We have released the COMMUNITY RELATIONS Report document, which explains the structure of PEACE COIN in an easy-to-understand Q&A format.
Although PEACE COIN is a closed beta version so far, it is being implemented to communities around the world. Some of the actual use cases are introduced in this report.
For inquiries about the introduction of PEACE COIN, please contact us;
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1. 6 Questions to Know about “PEACE COIN”
Community Relations Report 2021
For PEACE COIN holders and those who consider implementation
Summary report on the spread of PEACE COIN and future prospects
2. In modern society, we tend to place more value on gaining and saving more money
than on circulating it. Essentially, money has been a tool to exchange values.
In addition, if we use money to express “gratitude” for the value we obtain, the total
amount of happiness in our society is expected to increase. PEACE COIN is a
cryptocurrency that was created to enhance the happiness of the people who use
it, and to shift the thoughts of people from possession to circulation. We aim to
create a fruitful society where everyone can provide value each other and circulate
“gratitude” for the value received.
It is a Cryptocurrency that embodies the true essence of money,
which circulates “Gratitude”
What is “PEACE COIN”?
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Q1
3. Q2
The more you send,
the more tokens* will be
returned to you
The amount of tokens
will decrease without using it
over a period of time
As the number of users increases,
the total amount of tokens
will increase
PEACE COIN has a feature called “ARIGATO
CREATION,” which means that the more you
send, the more new tokens will be created. The
created tokens will be given back to the sender.
The ratio of the tokens used to the tokens you
own determines the amount of tokens to be
returned.
PEACE COIN team believes that “unused money”
which is simply held is less valuable than “used
money” which creates jobs and roles. So PEACE
COIN has a feature that the amount of tokens
you have decreases if not used for a fixed period.
It is designed to circulate gratitude and kindness
as well as to increase velocity of circulation.
We have developed the unique algorithm of
PEACE COIN, “Proof of Thanks,” that token
increments/decrements on blockchain.
This encourages the circulation of tokens and
stimulates economic activities in various
communities, which will naturally increase
the total amount of tokens in society.
*Token: Alternative money in general, such as gift vouchers and digital money, that can be used in place of fiat currency.
What are the Characteristics of “PEACE COIN”?
It has a unique technology implemented
that encourages circulation and stimulates economic activities
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4. Q3
Issue Original
Community Currency
For Corporate
Personnel Evaluation
For Evaluation of
Unpaid Work
With PEACE COIN platform, you can issue original
currencies for your region or company. In addition,
since your community currency is connected to
other currencies via PEACE COIN platform, it is
possible to exchange currencies within PEACE
COIN platform, which was impossible with other
existing regional currencies.
By paying PEACE COIN in addition to salary,
it is possible to visualize the values of labor
that has been difficult to evaluate in the past,
such as workers with excellent attitudes and
back-office staff whose achievements are hard
to see. Also, if PEACE COIN is used to evaluate
co-workers, they can freely assess each other
regardless of the company’s valuation basis.
Unpaid work, such as housework, nursing care,
and volunteer work, is difficult to economically
evaluate, but it supports our daily lives.
Sending tokens to each other with appreciation
will help visualizing the value of such work.
If couples, families, and neighbors appreciate
each other’s work, small economic circles will be
created one after another.
How to Use “PEACE COIN”?
You can use it to issue/exchange Community Currencies
It can also be used as a new community tool
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5. Q4
PEACE COIN will increase the total amount of happiness
and realize a prosperous society where appreciation
spreads to every corner of the world by allowing each
person to show various values that make their lives
worth living and by circulating gratitude for them.
Its unique mechanism of circulating money by gratitude
will spotlight on values that have been difficult to evaluate
with existing fiat currency. We believe that the values
which have been overlooked so far will be displayed in
various areas, creating more diversified jobs than ever
before. We will create a society which accepts diversity,
where each and every individual can have a sense of
comfort and purpose in life.
Problems of Capitalist Economy PEACE COIN fills up the deficiencies
Sustainability
It assumes market expansion and population
growth. Velocity of circulation is low. →
It functions with declining population.
Velocity of circulation is high.
Concentration of
Wealth
Widening disparity due to concentrated
wealth. →
More suitable for circulation than
preservation of wealth.
