, not equal outcome. With a
new starting line set above the poverty line, the citizen in the UBI Blockchain platform
can have control of his/her own citizen-data and advance to have an active role in
society, being secure to address microproblems such as sub-hourly tasks or retraining,
and from the moment this citizen is caring about his/her self-sovereign identity he/she
will be better positioned to face the mesoproblems such as the exponentially advancing
technology that is replacing most human labour in the coming decades.

The collaborative nature of a decentralised data and bottom-up agent based participatory
architecture in a UBI Blockchain ecosystem can bring researchers together to try
innovative UBI model experiments with less costs.

Keywords: UBI, Universal Basic Income, Blockchain, UBI Blockchain, UBIcoin, UBI
ecosystem, decentralised architecture, self-sovereign identity, citizen-data

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 UBI Blockchain: a decentralized platform for Universal Basic Income applications
SUSTAINABILITY
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- SOCIAL
- ECONOMIC
- ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH DATA
Universal Basic Income UBI model projects can benefit from a
proposed UBI Blockchain based distributed framework implementa-
tion to manage and analyse citizens' generated data during its
research phase.
As a unique UBI model project grows the UBI Blockchain can also
scale itself as a production stack, managing and connecting the CITIZEN’S DATA
Lifecycle Management Systems LCMS of many different UBI - INNOVATION
ecosystems. - FAIRNESS
- DATA LCMS
Keywords: UBI, Universal Basic Income, Blockchain, UBI Blockchain, UBIcoin,
UBI ecosystem, decentralised architecture, self-sovereign identity, citizen-data
WHY UBI ?
Universal Basic Income is a promise of equal opportunity, not
equal outcome. With a new starting line set above the poverty line,
the citizen in the UBI Blockchain platform can have control of
his/her own citizen-data and advance to have an active role in
society, being secure to address microproblems such as sub-hourly
tasks or retraining, and from the moment this citizen is caring about
INEQUALITY: his/her self-sovereign identity he/she will be better positioned to face
- UBI MODELS the mesoproblems such as the exponentially advancing technology
- TRACING that is replacing most human labour in the coming decades.
POLICY MAKERS
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Blockchain platforms has grown in the last few years because of
the advantages of its native features such as decentralization, better
security, increased capacity, immutability, faster settlement and
transparency.
Blockchain is a cryptographically secure list of transactions and it's
strength in enabling decentralized computing allows anyone to
FUNDERS DEVELOPERS SOCIAL DESIGN: create Apps – such as Bitcoin or a proposed test UBIcoin, which
- TRANSPARENT themselves are decentralized to strengthen social and economic
- DECENTRALIZED transactions by self-enforcing tools such as smart contracts.
SUSTAINABILITY
RESEARCHERS
UBI BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM $
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A UBI Blockchain stack can make citizens' generated data available
to allow public policy researchers and social innovators to agregate
features as services to address the stacks of the ecosystem of "UBI Blockchain: a decentralized framework for Universal Basic
microproblems, mesoproblems and macroproblems of our (network x Income applications" is part of the presentation from students from USP
network) society. – Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil – EACH Escola de Artes, Ciências e
The collaborative nature of a decentralised data and bottom-up Humanidades GPP - Curso de Gestão de Políticas Públicas / Public
SHARING THE
agent based participatory architecture in a UBI Blockchain ecosys- Policy Management Course for the BIEN Basic Income Earth Network
NETWORK
tem can bring researchers together to try innovative UBI model 17th BIEN Congress, Portugal “Implementing a Basic Income” to be held
experiments with less costs. EFFECTS FOR
DEVELOPMENT on 25-27 September 2017, ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and
Management, University of Lisbon, Portugal
http://basicincome.org/17th-bien-congress-portugal/
Universidade de São Paulo
EACH - Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades
http://www5.usp.br/
Celso Singo Aramaki NUSP 8074331
July 2017
celso.aramaki@usp.br
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