# Latest **URL:** https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Describing Circles as a p2p credit system](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/describing-circles-as-a-p2p-credit-system/543)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/describing-circles-as-a-p2p-credit-system/543 "2023-09-06T13:39:37Z")
Circles can be looked at in different ways. Circles can be seen as a commodity or an asset. An alternative view on Circles would be to look at Circles as a p2p credit system where Circles represent debt. Let assume we h… --- ## ["Credit score" for Circles user](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/credit-score-for-circles-user/542)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/credit-score-for-circles-user/542 "2023-09-06T12:05:36Z")
Let me start by reiterating that a design goal of Circles is, that Circles of people that trust each other are worth the same. Ideally we can form a global trust network and Circles becomes globally accepted money that w… --- ## [Discussion on the group currency interface](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/discussion-on-the-group-currency-interface/531)
**Author:** [@jaensen](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/jaensen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/discussion-on-the-group-currency-interface/531 "2023-07-25T22:44:27Z")
As discussed in a meeting with people from BitsPossed, Proof of Humanity, and Gnosis, we want to use this thread to discuss the final design of the Circles Group Currency contract. Here’s my take on the issue: Creating… --- ## [Is it actually UBI?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/is-it-actually-ubi/527)
**Author:** [@tjchdf](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/tjchdf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/is-it-actually-ubi/527 "2023-06-22T07:28:46Z")
If everyone in a local community is receiving CRC at the same rate, and they will receive all goods/services from others in the same community, then no one is actually gaining anything. UBI by definition has to involve … --- ## [Opening the circles.garden api for external apps](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/opening-the-circles-garden-api-for-external-apps/525)
**Author:** [@jaensen](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/jaensen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/opening-the-circles-garden-api-for-external-apps/525 "2023-06-15T11:36:47Z")
Hi! I propose an extension to the Garden API, which enables the external creation of user profiles. This proposal serves as an interim solution until we have implemented a decentralized solution for profiles. It caters … --- ## [Moos artist residents + Circles](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/moos-artist-residents-circles/465)
**Author:** [@rosano](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/rosano)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/moos-artist-residents-circles/465 "2023-04-17T12:54:33Z")
I’ve been doing these interviews at Moos as part of my residency—here are some of our conversations about Circles. --- ## [Contribute as a developer to circles.garden](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/contribute-as-a-developer-to-circles-garden/514)
**Author:** [@ouie](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/ouie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/contribute-as-a-developer-to-circles-garden/514 "2023-03-10T15:58:54Z")
CirclesUBI is an open source project and we welcome contributions to our codebase! The circles.garden application is maintained and developed by the bitspossessed collective but we always appreciate external contributio… --- ## [Flow for frozen accounts](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/flow-for-frozen-accounts/506)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/flow-for-frozen-accounts/506 "2023-01-14T09:11:57Z")
If a user does not claim her UBI for 90 days the account gets frozen (more infos here). Unfortunately users are not well informed about this and even worse, if it happens they don’t get informed or any guidance what to … --- ## [Overcoming trust limits](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/overcoming-trust-limits/505)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/overcoming-trust-limits/505 "2023-01-07T13:01:00Z")
There is currently a problem in the way transitive transfers and trust limits are implemented. Essentially the ability of a user to accept Circles from people they trust depends on them holding their own Circles. A user … --- ## [Let's take Circle to Africa?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/lets-take-circle-to-africa/504)
**Author:** [@pissst](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/pissst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/lets-take-circle-to-africa/504 "2022-12-31T12:36:28Z")
We are looking for a Team to develop a Circle channel for Africa. Interested parties if any, please indicate by commenting here, or privately. Let the journey begin! Let’s spread equity and enthrone justice all over t… --- ## [Proposal for an invitation service to ease onboarding](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-for-an-invitation-service-to-ease-onboarding/497)
**Author:** [@jaensen](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/jaensen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-for-an-invitation-service-to-ease-onboarding/497 "2022-11-10T11:22:53Z")
Invitation service Purpose Circles runs on top of the Gnosis Chain which uses xDai as native gas-currency. New users don’t easily grasp the concept of gas fees. Therefore we try to hide this concept from new users in ord… --- ## [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… --- ## [Proposal to update the Hub contract (Circles v2)](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-to-update-the-hub-contract-circles-v2/483)
**Author:** [@jaensen](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/jaensen)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/proposal-to-update-the-hub-contract-circles-v2/483 "2022-10-26T16:44:31Z")
Hey everyone, we recently found ourselves working around some issues we already brought up in https://aboutcircles.com/t/earth-circle-ip-1-circles-2-0-architecture/428/12 . Instead of keep working around these issues w… --- ## [Tutorial how to convert CRC into tradable group currency](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/tutorial-how-to-convert-crc-into-tradable-group-currency/490)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/tutorial-how-to-convert-crc-into-tradable-group-currency/490 "2022-10-06T08:40:03Z")
It should be noted that all of this is highly experimental. However - at this stage it feels valuable to experiment! We created a “Circles group currency”. This Group Currency can be minted if you either hold CRC tokens… --- ## [Circles IP 4 - Default Transitive Transfer Module](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-4-default-transitive-transfer-module/446)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-4-default-transitive-transfer-module/446 "2022-02-17T09:44:29Z")