Invisibility
Only major values such as efficiency can
be evaluated. →
Minor values such as empathy can also be
evaluated.
Lack of
Involvement
Some people cannot participate in
economic activities. →
Everyone can participate in economic
activities.
What is “PEACE COIN” Aiming for?
Realizing a
“Rich Society which Accepts Diversity”
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6. Q5
Relevance between days elapsed
and the number of active users of
Bitcoin and Ethereum,
and a PEACE COIN trajectory forecast
Relevance between days elapsed
and market price of
Bitcoin and Ethereum,
and a PEACE COIN trajectory forecast
How will the Market Price of PEACE COIN Change?
The market price of PEACE COIN rises
as the number of active users increases
In recent years, multiple models have been invented to
analyse and predict the market price of Cryptocurrencies
based on “Metcalfe’s Law.”
As you can see in figures, Bitcoin and Ethereum prices
rise as Daily Active Users (DAU) increase. Therefore, the
price of PEACE COIN, which has been steadily
accumulating DAUs, is expected to follow a trajectory
similar to that of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
By supporting to build various communities, activating
the community economy, and increasing the number of
users, we will promote further growth of PEACE COIN.
*For details, please refer to White Paper Contents 4 “TARGET MARKET
AND MARKET SIZE.”
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7. 76 310M 0.0187
Japan
Korea
Portugal
Estonia
Finland
Germany
France
Cambodia
Myanmar
Indonesia
Nepal
Singapore
Taiwan
Hong Kong
U.S.A.
Mexico
Brazil
*
USDT
PCE
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Communities Total Transaction Amount Market Price
Countries
*23Dec2020-31May2021
*as of 31May
Q6
Currently, PEACE COIN is being
used in 17 countries in Europe, Asia,
North and South America, excluding
Oceania and Africa. We will continue
to expand our project globally to
develop a mechanism that promotes
sustainable economic growth through
the circulation of gratitude.
PEACE COIN is now introduced in 76
regions and communities, including
governments, local governments, and
corporations. PEACE COIN, which can
construct a next-generation ecosystem,
can be utilized for solutions to various
social issues such as food, housing,
environment, education, and energy.
The MAU of PEACE COIN is 247, the
average DAU for 30 days is 31.6, and
the number of monthly transactions
is about 1,800. The total amount of
transactions has reached about 310
million PCE. Our next goal is to activate
communication, expand more services
and further improve usability.
On 23 December 2020, PEACE COIN
was listed on LBank Exchange, and
can now be traded with USDT, a
stable cryptocurrency whose price
is linked to the US dollar. The initial
price was 1PCE = 0.01USDT, but as of
31 May 2021, the price has increased
by 87% to 0.0187 USDT.
Where and How Much PEACE COIN is Currently in Use?
*PCE:Currency unit of PEACE COIN traded on the Cryptocurrency Exchange
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8. Currently located in Taipei and Shonan. The facilities are available with eumohouse
coin issued on PEACE COIN platform. They are aiming at a bottom-up urban
development where food, clothing, and housing environments are built by a group
of autonomous individuals. They are also attempting to expand eumo Houses
through an autonomous decentralized franchise system.
Public workspace. They support various work
styles such as “workation”.
As it is a hotel, the facilities such as TV and sofa
are also substantial.
The Shonan eumo House is a renovated old folk house
with a modern interior. It also has a terrace in the garden.
The Taiwan eumo House is a renovated exclusive
hotel room. You can also use fine hotel lobby.
“eumo House” is a “workation” facility which aims to enhance human
maturity and happiness by utilizing real estate tech and decentralized
finance technology. It is an experimental service that focuses on
“usage” of real estate to maximize its utility value, rather than
“ownership” which is based on its exchangeable value.
The word “eumo” is derived from the word “eudaimonia,” which means
“happiness that comes from personal realization and a sense of
purpose in life.” eumo House is a form of community to exchange
empathic values. “Learning Journey Life” will be provided, where every
user helps each other with their own values to cover deficiencies.
Fully furnished eumo Houses will be available for members, and with
just a bag they can move to wherever they want, whenever they want,
meet new friends and depart from them, and live while traveling.
In the near future, the members will be able to enjoy the freedom of
life such as growing vegetables, creating drinking cups, sometimes
falling in love, listening to the sound of waves with the sea breeze in
summer, and see the dazzling aurora in winter.
