The Bitshares Cooperative
Purpose:
Structure:
Procedures:
What the Bitshares Cooperative may enable
Connecting Bitshares DACs under a legal umbrella:
Decentralized reputation and identity services:
Decentralized insurance services:
Decentralized financial services:
Dividends: In the form of profit sharing programs or gift cards which represent a certain percentage of the production. This aspect is novel but we can learn a lot by looking at Swarmcorp. Swarmcorp currently gifts swarm token holders with a percentage of Comiccoin gifts swarm token holders with a percentage of Comiccoin [/url]which can be redeemed for comic books. Members of a cooperative can receive Patronage Dividends which are cash amounts in proportion to what they purchased such as what is done in the GrangeCoop example. A primer on Patronage Dividends describes the concept as “membership is ownership”.
Vouchers:
Rebates: This could include conditional rebates where delegates act as oracles.
Stipends: (for developers)
Patronage Points: (generosity credits or reputation points)
Friends of Bitshares (partnerships)
Other cooperatives:
Corporations:
Governments:
Educational institutions:
Non-government organizations:
Non-profits:
High net worth individuals:
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