Steem Basic Income
Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.
Contests!!
When we launched Steem Basic Income, we started with a contest to make it widely available without people having to pay to join. With this history, we are thrilled to see so many members picking up the baton and holding contests to decide who to sponsor into Steem Basic Income. Great job, everyone!
If you are holding a contest and we missed it, or you announce after this post, let us know in the comments. If you want to see more before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening!
https://steemit.com/upfundme/@taskmanager/upfundme-sbi-memberships-for-taskmanager-tokenholders
Not quite a contest, but if you hold their token on bitshares, they will sponsor you for Steem Basic Income.
https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@thedolphin/giveaway-to-my-beloved-followers-i-sponsor-you-lifetime-steem-basic-income
Engage on his posts for a potential share, or follow his Steemauto trail for a share.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@freewritehouse/we-writes-are-fun-for-two-plus-another-chance-to-win
Leave a relevant comment on the post to be entered in a drawing for share of Steem Basic Income
https://steemit.com/upfundme/@madstacks/upvote-crowdfund-community-steembasicincome-day-18
The rules on this one are a little unclear, so maybe @madstacks can clarify. It looks like if you upvote it adds your name to the list, and whenever the post rewards add up to enough, they sponsor a member from the list. This is an interesting concept that has already sponsored several mmembers.
https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@rishi556/6ypr6a-steembasicincome-shares-giveaway-update-funding
Regularly participate in their Discord channel to win shares. (8 members sponsored already)
https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@newbiegames/newbiegames-game-makers-contest-submit-your-game-contest-and-win
Enter to win several potential prizes. The more entrants, the more Steem Basic Income members they will sponsor!
https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@mcoinz79/giveaway-get-your-free-share-of-steembasicincome
Simple and easy to enter, with 5 memberships being given away.
Enrollment
As you can see, there are lots of ways that you can win free shares. If you don't want to wait, or you want to enter contests but also hold your own contests, enrollment couldn't be easier:
Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo. You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 share in the program.
I've had some questions about this again as STEEM and SBD keep trading places on which is stronger. The official currency of enrollment is STEEM. We accept SBD at our discretion (usually when they're very close, or when SBD is stronger) but you do not receive extra shares or a refund for paying in SBD instead. So use STEEM for a 'sure thing' enrollment, or use SBD and risk 'overpaying' or having your enrollment returned to you.
It's fine to send a list, but we prefer a comma after each name. If you send a list, please specify share amounts for each or we will assume equal distribution (e.g. 15 STEEM with 3 names means 5 shares each and 15 for you, unless you specify otherwise).
As we get close to automation for enrollments, we will tighten up the transaction memo guidelines, but we will make plenty of announcements. Please bear in mind that enrollments are currently processed manually, so there may be some delay before you receive confirmation or adjustment to your voting weights.
Steem Creators Conference
We are pleased to have been invited to speak at the Steem Creators Conference in Las Vegas next month. Learn all about it at https://www.steemcreators.com/ Mark your calendars and book your tickets, this is going to be an awesome event! (Look for our name on the registration page to get a $25 discount on your tickets.)
Questions?
We broke down the mechanics for how the program works in the complete overview. You can check your share counts and upvoting weight in our spreadsheet explained here. If you have any questions, ask away in the comments section or join us in our discord channel.