"Learning Journey Life"
to Savor Every Minute of Your Life
Use Case 01 eumo House (Taiwan, Japan) Japan
Taiwan
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9. Japan
Use Case 02 Local Community “ITO”
A local community to aim at sustainable society by forest restoration and
environmental education. They founded “Itoshima Electric Power” to circulate
energy and economy within Itoshima City, and implemented “ITO Coin” using
PEACE COIN platform in 2020. More and more things and services are available
with ITO Coin in the city.
“ITO market.” ITO Coin circulates to exchange
various things including foods.
At “Nodo Cafe,” you can enjoy reading books while
having sweets and coffee.
Cut down trees for thinning after killing them by
peeling. Children can also participate.
Itoshima Electric Power supplies electricity from
solar power, and operates for the future of children.
Itoshima City is located only 30 minutes away from the center of
Fukuoka City, yet it is surrounded by the sea and mountains with
abundant nature. A local community in this city, which attracts
attention as a place to move to, engages in activities to improve the
happiness of the community by recycling natural resources through
forest restoration such as forest thinning and tree planting.
Furthermore, they implemented a local currency “ITO Coin” for the
purpose of accelerating the realization of a circulation-type community.
Itoshima Electric Power Co.,Ltd, which supplies natural energy, the
scheduled marché “ITO market,” and “Nodo Cafe,” the first book cafe
in Itoshima, are among many places where “ITO Coin” is being used.
It is also used as a communication tool to evaluate volunteer activities
for forest conservation and to send small tokens of appreciation to
each other in everyday life.
Within ITO community, local residents take the initiative to create an
alternative infrastructure to visualize mutual aid by circulating ITO
Coin, which has the value standards necessary for the future of society.
Circulate the Richness of People and Nature
through Forest Restoration Activities
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10. Brazil
Use Case 03 Games for Change Latin America Festival
Thanks to the development of game interfaces, the acceleration of
internet usage and the widespread adoption of smartphones, playful
experiences can now be enjoyed with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
The design expertise and systems literacy embodied in games are now
applied to various industries including education, medical care, and
nursing, and attracting attention as “Gamification” that is able to face
social challenges while enjoying a positive perspective on life.
PEACE COIN supports the world-famous game event "Games for
Change (G4C) Latin America Festival," which supports the solution of
social and environmental issues through gamification. At the Eight
G4C Latin America Annual Festival held in Brazil in 2020, PEACE COIN
Token was provided to realize the ideas of the top five prize winners.
Games that capture the hearts of people of all ages are now a
satisfying preference for entertainment, they inspire social change
which other media are oftentimes not as open to. Having the same
purpose as G4C Latin America, "how to motivate people and make a
society more prosperous," PEACE COIN will support the new
possibilities of games globally.
PEACE COIN Token Provided for
World-changing Event by Gamification
The industry's largest transformational gaming event originated in New York City. They support
and encourage game creators and social innovators to design games and technologies that
enable people to learn and that improve communities and society. The G4C Latin America
Festival was hosted by the Institute of Iconomics, and produced by Dr. Gilson Schwartz, the
president of the Institute of Iconomics, and Associate Professor at University of São Paulo.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, G4C Latin America 2020
was held in VR space. PEACE COIN booth was set up.
A board game that was used for the local community
development game, “Locall”, Second-prize winner.
G4C Latin America was first held in 2011. Approx.
600 people from 9 countries participated in 2020.
A game to experience environmental disaster through
the main character Aurora. First-prize winner.
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11. Cambodia
Use Case 04 Social Compass
Social Compass is a dream team of creators that contributes to solving
problems by visualizing and enlightening social issues and the SDGs,
which are difficult to express with words alone, in an amusing way
using the power of art and design. So far, they have been involved in
various projects such as the production of educational videos,
projection mapping and planetarium workshops on the themes of
education, transportation and environmental issues in Southeast Asia.
It is said that a community of related people is generated when a
project starts. Within the community, PEACE COIN is being used to
activate their communication, which leads to empathic and sharable
information transmission, and to creation of innovative and attractive
ideas.
What is interesting about Social Compass is that it not only conveys
accurate information to people, but also plays a role as a facilitator to
make things personal by creating something together. Most recently,
Social Compass has launched “White Canvas,” a platform for
discovering artists, and is trying to cultivate a new field for cultural
development in Cambodia, which is undergoing economic
development.
