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Proof of Humanity DAO Community Board :ledger:
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Welcome Humans to the Proof of Humanity Community Board!

Here you'll find a general overview of Proof of Humanity, it's core components, current features, upcoming projects, and information about the DAO's role in the ecosystem.

What is the Proof of Humanity DAO? :brain:
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Created by [Kleros](https://kleros.io) and [Democracy Earth](https://https://twitter.com/DemocracyEarth), PoH is a social identity verification system for humans on Ethereum. PoH combines webs of trust, reverse Turing tests, and dispute resolution to create a sybil-proof list of humans.

This registry forms the basis of PoH, a tool able to be leveraged to facilitate self-sovereign identity verification and to create and organize democratic initiatives and mechanisms, such as UBI. 

Proof of Humanity seeks to solve the current plutocratic structures of membership mechanisms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake by facilitating Proof of Personhood and the subsequent system of 1 Person: 1 Vote. Read more [here](https://hackmd.io/K25fmnKLTtmvEmFHvBrEyQ?view#Why-We-Need-Proof-of-Humanity-).

- [**Registry**](https://app.proofofhumanity.id/) :unlock:
    ---
    - The DAO's primary tool is its registry, a directory of its members whose identity has been verified and encoded onto the Ethereum blockchain. 
    - Anyone can register for Proof of Humanity! How to do so can be found [here](https://blog.kleros.io/proof-of-humanity-an-explainer/).
- [**UBI**](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/universal-basic-income) :earth_africa:
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    - $UBI is PoH's first application, Universal Basic Income, tokenized, and issued to verified humans to provide universal access to liquidity. Registered humans will begin accruing $UBI immediately, at a current rate of 1 UBI per hour — 720 UBI per month. Denominating $UBI distribution in respect to time is intended to act as a mechanism around which global consensus can form regarding how much a human's time is truly worth.

**How is the Token Funded?**

**1. 10 million UBI were minted at genesis**. :zap:
	The initial allocation is as follows:
* 20% to early contributors to Democracy Earth’s HOUR token (rebranded to UBI).
*  40% to the initial Liquidity Mining program for $UBI pairs.
*  40% to the UBI community treasury to be used as a treasury reserve for the implementation of future UBI DAO proposals.

**2. Liquidity** :droplet:
* An initial liquidity mining program will go live March 12, 2021, 4:00pm UTC at pools.proofofhumanity.id. The initial program will run for a year until March 12, 2022, 4:00pm UTC and target the following two pools on Uniswap v2:
UBI/ETH
UBI/DAI
* 2,000,000 UNI will be allocated per pool to liquidity providers proportional to liquidity. This translates to roughly 5,480 UBI per pool per day.
* **Mining as an LP: Liquidity providers in the preliminary 2 targeted pools can deposit their Uniswap liquidity tokens into the [PoH pools](https://https://pools.proofofhumanity.id/#/).** 

**3. Donations** :star:
* Funding for UBI also comes from community initiatives and donations to buy/provide liquidity for UBI through the pools created on Uniswap v2 and/or Yearn Finance. Contributions go a long way towards ensuring the success of UBI. Such generosity is crucial to the success of such an ambitious, humanitarian venture. 

**4. Burning Mechanisms** :fire:
* On top of [Yearn Finance's DAI vault](https://https://yearn.finance/vaults/0x19D3364A399d251E894aC732651be8B0E4e85001) has been built the [Democracy Earth](https://democracy.earth/#/). The Democracy Earth is a $DAI vault in which 50% of the 10% yield accrued from deposited $DAI goes to buying and burning $UBI, regulating inflation as more persons register, and more UBI is streamed.
* Depositing your $DAI is easy! :open_hands: Simply connect your preferred web 3 wallet to the vault, approve your chosen amount, then deposit and ensure the longevity of Universal Basic Income!
![](https://i.imgur.com/4iv9snc.png)

    
$UBI Token Address: [0xDd1Ad9A21Ce722C151A836373baBe42c868cE9a4](https://etherscan.io/address/0xdd1ad9a21ce722c151a836373babe42c868ce9a4)
- The DAO :scroll:
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    - Participation in the decisions regarding the DAO are first and foremost the most important aspect of Proof of Humanity. By participating in the [forum](http://gov.proofofhumanity.id), or by voting on the [Snapshot platform](https://snapshot.org/#/poh.eth/) you will help build a better PoH! :clap: 

        Community structure is such that no one individual's vote holds more weight than any other, **regardless of the amount of $UBI they've accrued.**
        
        Further, PoH is a liquid democracy. This means that if you're unable to vote, you can delegate your vote to another **trusted** member. This can be done [here](https://snapshot.org/#/delegate)!

    **Current Proposals may be viewed here: https://t.me/pohVoting.**

Community Channels, Collected PoH Documents & Helpful Links :page_with_curl: 
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Below are compiled a list of the current communication channels, and important documents as well as links to helpful tools, explanations, and external pages for Proof of Humanity.

