BURST

BURST is a parameterized, decentralized and democratic monetary protocol. Its participants choose how quickly personal income grows and how long transferable currency lasts.

Universal income is one configuration. The community can change the income rate, including setting it to zero, and choose a limited or effectively unlimited currency lifetime. The defaults are about 1 BRN per eligible hour and a 70-year TRST lifetime. These choices use the same underlying payment system.

Start with the introduction. It follows a payment, explains why the rules exist, and discusses what they cannot guarantee. Then read balances and units for the accounting, verification for how people join, and governance for how the rules can change.

The whitepaper presents the broader monetary design. The limits and assumptions page explains the risks and which features are available in current builds.

Build with BURST

• Run a local node.
• Integrate a wallet and make RPC requests.
• Find the code.

For the features available in current builds, see implementation status.