I've spent some time researching " UBI at the point of money creation" and the potential futures of money. Sounds strange, but @MannaCurrency is that. It recently launched. If you're interested in learning more, this post will have some details.

When you start learning about these new currencies—or as some call it "magic internet money", there is no small amounts of information (and no small amounts of misinformation either).

But, I will try to keep this as simple as I can.





Manna is Similar to Bitcoin

Manna is similar to Bitcoin, which was first to introduce new networking tech (or protocols) that accurately confirm & validate monetary value digitally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_network_protocols

We're already used to our online banking and debit cards and really it isn't much different. But this post isn't really about Bitcoin, it's about Manna:

Manna created their own protocol that includes distributing a Universal Basic Income ( UBI ) to all participants automatically. If you don't know what UBI is please take a moment to read this link —it's important. Many people are critical of UBI, but all I ask is that you look at the evidence before dismissing the idea. http://basicincomeday.com/evidence/

As someone who likes to keep track of all sorts of digital trends, the combo of recent blockchain hype + UBI was nearly impossible for me to ignore.

Just yesterday I received my second distribution of Manna-Currency, which is already worth more than some of my music has EVER sold online (on multiple platforms, including bandcamp) over the past 12 years ! What! :|

At the same time, I posted one post in a new Bitcoin-powered social network, here on http://yours.org a similar shock occurred as several people nearly-instantly supported it! Wow!

At the time of this writing, the next distribution for Manna is in 2 days! So why, why is all of this good stuff happening right now? Why should we all learn about these things?

Protocols, "Crypto"?

Yes, both Manna and Bitcoin protocols are "cryptocurrencies", when I first heard crypto images of all the bad stuff I'd heard about it and images of the crypt-keeper floated through my mind. But cryptography is only actually a small part of it, but for these protocols: necessary .

If you don't know what crypto is, don't stress: What Bitcoin mainly introduced was a form of anti-tampering. It is done using complex puzzles (or cryptographic calculations). It takes time to solve and thus difficult (or even impossible) to revert—And that's a really good thing.

That's really why it's called crypto and why it is necessary, but it has become overblown.

All the hundreds of "ICOs" have really become somewhat of a fad—and there's just soo much to be careful of. That's the caveat, it's like a gold-rush now (We are talking about money here!) many similar protocols are more like limited tokens (intentionally so) while others are completely, excessive, extravagant frauds (because there is money to be made using misinformation). Yikes.

So, if you are taking a step into the "crypto" world— It's important to do your own research and make sure you understand how each protocol actually works underneath, and why currency is usually involved and necessary .

Pay close and careful attention to the history too of each project. I firmly believe many of the frequently used terms will soon be taught in finance courses (if they aren't already).

While the term UBI is hitting the mainstream, the terms "crypto", "bitcoin", and "blockchain" are also hitting the mainstream — along with tons and tons of misinformation for all of the above — because, sadly, there is tons of money to be made from unsuspecting investors. There are even a handful of UBI-scams (people pretending to create a crypto-UBI but it turns out is something else entirely) which is highly offensive to me.

Why is Manna Important?

Thankfully, Manna is a real solid project with a good history, a great team, a unique timeline (check out the info-graphic and whitepaper) and are one of a few who are quite literally building a tool to help us all step toward a better future for all, faster. It's already running, and it's already working.

I've watched as others join Manna when it was first called GrantCoin, while I was still doing my own research. Then the GrantCoin team finished many different tests, re-branded, and began planning their big Manna launch.

In early 2018 I finally joined and began receiving distributions of Manna Currency.

Wherever you are in the world you should be able to sign up! Now before I go on, I have to mention, I did NOT write this article for the following link, but this is my "referral" link, which is a limited program (it will be discontinued at a certain point). https://www.mannabase.com/?ref=ea4bef8b6c the referral program is only intended to help launch the project and raise awareness. And it is working really well:

The reason I wrote this article is because of this: Something you may not realize is that (depending on where you live) you may already be able to trade Manna-Currency to your local currency on https://www.southxchange.com/ (based in Argentina), and the Manna team is looking for the currency to be listed on more exchanges soon. That means some are able to use Manna to buy food locally and improve their economic position provided they have access to the internet.





In the USA , Manna Currency is only worth about a cent, but the value is going to go up.

So if you're in the USA for example and you're looking to use Manna to buy a hamburger, it is already technically possible , however, expensive , and there are some exchange steps involved...but it will only get easier and cheaper over time.

Besides the myriad of important aspects and societal improvements that come along with a Universal Basic Income, looking at the charts , Manna's value is set to continue moving up, making it potentially a good long-term investment.

But for many parts of the world, it is already a powerful tool for increasing economic freedom and helping people escape from oppression and/or extortion—that's what UBI does. That's what Manna is starting to do now. That is something that Bitcoin has the potential to help with as well (something I have been researching too).

One interesting and important aspect of Manna is that it will also include a tool for direct giving, so if you are already in a financially grounded position and feel like some of your Manna could go towards helping less financially grounded areas- you'll be able to easily do that in the future:

Manna combined with http://yours.org looks to be an excellent fit as well. As I mentioned above, Yours.org is a Bitcoin-powered Social Network. This writing is posted on Yours.org... Actually, there is some interesting overlap in the mission of Manna and the mission of Yours.org - This is part of the yours goal over on yours.org/about

Yours.org wants everyone paid - that is a form of universality shared with the ideas of Universal Basic Income. So, that's part of why I am posting this here instead of Medium, to demonstrate that I can earn some income just by posting this here. That means anyone with internet access to yours.org can too. Also, and this is part of that universality and inclusiveness: To create a post is free. You can also set the post earning options to "zero" and just go by upvotes/tips, which I am doing on this post as an example too because I believe empowering information should be free.

If you enjoyed this post, and would like to dive into Blockchain Technology and learn some of the basics of Bitcoin, etc, please have a look at my other overview post here on yours.org





So what are you waiting for?

Go ahead and sign-up, distributions are already occurring frequently:



