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'''The Time and Resource Bank and the Karma tokens are the same thing.''' "Karma token" is a temporary working name, previously "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits". By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The name is a working name and may change. Finding a durable name is the subject of a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open- | '''The Time and Resource Bank and the Karma tokens are the same thing.''' "Karma token" is a temporary working name, previously "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits". By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The name is a working name and may change. Finding a durable name is the subject of a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls:Karma-Token-Naming|open call]]. The concept is also described, from the Rewards angle, on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] page of the Economy portal. | ||
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