We hope this is helpful! Welcome, again, to Proof of Humanity. 
- [Telegram](https://https://t.me/proofhumanity) (Additional Channels Below)
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    - [Kleros Telegram](https://t.me/kleros
)
    - [PoH Debug](https://t.me/pohDebug
)
    - [UBI Price Discussion](https://t.me/UBIPD)
    - [Spanish Speaking Channel](https://t.me/proofofhumanityenespanol
)
- [Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/proofofhumanity)
- [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProofOfHumanity/)
- [Youtube](https://https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXHJbgCm5M-Zbg8PuJCioMA)
- Proof of Humanity :ledger: & $UBI :earth_africa: 
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    - [PoH :ledger: Registration Tutorial](https://kleros.gitbook.io/docs/products/proof-of-humanity/proof-of-humanity-tutorial
)
    - [PoH :ledger: Presentation and Use Cases](https://kleros.gitbook.io/docs/products/proof-of-humanity
)
    - [PoH :ledger: FAQ](https://kleros.gitbook.io/docs/products/proof-of-humanity/poh-faq
)
    - [PoH :ledger: Repo](https://github.com/Proof-Of-Humanity
)
    - [PoH :ledger: Voting Page](https://snapshot.org/#/poh.eth
)
    - [UBI :earth_africa: Announcement](https://blog.kleros.io/introducing-ubi-universal-basic-income-for-humans/
)
    - [UBI :earth_africa: Liquidity Mining Pools](https://pools.proofofhumanity.id/
)
    - [UBI :earth_africa: Pairs on Uniswap](https://info.uniswap.org/token/0xdd1ad9a21ce722c151a836373babe42c868ce9a4
)
    - [UBI :earth_africa: Reward Calculator](https://vfat.tools/proofofhumanity/
)
    - [:ledger: PoH Forum :earth_africa:](https://gov.proofofhumanity.id/
)



    

In-Progress PoH Layer 2 Projects :satellite:	
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Why We Need Proof of Humanity! :rosette:
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Proof of Humanity provides the necessary technology needed to push blockchain networks forward from just providing financial services to being able to enable social and political services. For this to happen though, there must be a way to verify uniqiue human identites on the blockchain. Before **Proof of Personhood**, blockchains validated membership through Proof of Stake or Proof of Work. Being resource-based membership mechanisms — (PoS requiring ownership of a given crypto currency and PoW requiring ownership of mining equipment) — blockchains utilizing such systems inevitably become plutocratic, undermining their ability to become signicant, humanitatian infrastructure, and enable democratic governance. 


To enable democratic governance on the blockchain, there must be an identity solution to the Sybil attack problem; the possibility for abuse to occur in a digital network as one user creates multiple identities with which to influence network outcomes. Thus solve this problem, and not resort to membership mechansims like Proof of Work or Proof of Stake, Proof of Personhood Protocols must employ a series of approaches in order to fortify a blockchain so that it may fulfill its [potential applications](https://https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.590171/full):
> • **Universal basic income**: A successful program of cryptocurrency-based universal basic income (UBI) must ensure that recipients cannot create fake identities to receive multiple UBI allotments and defraud the system....
• **Peer-to-peer governance**: ... A robust mechanism for signaling unique identities is a requirement for democratic governance in peer-to-peer systems...
• **Public goods funding**: ... So far, most public goods have been supported by centralized entities, but this nation-state system has thus far proven largely ineffective in addressing global challenges. Traditional Web 2.0 platforms attempted to bridge this gap... However, lacking reliable means to formalize unique identities, these movements are rarely able to transform the noise of social-media-organizing into a clear signal represented by votes or financial commitments. If adopted at a large scale, blockchain-based PoP protocols could contribute to a networked social infrastructure to enable this transition.
• **Quadratic voting and quadratic funding**: These algorithmic mechanisms for collective decision-making and resource allocation reward diversity of support more strongly than they reward the individual intensity of preference. In other words, a group of people voting or allocating resources to an option has a higher impact than a single individual expressing that same amount of support...
• **Social Media**: Social media signaling methods (impressions, likes, upvotes, etc.) are prone to manipulation by bots (Ferrara et al., 2016). Strong Sybil protection of social media accounts could help address the spread of fake news and fake impressions as well as digital advertisement-related frauds...
• **Airdrops**: A popular way to advertise new blockchain projects is to distribute (“airdrop”) a fraction of cryptocurrency tokens to a wide distribution list (Harrigan et al., 2018). However, it is very common for those systems to suffer Sybil attacks, even when requiring different forms of identification such as a telegram account or passports. This has led to a switch toward airdrops proportional to user balance of a specific coin and lockdrops (where users need to lock some coins and receive tokens proportionally to signaling). Those techniques, despite being Sybil resistant, privilege users already having a high amount of crypto-holdings. Thus, Proof of Personhood protocols are a key component in enabling egalitarian airdrops.
• **Peer-to-peer economy**: A Sybil-resistant network utilizing the same currency can have peers directly engage with each other on transactions, exchanges, and co-production of goods and services without the need of intermediaries to establish trust (Selloni, 2017)...


- Other Projects
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    Proof of Humanity is not the only project hoping to provide the globe with a sybil-resistant, identity solution.
    
    Below is a graph taken from the November 2020 paper, "Who Watches the Watchmen? A Review of Subjective Approaches for Sybil-Resistance in Proof of Personhood Protocols." This graph does just that, it offers a review of different Proof of Personhood protocols for easy comparison. It puts side by side their different governance and verification approaches, modes of decentralization, privacy, and scalability.
    
![](https://i.imgur.com/2OZOBAb.jpg)

- Additional Reading
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    - [Who Watches the Watchmen? A Review of Subjective Approaches for Sybil-Resistance in Proof of Personhood Protocols](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.590171/full)
    - [An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained](https://https://www.coindesk.com/proof-of-personhood-2030)
