How does Glo generate basic income and lift people out of extreme poverty?
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That's a lie, you are losing out on the interest rate on the money held in escrow.
Glo is an additional way to contribute to GiveDirectly. Instead of (or in addition to) donating convert your USD to Glo and it will passively generate money for GiveDirectly.
Our goal is to scale up the available money for GiveDirectly to give away. We're an actual non-profit, not a scam, and no one is taking a cut. Our operations are paid from philanthropic donations; donors receive nothing; employees receive a salary.
That GiveDirectly isn't already doing something similar indicates to me that they believe it's not an effective use of money. You, I assume, disagree. Why should I trust your judgement over theirs?
As for whether Glo is an effective use of money, if we'd capture 5% of the stablecoin market we'd generate the total amount of money GiveDirectly distributed in 2021 [1]
1. https://www.globalincomecoin.com/articles/vision-and-growth-...
What I think I’m missing is the Why? Why would I want Glo? What’s better about owning this crypto currency than just parking my $1000 in an FDIC insured bank account and donating $25?
(Honest question - not trying to troll here at all - I’m just not seeing a reason to turn money into Glo Coin)
First, if you're already someone who uses stablecoins, Glo will do the same stuff that your stablecoin of choice does, and also provide some social good on top. We think that's going to be compelling to some folks.
Otherwise, we're aiming to reach folks who might be inspired by the long-term vision and thus be willing to put up with some friction relative to "parking my $1000 in an FDIC insured bank account and donating $25." No worries if that isn't you.
The next stage for us is to make Glo increasingly viable as a currency, meaning that you can actually use it to buy and sell stuff. That's probably the phase where Glo becomes more attractive to many than a traditional savings account.
We described these stages in more detail in a recent post to the effective altruism forum [0].
Hope that clarifies, happy to discuss this at length here or via email (seth at global income coin dot com), etc.
[0] https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EAiwxZN4Jiyup8d9G/...
Really? The only viable way? It's like they've never heard of a bank. Banks accept deposits in USD. They invest those deposits in safe instruments like US treasuries. They return the deposit when requested. The deposits are insured by the FDIC. Just start a community bank and donate the proceeds to GiveDirectly. Poof, no crypto needed.
Will Glo allow 3rd party audits by an accredited firm? If so, THAT is how you'll get people to switch over.
Wouldn't it be better to just make a new security fund and then literally create new shares based upon the returns and give them to the poor?
Yes, you'd have to follow SEC rules. But, you'd also appear more legitimate, rather than trying to legitimize yourself with empty promises.
Right now, Glo the organization is still taking shape. As we formalize, we'll have things like a board of directors, and all the standard protections/checks that nonprofits have to stop them from being evil. Will that suffice to garner trust? I am not sure, but at face value, lots of nonprofits, including those that handle cash transfers, are trusted.
To reframe this question, what would suffice to elevate Glo to the same level of trustworthiness as GiveDirectly, assuming we were structured similarly?
Why another shitty stablecoin? Stable coins have been anything but recently.
Why does this have to be on blockchain?
What happens to my money when you fold?
What happens to my money if there's a backdoor in your coin?
Where's the fund manager?
When there's a run on your coin are you going to buoy it up by selling your treasury holdings?
What happens on a weekend or a holiday when a run is happening on the coin and the treasury and the markets are closed? It can't all be in TBills, some of it has to be in USD. What's the breakdown? Where is it published?
What's to say tomorrow you won't rug pull and leave the country in a yacht? Or the leader who takes after you?
Where's your true heart at? Is it for the poor? Or are you going to transition from a non-profit to a for-profit organization, once you get a good amount of money in your coffers?
And then I see this:
To end extreme poverty, Glo would need to replace 7% of all the money in the
world. While ambitious, this is not impossible:
We'd be at 100% of our goal if 87% of US savings deposits ($10.6 trillion) were converted to Glo
We'd be at 63% of our goal if all cash held by US companies ($5.8 trillion) were converted to Glo
Blockchain allows a new form of money to be created and used in a very efficient manner. There is no need to build out new financial infrastructure or payment network to use this new form of money. Blockchains have proven to be trusted forms of ledgers.
If we were to cease operations, we'd ensure that every Glo stablecoin outstanding is still redeemable for $1.
We are taking extreme care in our development to prevent any potential vulnerabilities in the stablecoin itself and the processes we incorporate as an organization.
We have expertise around managing funds and are also looking to add talent in that domain.
Treasuries will be liquidated to make sure redemption demand is met. We have no profit incentive to take any liquidity risk with reserve assets. The breakdown between USD and treasuries will be real-time transparent. At smaller market caps, we'll have to lean towards greater liquidity. At larger market cap, we'll conservatively estimate a trustworthy composition of assets.
Global Income Coin will exist solely for the benefit the mission.
See, here's the thing. If you cared enough about this project, you'd do this without the blockchain.
You bring this blockchain thing, and I feel like your mission is "Blockchain or bust". But you can always pivot to the blockchain later. As blockchain proponents have said, "It's early days." Why would you risk your mission on an untrustworthy technology? Boring tech is much much better for building on your mission. From SV to Des Moines, there's a reason people write their software in Java to this day, e.g.
You can use a BTC address for payments and payouts, as well as say traditional mechanisms (many of which are wrapped by Plaid). Essentially you become something like "Wealthfront".
Also, there's a lot of poverty in the US, such as in SV/SF itself. I would focus on that. Blockchain is sexy, but the homeless situation is not. It's a much harder problem. And your mission just assumes someone else will fix it and worse just assumes it's fixable in the first place.
But I still hear about people biking in SF talking about PPMs (poops per mile). Meanwhile NIMBY's are fighting new housing projects.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's not fixable, but simply relying on others to fix your core mission will end in tears.
There's a lot more but that's a high level answer of the major reasons.