Ucoin

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= uCoin is a free server-side software allowing to create new P2P crypto-currencies based on individuals and Universal Dividend.

URL = https://github.com/c-geek/ucoin

It is mainly inspired from OpenUDC project for that purpose, but differs defining its own open currency protocol called UCP (UCoin Protocol).


Characteristics

  • Peer-to-peer crypto-currency

uCoin fully relies on OpenPGP standard to describe crypto-currencies, provide P2P synchronization mecanisms and allow data distribution.


  • Universal Dividend - by people, for people

uCoin uses Human Dividend Currency Format to describe the monetary system, where money is issued directly and exclusively by individuals of the Community to themselves. Individuals are the only ones who may issue new money, and choose the unities they desire : this is a monetary system where U coin.


  • Democratic

In a uCoin currency, money is legitimated by collectively signed documents. De facto, uCoin implies a democratical process in money issuance and community membership.


  • Humanity scale compliant

uCoin uses a distribution system for its transactions database, allowing for potentially humanity scale currencies. Indeed, billions of people making together millions of transactions per second is not likely to be handled by every unit of a PC made network. That is why uCoin transactions database is distributed."