# 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.

## When we talk about Steem Basic Income, what do we talk about?
In the early days of Steem Basic Income, more than a year ago, we used to share our word cloud sometimes. We haven't done that in so long I had to search to find the last time we did.

![image.png](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmZUZnppVtzLo7RfrmtaYUC7mswusenNiyGyTbgkCZefKt)
*Get your own word cloud at [Steem Reports](http://www.steemreports.com/steem-word-clouds/?account=steembasicincome).*

I did a double-take - why does it say 'false' in the middle of our word cloud? Do I even use that word? I'm such a positive person. So I searched the last few updates until I found the delegation report. We include a column that shows whether each member is blacklisted. 99% of delegation is from members not on any blacklist, so nothing is impeding their delegation bonuses. In this case, 'false' is a positive word!

The rest is largely as expected: sp, mvests, contests, sbi, members, steemians, etc.  What I noticed different from last time is there is a lot less philosophy- the focus shifted over time from *why* we do things to *how* it works. We still mention the *why* a little; I made some comments in my interview, and occasionally I make an appearance on other programs, like this one: https://steempeak.com/sbi/@shadowspub/curation-corner-31-recap-with-josephsavage-of-steem-basic-income

Over the coming months, while still continuing to explain and re-explain how things work so that new members have a better initial experience, I will try to keep reiterating the **why**.  For now, let me just say this:  Steem is full of amazing people, and I was motivated to establish a framework that makes it easier for people to reward others with meaningful long-term support.

## Enrollment
If you want to get involved, or to increase the 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 unit 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/busy/@steembasicincome/transaction-memo-guidelines

The official currency for enrollment is STEEM. If we choose to accept SBD without refunding it, you do *not* receive extra value for it.

Enrollments are processed automatically every 144 minutes. Confirmation transactions are still manual and typically are sent within 2-3 days. Even if you have not received a welcome transaction, you can check your status using `!sbi status`.

## Questions?
Please read our [FAQ](https://steemit.com/steembasicincome/@steembasicincome/frequently-asked-questions), which has a wealth of quality information. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our [discord channel](https://discord.gg/VpghTRz). 

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