# Circles general **URL:** https://forum.aboutcircles.com/c/circles-general/7.md [Latest](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/categories.md) --- ## [Information Links](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/information-links/253)
**Author:** [@Wouter](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Wouter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/information-links/253 "2017-08-03T13:24:37Z")
Circles Concept Most recent concept presentation (May 2016) Concept presentation with the most slides (Jan 2016) Original discussion forum Original blog Meetup Berlin video with Martin Köppelmann explaining the i… --- ## [About the Circles general category](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/about-the-circles-general-category/16)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Hi guys I'm New Here](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/hi-guys-im-new-here/716)
**Author:** [@xtophermoses142](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/xtophermoses142)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/hi-guys-im-new-here/716 "2026-09-21T12:59:55Z")
Hi Guys I’m Moses Moses (Xtopher Moses)… Please I’m new here and don’t really know what to do please I would really appreciate if someone could guide me on the right part… Thanks :blush: --- ## [Gaining trust, hopefully](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/gaining-trust-hopefully/325)
**Author:** [@esim](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/esim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/gaining-trust-hopefully/325 "2026-04-08T09:47:55Z")
Well good morning everyone! This project seems very interesting. I really wanna see how all this plays out and see if I can help along the way. I am not a sociable person. There is also no way anybody on Circles will k… --- ## [Redistribution in Circles only over one hop?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/redistribution-in-circles-only-over-one-hop/648)
**Author:** [@bipedaljoe](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/bipedaljoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/redistribution-in-circles-only-over-one-hop/648 "2026-01-14T07:26:14Z")
It seems to me that printing coins is mathematically the same as “demurrage” except with an inflating money supply (if you force the money supply to always return to same amount, printing coins will mathematically become… --- ## ["Reserve payment" attack vector solved, allows decentralized Circles implementation](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/reserve-payment-attack-vector-solved-allows-decentralized-circles-implementation/663)
**Author:** [@bipedaljoe](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/bipedaljoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/reserve-payment-attack-vector-solved-allows-decentralized-circles-implementation/663 "2025-08-23T17:59:49Z")
CirclesUBI has historically been built on a “central virtual server” (the blockchain acting much like a single virtual server but it is distributed as many validators replicate it). CirclesUBI could also be built in a de… --- ## [Open deployment ceremony for Circles v2](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/open-deployment-ceremony-for-circles-v2/603)
**Author:** [@Ben](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Ben)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/open-deployment-ceremony-for-circles-v2/603 "2025-03-18T09:58:35Z")
Circles v2: Open Community Deployment Ceremony Hey Circles! We’re about to launch Circles v2, and we want everyone to be part of it. So, we’re turning the deployment into an open ceremony where anyone can join in. How … --- ## [Circles 2.0, zoomed out](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-2-0-zoomed-out/633)
**Author:** [@Circl](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Circl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-2-0-zoomed-out/633 "2024-11-19T15:38:06Z")
Hey, everyone! I’m not an active participant in Circles or Gnosis communities, but have been following them both pretty closely for some reason. This post aims to provide useful insights for anyone interested in the ide… --- ## [Using Circles in Stockholm](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/using-circles-in-stockholm/627)
**Author:** [@VladLau](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/VladLau)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/using-circles-in-stockholm/627 "2024-11-12T18:23:41Z")
Hey community people I am just wondering how I could promote Circles in Stockholm? Do I need a network of people to start with? Any experiences you can share from your local areas? Best regards Vlad --- ## [Proposal for price finding for CRC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-for-price-finding-for-crc/618)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-for-price-finding-for-crc/618 "2024-10-21T09:05:11Z")
TLDR: Each CRC user sets up a Blancer-LBP that starts with 99/1 with some reserve asset and that will slowly over time (as more CRC get minted and get into circulation) will shift to a 50/50 pool. Intro With Circles 2.0 … --- ## [Brazil / South America community](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/brazil-south-america-community/607)