Based on the recent discussions from Circles IP 1 - Circles 2.0 Architecture, I am pulling out the essence we agreed on so far. The new transitive payment modules should be an opt-in extensions, where each user can give… --- ## [Circles IP 3 - Web Of Trust Module](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-3-web-of-trust-module/447)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-3-web-of-trust-module/447 "2022-02-17T10:15:05Z")
Based on the recent discussions from Earth Circle IP 1 - Circles 2.0 Architecture, I am pulling out the essence we agreed on so far. The new web-of-trust module becomes a standalone contract and defaults to binary trust… --- ## [Circles IP 5 - Optimize the inflation interval](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-5-optimize-the-inflation-interval/449)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-5-optimize-the-inflation-interval/449 "2022-02-17T10:33:56Z")
One further open topic here to be discussed is the inflation interval. A few different proposals so far. a) Keep the 1 year gap. b) Go much lower to something like a week. c) Or even work with the concept of real time… --- ## [Explaining Group Currency](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/explaining-group-currency/486)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/explaining-group-currency/486 "2022-09-02T08:48:56Z")
Group currency are a powerful new primitive for Circles that allows to combine many individual CRC tokens and combine them into a shared single token. This can be useful to: a) reduce risks to hold CRC as group Circles … --- ## [How soon will the wallet be developed?](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/how-soon-will-the-wallet-be-developed/482)
**Author:** [@lei138438](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/lei138438)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/how-soon-will-the-wallet-be-developed/482 "2022-07-20T01:45:30Z")
How soon can a wallet that can be transferred be developed? --- ## [List of Group Currencies](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/list-of-group-currencies/473)
**Author:** [@martin\_koeppelmann](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/martin_koeppelmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/list-of-group-currencies/473 "2022-07-11T20:04:54Z")
For Circles to be used in the wider Ethereum/Gnosis Chain ecosystem group currencies are an building block that allows: Circles to be used in applications that only expect 1 token as payment: E.g https://giveth.io/ In… --- ## [Conversion from CRC to Time Circles and back](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/conversion-from-crc-to-time-circles-and-back/463)
**Author:** [@jaensen](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/jaensen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/conversion-from-crc-to-time-circles-and-back/463 "2022-07-08T09:33:56Z")
Abstract Time Circles (TC) are a time-dependent display unit for Circles. The unit is rooted in the daily UBI payout every user receives in CRC and the fixed inflation rate. It normalizes the daily UBI payout to 24 TC r… --- ## [Event and FrankfurtLocal](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/event-and-frankfurtlocal/471)
**Author:** [@AndreasS](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/AndreasS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/event-and-frankfurtlocal/471 "2022-05-20T12:06:04Z")
Since discord reminded me that new users can only post 2 links I have here two more links: That Circles event looked really nice: https://twitter.com/CirclesUBI/status/1522496369893978112?s=20&t=bq\_Jv9rtyPbb0PChB31IiQ … --- ## [GC and GCT - Establish use of initials](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/gc-and-gct-establish-use-of-initials/468)
**Author:** [@llunaCreixent](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/llunaCreixent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/gc-and-gct-establish-use-of-initials/468 "2022-05-19T16:26:03Z")
We have two different concepts with same initials: Group Currencies and Gnosis Chain. Do we all agree on using GC for Gnosis Chain, and GCT for Group Currencies? --- ## [ImpactDAOs and Proof of Humanity](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/impactdaos-and-proof-of-humanity/470)
**Author:** [@AndreasS](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/AndreasS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/impactdaos-and-proof-of-humanity/470 "2022-05-16T19:21:58Z")
Hi Circles Community! I’m curious\_reader/Andreas S. from Frankfurt. I got a couple of questions which I hope you can help me finding some answers for. I watched this talk with Kevin Owocki on the topic of Impact DAOs: … --- ## [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… --- ## [Circles IP 6 - Demurrage unit vs inflation unit](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-6-demurrage-unit-vs-inflation-unit/448)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-6-demurrage-unit-vs-inflation-unit/448 "2022-05-05T21:54:33Z")
Based on the recent discussions from Earth Circle IP 1 - Circles 2.0 Architecture, I am pulling out the essence we agreed on so far. This topic has two different dimensions. The communicative layer and the technical lay… --- ## [Circles-Hub-Contract v1 Compatible GroupCurrency](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-hub-contract-v1-compatible-groupcurrency/461)
**Author:** [@alculexum](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/alculexum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-hub-contract-v1-compatible-groupcurrency/461 "2022-05-05T15:07:46Z")
We were brainstorming about ways to enable Group Currencies with the current version of Hub.sol When using a transaction batch mechanism, like the Gnosis Safe Transaction Builder, this can be achieved quite easily. This… --- ## [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… --- ## [Circles IP 7 - Improve the deadman switch logic](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-7-improve-the-deadman-switch-logic/450)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-7-improve-the-deadman-switch-logic/450 "2022-04-22T06:04:31Z")
Based on the recent discussions from Earth Circle IP 1 - Circles 2.0 Architecture, I am pulling out the essence we agreed on so far. There are currently plenty of different proposals on how to solve the deadman switch c… --- ## [Circles IP 1 - Circles 2.0 Architecture](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-1-circles-2-0-architecture/428)
**Author:** [@samuelandert](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/u/samuelandert)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/t/circles-ip-1-circles-2-0-architecture/428 "2022-03-19T15:43:43Z")
Regarding our upcoming Munich Pilot of Circlesland, we stumbled upon a few challenges in the core HUB and TOKEN contracts and would like to start working towards a new Circles 2.0 contract update. We should also as well… [Previous page](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md) [Next page](https://forum.aboutcircles.com/latest.md?page=2)