Solving Social Issues in Everyday Life
with Art and Design
General incorporated association based in Cambodia, which engages in social design to
solve various social issues faced by developing countries, such as poverty, medical care,
and education. After graduating from Kyoto University of the Arts, the Representative
Director, Mr. Hidetaka Nakamura, moved to UK and worked as a director and character
designer at C.H.A.S.E Animation Studio.
Projection mapping at an underground water storage
facility to prevent flood. It generated interest in the facility.
”Eco City Project” to raise awareness of the waste problem.
Over 500 participants collected 110 bags of garbage.
Children’s drawings of the earth and natural
environment were projected onto the planetarium.
Creating animations about social issues by
yourself nourishes a sense of ownership.
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12. Portugal
Use Case 05 100-year Tea Plant Project
The Portuguese island of São Miguel is the oldest and only tea-
growing region in Europe. At its peak, there were more than 20 tea
plantations on the island, but now only two survive. Many farmers
have switched to dairy farming, which has a higher market price.
It has caused groundwater pollution, changes in the island’s
environment, and impacts on fishing grounds, which is considered a
social problem.
For the future of the island, “100-year Tea Plant Project” has been
launched. Taking advantage of the unique climate of the São Miguel
Island, they are working to produce organic tea without using any
agrichemicals, fungicides, colorant, or preservatives. In addition,
instead of using cloned seedlings for short-term mass production,
they aim to create fields of long-life trees that will last for more than
100 years by germinating and growing them from seeds.
Although the tea leaves cannot be harvested for about five years until
the tea trees grow mature enough, you will soon be able to enjoy
Europe’s only organic tea from the São Miguel Island.
Reclaim Europe’s Only Tea Plantation to
Envision the Future of the Island in 100 years
A project launched on the São Miguel Island, located in the North Atlantic Ocean,
which aims to produce sustainable tea plantation by producing organic tea using a
unique Japanese technology. They’re also focusing on developing worldwide market
to provide healthy organic Japanese tea for Japanese restaurants in every country
as well as creating new jobs to replace the island’s main industry, dairy farming.
Thanks to the unique climate without dry or rainy
season, the island is free of pest insects for tea trees.
World-class Japanese tea from São Miguel Island,
with beautiful packages.
An existing tea garden on the island. On another field
of 8ha, tea seedlings will be cultivated from seeds.
Carefully picked tea leaves are processed into green
tea in the form of “Full Leaf” without being crushed.
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13. Japan
Use Case 06 Forest for Life Project in Minamata
Minamata City is progressing as one of Japan’s leading environmental
model cities, overcoming its history of difficulties. In fact, Minamata is
a place of scenic beauty, surrounded by lush green mountains on three
sides except for the west. In recent years, however, the mountainous
area has been facing a shortage of farmers and an increase in
abandoned fields. This project aims to bring a solution to these issues
by creating a forest based on a “Food Forest” that lasts 1000 years by
regenerating and coexisting.
“Food Forest” means a forest where fruit trees, nuts, berries, and other
various fruit-bearing trees are densely planted to support the growth
of each and enable circular agriculture. Forest bird droppings are
converted to natural nutrition, and the variety of insects that live in
the forest suppresses pests. Such a well-balanced ecosystem leads to
the production of nutritious crops without harming the environment
and soil quality.
Now, a forest is becoming a filter that provides a bird’s eye view of
various issues such as unemployment and depopulation, which gathers
members to discuss what they can do for the future.
Create Forests for the Millennium Ahead,
Aiming for a Forest-centered Economy
The main operator is FOLKFOOD, a company that creates businesses focusing on things
which need to be restructured to adapt to the times. They started a project based on
Food Forest while global climate change makes lowland farming difficult. FOLKFOOD
is building an autonomous system by connecting their business to the unique industries
of Minamata and using PEACE COIN as a payment system.
Utilizing a number of abandoned rice terraces,
a plan for Food Forest is under progress.
Cherry blossoms in the garden of vacant houses can be
salted with natural salt, which will make another value.
A bald mountain deforested to export wood.
This project started to restore the forest.
Unused resources such as rapeseed, bamboo shoots,
and wild vegetables will make preserved food.
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