**Author:** [@code2pixels](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/code2pixels)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/brazil-south-america-community/607 "2024-10-14T00:17:57Z")
Hello all, I just found out about Circles and I think this would be amazing in Brazil (where I’m from and currently based) and other countries in South America. Are there any current members from Brazil or South America… --- ## [Circles' 4th Birthday Party \[Berlin\]](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-4th-birthday-party-berlin/602)
**Author:** [@shantelle](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/shantelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-4th-birthday-party-berlin/602 "2024-10-04T11:41:59Z")
Calling all Berliners - Circles is turning 4! Please join us for Full Circles IV - Circles’ 4th birthday party! :birthday: We’re celebrating 4 impactful years of Circles on 15th October 2024 in Berlin :partying\_face: O… --- ## [Circle Connect: August's Recap](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circle-connect-augusts-recap/601)
**Author:** [@shantelle](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/shantelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circle-connect-augusts-recap/601 "2024-09-13T14:56:47Z")
Hi everyone! We have just published our latest edition of Circles Connect – our Circles newsletter. If you haven’t already subscribed, you can subscribe here: https://circles-connect.beehiiv.com/ Circle Connect: Augus… --- ## [Circles v2: Our Proposal for Evolving Fair and Social Money](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-v2-our-proposal-for-evolving-fair-and-social-money/589)
**Author:** [@Ben](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Ben)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-v2-our-proposal-for-evolving-fair-and-social-money/589 "2024-09-05T09:37:15Z")
Hey Circles Community, We’re thrilled to present our work on Circles v2 (release candidate v0.3.6 alpha). This proposal builds on discussions dating back to 2021-2022, including jaensen’s July 2022 proposal. After vario… --- ## [Hello from the \*new\* Circles team](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/hello-from-the-new-circles-team/586)
**Author:** [@shantelle](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/shantelle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/hello-from-the-new-circles-team/586 "2024-08-28T12:40:55Z")
Hi everyone I’m Shantelle and I’m on the Circles team :wave: I wanted to share some updates with the wider community: Circles Migration As some of you may be aware, the Circles UBI protocol is now being maintained by a… --- ## [Where to find a circle group?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/where-to-find-a-circle-group/574)
**Author:** [@Mouyou665](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Mouyou665)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/where-to-find-a-circle-group/574 "2024-06-05T13:45:09Z")
Hello I want to join a circle group. I have also good ideas how to improve circles. --- ## [Circles Contract v2](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-contract-v2/562)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-contract-v2/562 "2024-02-15T09:26:45Z")
We are getting closer to a v2 version. The main features include: 1155 based native demurrage (1 CRC/h) trust is binary (no trust limit) but has instead an expiry date group currency is natively supported (can trust g… --- ## [Proof of Humanity Group Token](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proof-of-humanity-group-token/489)
**Author:** [@andrei](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/andrei)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proof-of-humanity-group-token/489 "2022-10-26T23:14:11Z")
Hello everyone, I’m Andrei, dev @ Kleros, working on Proof of Humanity. Proof of Humanity is coming to Gnosis Chain very soon. A Proof of Humanity \<\> Circles synergy would be great for both projects. To register on Pro… --- ## [Circlesland 2.0 - Redesign and unite the movement](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circlesland-2-0-redesign-and-unite-the-movement/466)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circlesland-2-0-redesign-and-unite-the-movement/466 "2022-05-16T08:47:29Z")
The Circlesland team is currently working on bringing together the different efforts of Munich, Bali and. Berlin to unite our movement. Part of this work is redesigning the Circlesland infrastructure towards the original… --- ## [Onboarding with Telegram](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/onboarding-with-telegram/457)
**Author:** [@alculexum](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/alculexum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/onboarding-with-telegram/457 "2022-04-12T06:58:05Z")
Currently many refugees from Ukraine are without financial support and even if they have money, they want to save it for most urgent matters. With Circles they could easily use a mechanism for “bookkeeping” if they trade… --- ## [The decentralizied ecosystem needs a decentralizied currency](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/the-decentralizied-ecosystem-needs-a-decentralizied-currency/44)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/the-decentralizied-ecosystem-needs-a-decentralizied-currency/44 "2021-10-27T13:03:58Z")
