# Latest **URL:** https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md [Latest](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to Circles](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/welcome-to-circles/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/welcome-to-circles/8 "2025-04-14T09:46:58Z")
Welcome to the Circles - the global fair currencies that implements the basic income. Read a general introduction here and a technical description here. --- ## [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… --- ## [Decentralized payment coordination inspired by CirclesUBI](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/decentralized-payment-coordination-inspired-by-circlesubi/683)
**Author:** [@bipedaljoe](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/bipedaljoe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/decentralized-payment-coordination-inspired-by-circlesubi/683 "2026-01-14T07:18:43Z")
Hi Martin and Max and everyone else. I solved decentralized payment coordination last year, but overcomplicated it (still the best solution suggested though). Now, I started to consider demurrage for redistribution more … --- ## [Decentralized demurrage rate](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/decentralized-demurrage-rate/682)
**Author:** [@bipedaljoe](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/bipedaljoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/decentralized-demurrage-rate/682 "2026-01-07T15:22:08Z")
Hi Martin and anyone else. What do you all think of the idea that each person sets their own demurrage rate. Any payment to them, gets that rate. Long term, CirclesUBI would want to run in a decentralized way computati… --- ## ["failed to accept invitation"](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/failed-to-accept-invitation/662)
**Author:** [@Anezka](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Anezka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/failed-to-accept-invitation/662 "2025-11-07T19:49:21Z")
Hi future friends. Circles-noob here :slight\_smile: When trying to accept invites, I get “failed to accept invitation”. Both on android and laptop. What do I do? And I have two invitations from people I dont know, how … --- ## ["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… --- ## [Guide to start your own group](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/guide-to-start-your-own-group/649)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/guide-to-start-your-own-group/649 "2025-05-13T23:46:40Z")
In Circles 2.0 groups are a critical new feature. Groups allow many configurations but in its simplest form a group allows all its members to convert their individual CRC into more fungible and potentially more liquid “… --- ## [Creating Circles "offers"](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/creating-circles-offers/639)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/creating-circles-offers/639 "2025-04-14T09:39:14Z")
Here is a simple framework of how you can make an offer for CRC. You might want to sell an NFT or other tokens for CRC. I created a simple “factory contract” that allows you to create an “offer” for ERC20 tokens. I … --- ## [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 … --- ## [Spores - Minimum fifteen characters](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/spores-minimum-fifteen-characters/638)
**Author:** [@Jos](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Jos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/spores-minimum-fifteen-characters/638 "2025-02-25T06:59:57Z")
Hello lovers of good money I see we use the model of a fungus to establish a decentralized system enabling a fairer economy. I feel we need the functionality of spores so individual pools of trust can exist. Ideally an… --- ## [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 --- ## [lost  my magic words](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/lost-my-magic-words/622)
**Author:** [@fangxia](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/fangxia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/lost-my-magic-words/622 "2024-10-25T11:48:13Z")
Sir,I lost my magic words,how to restore it?my accout is steveny,pls --- ## [What should the price of CRC be?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/what-should-the-price-of-crc-be/620)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/what-should-the-price-of-crc-be/620 "2024-10-23T11:45:28Z")
First a lot of warnings: Circles is a novel concepts and a wide range of answers to this question is possible. The easiest would of course be: 0 - it is just issued out of “thin air” and not backed by anything and theref… --- ## [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 Security Review Competition: Join In!](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-security-review-competition-join-in/598)
**Author:** [@Ben](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/Ben)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-security-review-competition-join-in/598 "2024-09-10T16:16:39Z")
Hey everyone, Our Circles v2 Security Review Competition is off to a good start! Running until September 19, 2024, there’s still plenty of time to contribute. Check out the competition details here: Web3 Audit Competiti… --- ## [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. --- ## [Is anyone still here?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/is-anyone-still-here/576)
**Author:** [@0oo11235oo0](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/0oo11235oo0)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/is-anyone-still-here/576 "2024-06-03T14:31:25Z")
Hello, I just wanted to send a message out to see if anyone was still around. This is a much needed idea in our system and I feel could be the thing that keeps people alive and out of war. Thanks in advance for all the… --- ## [Circles v2 - transferMethods](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-v2-transfermethods/567)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-v2-transfermethods/567 "2024-02-15T14:02:39Z")
I have one question and one request regarding the new v2 transferMethods. As far I understood Martins overview about the new v2 feature update is that the new transferMethod also allows in its pathfinding algorithm to u… --- ## [Proposal: Official Circles Protocol Currency](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-official-circles-protocol-currency/568)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-official-circles-protocol-currency/568 "2024-02-15T09:25:47Z")
In regard to the upcoming v2 protocol update I am proposing to introduce an official circles protocol group currency with a hardcoded ruleset, of how to gain access to it. This utility token serves a few purposes and ut… --- ## [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… --- ## [Fix aboutcircles.com redirect (deprecated)](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/fix-aboutcircles-com-redirect-deprecated/564)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/fix-aboutcircles-com-redirect-deprecated/564 "2024-02-14T18:27:37Z")
I just found out that aboutcircles.com is forwarding to docs.aboutcircles.com, which seems to be old and deprecated. It would be great if this is redirected again back to forum.aboutcircles.com. --- ## [Issuance of Circles over time](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/issuance-of-circles-over-time/539)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/issuance-of-circles-over-time/539 "2023-07-28T11:49:25Z")
To create a better intuition - here 2 graphs that show the money policy of Circles: First lets look at the (time) Circles balance of a user over time: As a new user joins the system they continuously generate 1 CRC per… [Next page](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md?page=1)