Bitcoin itself put a lot of the arguments for the existence of systemic inequality, to bed for me. There was no glass ceiling stopping women from buying $1 bitcoin. Racism didn't stop black guys from mining it in 2012.
If you had an internet connection and were paying attention back then and were wise enough to spot the opportunity, then no patriarchal/hierarchical/racist system was stopping you from capitalising on it.
The main blocker for UBI online is multi-accounting. To confirm an individual is a distinct individual, we need to sacrifice privacy; and that causes more problems than it solves. Even if we could use retina scans etc; and wanted to, what's to stop me from signing up on behalf of a dozen homeless guys, who are happy to be scanned/logged for a sandwich? I could visit a nursing home, posing as an optician, and be a hundred people.
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omg bro... hahahah you've sent me on a crazy mental journey. But, you bring a good point up. How can we confirm a person has only one account.
I'm going to ask Joseph this question, courtesy of you.