While building the new decentralized we will have to have billions if not trillions in value on the (Ethereum?) blockchain. There are only two ways they will get there: a) they are transferred onto the system and b) they… --- ## [Integration of Identity Verification as optional Add-on](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/integration-of-identity-verification-as-optional-add-on/405)
**Author:** [@alculexum](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/alculexum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/integration-of-identity-verification-as-optional-add-on/405 "2021-09-12T19:53:23Z")
Identity Verification as optional “Add-on” For several use cases, the integration of an external Identity Verification Service makes sense. Even though with Circles UBI, the main means of identifying users is by their so… --- ## [Shunning, tolerance and economic solidarity](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/shunning-tolerance-and-economic-solidarity/360)
**Author:** [@microscopes](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/microscopes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/shunning-tolerance-and-economic-solidarity/360 "2021-09-10T18:20:49Z")
I’m about to get very gritty with this post, so I need to preface by saying that I think this is an awesome and amazing project. I’m very excited to see what happens. Okay, please buckle your seatbelt now… Imagine a f… --- ## [How can I figure out which of my friends can verify my account?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/how-can-i-figure-out-which-of-my-friends-can-verify-my-account/404)
**Author:** [@MaxTranced](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/MaxTranced)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/how-can-i-figure-out-which-of-my-friends-can-verify-my-account/404 "2021-09-10T15:21:22Z")
I have an extensive social network (email, phone, Facebook, LinkedIn), a majority of which are people I know and trust. I hope the feeling is mutual! :slight\_smile: How can I find out which ones of them have accounts an… --- ## [Small $$ deposits to detect trust issues](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/small-deposits-to-detect-trust-issues/401)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/small-deposits-to-detect-trust-issues/401 "2021-06-18T09:06:01Z")
Here is a proposal to strengthen the Circles trust network and have an easy way to detect Circles trust connections that abuse the trust. Every new Circles user could “back” there Circles by a small amount of $$ (xDAI).… --- ## [Accumulating Trust with Group Wallets](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/accumulating-trust-with-group-wallets/399)
**Author:** [@alculexum](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/alculexum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/accumulating-trust-with-group-wallets/399 "2021-05-11T12:50:52Z")
For direct payments in a local, peer to peer communities Circles works very well. For other use cases, there are shortcomings: Paying Users not included in a local community cluster. Paying external digital services wi… --- ## [Safe app for bulk trusting from org. wallets/ group currencies](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/safe-app-for-bulk-trusting-from-org-wallets-group-currencies/395)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/safe-app-for-bulk-trusting-from-org-wallets-group-currencies/395 "2021-04-22T07:41:28Z")
As discussed in “Upcoming token Sale” and in various discussion for group currencies - there will be the need for some Circles accounts (specifically org. wallets == non-UBI-receiving accounts) to trust a lot of Circles … --- ## [Group currencies](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/group-currencies/358)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/group-currencies/358 "2021-04-05T13:08:39Z")
In the original description of Circles we already described “group currencies”. I still believe group currencies are an important addition to Circles core concept. The simplest implementation would define another E… --- ## [Upcoming token sale for Circles](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/upcoming-token-sale-for-circles/381)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/upcoming-token-sale-for-circles/381 "2021-04-01T15:21:30Z")
There is a project out there (will share the name when confirmed) that is intending to do a token sale. Most of the tokens will be sold for xDAI via a auction - but currently the idea is to sell some of the token for Cir… --- ## [Visualizing Trust: Trustgraphs of CirclesUBI in Neo4j](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/visualizing-trust-trustgraphs-of-circlesubi-in-neo4j/374)
**Author:** [@alculexum](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/alculexum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/visualizing-trust-trustgraphs-of-circlesubi-in-neo4j/374 "2021-03-22T14:17:41Z")
For payments, CirclesUBI heavily relies on “transitive trust”, ie. transitive multi-hops for payments between Circles users who do not trust directly, but via a intermediate users. So if Bob trusts Alice and Carol trusts… [Next page](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/c/circles-general/7.md?page=1)