I was blessed/cursed with a desire to understand, deeply, the world. Well, I have understood only a fraction of it so far and I can tell you, the world is a ridiculous place. It is painful, joyful, frightening, enlightening, evil, dark, ruthless, good, sweet, honest, deceitful, villainous, virtuous, malicious, kind, ugly, beautiful, and everything in … Read more

As misfortunes don’t seem to come singly in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is magnifying social and economic inequality and accelerating an economic collapse. As an answer, some people are demanding disruptive change, because governments have been slow and unsatisfactory in their response. There are several viewpoints on how to address these issues, but we came … Read more

Our goal for Group Income was to not just get the UI right, but to get the architecture right too. Creating secure, decentralized, user-friendly, open-source software is hard. After many years of development, it’s finally time for a demo of the UI. What’s really cool about this demo is that it can work for groups … Read more

Margarida and Pierre are great. “How great?” I hear you ask. Well, they’re sooo great, that I absolutely must write a blog post about them. Hailing from the great nation of Portugal, Margarida Botelho is a genius designer who’s taking Group Income’s user interface to the next level. Her design sense, attention to detail, dedication, … Read more

Recently we bid farewell to Victor Morrow who’s moved on to exciting new DARPA-related work. Victor is still with us, now in a volunteer capacity. Thanks to his help, we’ve made great progress on Group Income. However, with his departure as full-time contractor, we needed to find someone to fill his shoes. It was fortunate, … Read more

The Group Income prototype is nearing completion. We will sign up groups for the prototype to give us feedback before the public release. What’s holding up the prototype? There are two reasons why the prototype is taking a while to complete: We are designing software that will affect people’s finances, and possibly their relationships. “Move … Read more

Money is simply a tool that exists in circumstances when there is scarcity within an economy. It is a way of measuring the scarcity-demand for something. It is therefore a way of restricting access to that something. But when a lot of people choose to charge for scarce items using money, it gives money itself … Read more