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glocoin

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About glocoin

glodollar.org

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    Comment #34614768

    Hi! We're starting with Ethereum and Polgyon, but we're definitely looking to expand to other chains. Happy to talk more (email address in the GP)

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    Comment #34612946

    Glo | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Glo is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of extreme poverty by providing a basic income. We're a nonprofit startup. Our goa…

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    Comment #34612069

    You're likely doing nothing wrong it's just a saturated market of jobseekers. Supply and demand ebb and flow for most roles regularly. I simply think engineers have had a period of…

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    Comment #34221039

    Glo | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Glo is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of extreme poverty by providing a basic income. We're a nonprofit startup. Our goa…

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    Comment #33818408

    Glo | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Glo is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of extreme poverty by providing a basic income. We're a nonprofit startup. Our goa…

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    Comment #33427851

    For starters, there already is a use case for stablecoins like Glo. The current stablecoin market is $150 billion. At historically average treasury yields, $150 billion of Glo woul…

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    Comment #33422747

    Global Income Coin | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of extreme poverty by providing a basic income. We'r…

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    Comment #33077431

    Global Income Coin | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of poverty by providing a basic income. We're a nonp…

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    Comment #33000059

    That they get a basic income of $30/month, which if you live on less than $1.90/day helps.

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    Comment #32902527

    We're not endorsed by GiveDirectly, but in our informal chats they expressed excitement about our plans. I can't speak for them but I can imagine they want to focus on their core m…

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    Comment #32902115

    Yes, we will allow those. In general we'll aim to be as transparent as possible, which we believe can give us a competitive advantage over other stablecoins [1]. I personally think…

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    Comment #32901953

    We actually donate all the money we generate to one such a charity (GiveDirectly). If you want to donate money to GiveDirectly, that's amazing and we encourage it—donating $35/mont…

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    Comment #32677687

    Global Income Coin | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is building a stablecoin that lifts people out of poverty by providing a basic income. We're a nonp…

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    Comment #32307036

    Global Income Coin | Software Engineer & many more | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is a nonprofit startup striving to give every human on earth a doll…

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    Comment #32004910

    In general, as you've likely surmised, demand needs to rise over time for the project to succeed. In the long-run, our aim is to have that demand come from economic activity -- mea…

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    Comment #32004823

    Hi there, RE: KYC: For better or worse, KYC is necessary for a project like ours to prevent bad actors from creating duplicate identities, from which they could either A) launch a …

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    Comment #31947324

    Global Income Coin | Software Engineer & many more | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is a nonprofit startup striving to give every human on earth a doll…

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    Comment #31585900

    Correct. That's the annual amount of government created money and, while that scenario would be far into the future, we view it as our TAM. For an explainer of how that'd work, see…

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    Comment #31584242

    Global Income Coin | Software Engineer & many more | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin is a nonprofit startup striving to give every human on earth a doll…

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    Comment #31235986

    Global Income Coin | Software Engineer & many more | Remote | Full Time | Non Profit | $100k+ Global Income Coin a nonprofit startup striving to give every human on earth a dollar …

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    Comment #31213518

    This will very likely be a problem we'll run into if we gain massive adoption, and it will be difficult. But if we prove to be a useful monetary system that benefits the population…

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    Comment #31211716

    > Maybe this is like Sam Altman's thing...Is this actually that same project? No, that project is called Worldcoin. We share the goal of trying to create a UBI, but have a differen…