# 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!

So many great contests! I obviously need to post contest lists more frequently to keep everyone informed. If you want to see more contests before we mention them, check the #steembasicincome tag in Trending or New and see what's happening! These are listed in the order of post time, so the contests nearest the top are very close to coming to an end. Get your submissions out while you still can.

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*[img source pixabay](https://pixabay.com/en/award-prize-ribbon-winner-win-155595/)*
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1. https://steemit.com/contest/@felt.buzz/win-steembasicincome-help-me-to-choose-which-story-i-should-freewrite-next
Upvote which story you would like to see continued, for a chance to win. Closing soon, don't miss out!

2. https://steemit.com/contest/@barbara-orenya/find-a-name-to-luigi-s-friend-and-win-a-membership-in-steem-basic-income-trouvez-un-prenom-pour-l-ami-de-luigi-et-gagnez-un-vote
Suggest a fun name for a funny creature! (Bi-lingual in French and English.)

3. https://steemit.com/steemit/@sv1rby/thanks-for-the-support-week-11
I missed this one before, even though it's been running for 11 weeks! Be the top upvoter on @sv1rby's posts to win a share. It's an ongoing weekly contest that is best suited for people that like his content. So check out his feed and see if you like it.

4. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@dkid14/win-5-shares-of-steembasicincome-contest-4
Upvote and suggest a new contest/guessing game for a chance to win.

5. https://steemit.com/contest/@felt.buzz/zapfic-writing-contest-tell-a-story-in-232-characters-or-less-on-zappl-results-of-week-9-and-new-prompt-for-week-10-sbd-sbi-to
Follow the prompt and post a short story on Zappl.

6. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@papacrusher/guess-the-thingy-3-contest-for-steem-basic-income-share
Look at the picture and try to guess what the 'thingy' is.

7. https://steemit.com/payitforward/@thedarkhorse/pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-5-win-sbi-and-steem-bounty
Curate 3 quality posts from Steemians with reputation below 50.

8. https://steemit.com/contest/@zpedro/win-sbd-forever-just-comment-multilingual-weekly-contest-7
Upvote and share a favorite book for a chance to win this comment contest.

9. https://steemit.com/steemit/@michelmake/giving-back-to-the-community-week-2-a-free-steem-basic-income-share
Same format as @sv1rby's contest above. Check out @michelmake's feed and see if this contest is a good fit for you based on your interests!

10. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@achim03/free-ways-for-minnows-to-progress-on-steemit-part-2
Upvote and comment about why you should be sponsored.

11. https://steemit.com/contest/@costanza/premier-league-betting-contest-week-36-10-088-sbd-jackpot-2-sbi-sponsorships
Fill out a betting card for a chance to win the jackpot. (Must be able to upvote at least 0.01 value.)

12. https://steemit.com/electric/@zpedro/how-to-profit-by-killing-our-planet-with-a-shameless-move-1525278794
Read about the Volkswagen emissions scandal and share an original comment for a chance to win.

13. https://steemit.com/contest/@tspink/may-cryptocurrency-contest-or-win-steembasicincome
Write a detailed post about your favorite cryptocurrency.

14. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@jordan1219444/contest-giving-away-2-or-more-steem-basic-income-shares-simple-contest
What would you buy with 10 STEEM?

15. https://steemit.com/newbiegames/@insideoutlet/3-what-is-it-first-to-guess-right-wins
First person to correctly identify the item in the image wins.

16. https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@bengy/steem-basic-income-giveaway-what-are-you-reading
Share what books you are currently reading. Upvote is not required, but more upvotes means more winners!

17. https://steemit.com/freewrite/@freewritehouse/over-20-club-week-1
This is a more exclusive contest; you must have done more than 20 #freewrite entries. If that's you, check it out! If that's not you, what are you waiting for?

18. https://steemit.com/contest/@superoo7/oo7-contest-1-stats
Guess the #teammalaysia performance stats.

19. https://steemit.com/contest/@averageoutsider/best-comment-contest-4-win-a-sbi-share-lifetime-up-votes
Share your best ideas for how we can help each other on Steemit.

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## Enrollment
If you want to get involved, or to increase the share of basic income that you receive, enrollment is pretty straightforward:

Just send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome. Include the name of a Steemian to sponsor in the transaction memo (preceded by @). You and the person you sponsor will each receive 1 share in the program. You can sponsor *any* active Steemian, it does not have to be a current member.

If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines and then let us know if you have any questions.
https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-new-transaction-memo-guidelines

The official currency for 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 value** or any partial refund for paying in SBD instead of STEEM. If we choose to accept an SBD enrollment, we accept the entire amount. If we choose to reject it, we refund the entire amount and request you to send STEEM instead.

## Steem Creators Conference
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We had a great experience in April at the #steemcreators conference! The next Conference will be in Toronto, September 6-9, so mark your calendars!

Here is @josephsavage's presentation on Steem Basic Income, which we published at the end of April. [![Thumbnail](http://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmcxWAShS1n32r1DjkX5hWaY8VWrixiGYE8g7Q9miZowD8)](https://dlive.io/video/steembasicincome/4eb6aba0-4ceb-11e8-aa5b-83da28bb4ae3)

## EarthNation
Steem Basic Income is designed by @josephsavage, and developed in collaboration with @earthnation. We are grateful for their early support, both in brainstorming ideas for improvement and in providing funding for our massively complex automation requirements. Learn more about Earth Nation on their web page at https://earthnation.world/
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## Questions?
Please read our recently published [FAQ](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-frequently-asked-questions). Most questions are addressed in our FAQ or in the additional resources that it suggests. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our [discord channel](https://discord.gg/fpSnkFM).

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