While the vision for City/Sync is extremely ambitious, we recognize the need to start somewhere practical. For us, the ability to run a pilot is a stepping stone toward that vision, and it serves as a procedural artifact for how to replicate the foundational processes that will enable it. The engine of the City/Sync framework relies on the ability to recognize existing communal behaviors and to incentivize new ones. The U.N. estimates that we have approximately 2.1 BILLION people who voluntee...

While the vision for City/Sync is extremely ambitious, we recognize the need to start somewhere practical. For us, the ability to run a pilot is a stepping stone toward that vision, and it serves as a procedural artifact for how to replicate the foundational processes that will enable it. The engine of the City/Sync framework relies on the ability to recognize existing communal behaviors and to incentivize new ones. The U.N. estimates that we have approximately 2.1 BILLION people who voluntee...

Chapter 3 - The Structure of a Public-Sector CurrencyThe dialogue around a public-sector currency is often met with confusion, as it doesn’t follow the traditional backing of value for currency in the market-circuit. Historically, the value backing for money within the market-circuit has come from either the convertibility of commodities or the actions of state-authority. Each providing some attribute that...

Chapter 3 - The Structure of a Public-Sector CurrencyThe dialogue around a public-sector currency is often met with confusion, as it doesn’t follow the traditional backing of value for currency in the market-circuit. Historically, the value backing for money within the market-circuit has come from either the convertibility of commodities or the actions of state-authority. Each providing some attribute that...