O International - The World's First Water Price-Based Stablecoin

A cryptocurrency system with 142 global currencies, designed to provide stable, universal money for all humanity. O International is a French nonprofit association dedicated to building a water price-based stable cryptocurrency.

Key Features of O Blockchain

Water Price-Based: 1 O equals the average price of 1 liter of water in each currency. Prices measured by bots and randomly picked users in real time, online and offline.

142 Global Currencies: O_USD, O_EUR, O_JPY, and 139 more. One O currency for each national currency covering 195+ countries globally.

Water Price Peg: Each O currency equals 1 liter of water price in its local market. Exchange rates reflect water price ratios. Stability doesn't depend on human trust!

Incentive-Based Stability: Economic incentives through coin creation and dilution force actors to maintain water price-based exchange rates provided by the blockchain.

Unlimited Supply: Not backed by water or any limited resource - calibrated to water price only. Can scale to serve all humanity. Value tied to water price measurement (constant), not scarcity.

Decentralized: Built on Bitcoin Core. No central authority. Community governance. Open source MIT licensed.

How O Blockchain Works

Step 1 - Water Price Measurement & Exchange Rate: Blockchain sends invitations to randomly selected verified users worldwide to measure bottled water prices (0.9-1.1 liter containers) in their local fiat currency along with online bots. Data is captured online through URL or offline with pictures and GPS proof, then validated by human users. The Gaussian average of measurements establishes each O currency's value: if water costs $1.50/L in USD, then 1 O_USD = $1.50. Cross-currency rates are calculated from these values.

Step 2 - Stability Monitoring: Users and online bots are invited to measure the actual exchange rate between O currency and fiat currency (when available). The system compares these observed rates with the theoretical rates from water price measurements. To be stable, the observed exchange rate should equal the measured water price.

Step 3 - Stabilization Through Economic Incentives: When market exchange rates deviate from the theoretical rates (which are the measured water prices), new coins are created and given to stable currency users, diluting unstable currencies. This creates economic pressure to maintain the water price peg. Core principle: the offender's sanction is the reward of the offended.

Step 4 - Mining Rewards: Miners who secure the blockchain receive 700 O coins per block as a reward. This provides the security foundation for the entire system.

Step 5 - Repeat Cycle: The measurement and stabilization process repeats continuously, ensuring each O currency maintains its water price peg through automatic economic incentives.

Global Benefits

Universal Basic Income

O Coin's water price-based stability and unlimited supply could theoretically support Universal Basic Income. By pegging to a basic human need rather than fiat currency, it could provide equal purchasing power globally without inflation. Key benefits include stability based on basic need (water), equal purchasing power for everyone, unlimited supply without debt, and community-governed implementation.

Immigration Impact - Addressing Economic Migration

If UBI were implemented with O Coin, it could theoretically reduce mass immigration by addressing the root cause: economic desperation. By providing economic stability everywhere, people could build prosperity in their home countries. This could lead to economic stability in all countries, reduced incentive for economic migration, local economic development enabled, and potential reverse migration.

Climate Solution - Unlimited Debt-Free Climate Funding

O Coin's unlimited supply could theoretically fund massive climate restoration without debt. Traditional economics can't fund planetary cleanup (no ROI). O Coin could change this by creating money specifically for environmental restoration. Benefits include unlimited funding without creditors, reforestation, ocean cleanup, renewables, local production reduces transportation, and no financial return needed.

About O International

O is an "association de loi 1901", a French nonprofit association based in Côte-d'Or, France. It was created in September 2022 by Christophe Normand and Michel Inacio. Our mission is to design, program, and promote a stable digital coin based on potable water price. Our main source of financing comes from donations from individuals.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is O Blockchain? The O coin is a stable coin based on potable water price, defined as the average value to buy one liter of potable water individually. To avoid entering into the volatile system of supply and demand, the O coin isn't backed by any physical asset allowing unlimited supply and avoiding inventory/price manipulation.

What are the benefits of a water based stable coin? The benefits of a water based currency are huge because its value and stability don't depend on human trust or confidence but on the value of basic human necessities. The coin can be unlimited because it is not backed up by physical assets but based on calibration and real-time user observations.

Is the O coin open source? Yes, the O coin is an open source project for a peer to peer blockchain that doesn't rely on any central authority and with no ownership other than its believers.

Contact: Email support@o.international | GitHub: https://github.com/cno127/o-blockchain | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OInternational | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/o-international

Keywords: O coin, O blockchain, water-based stablecoin, cryptocurrency, universal basic income, UBI, climate finance, stable digital currency, decentralized money, 142 currencies, bitcoin fork, water price peg, economic stability, French nonprofit, open source blockchain, MIT license

All Articles
Technical Deep Dive

Can Currencies Be Both Stable and Unlimited? I Built One That Says Yes

October 26, 2025·O International
Can Currencies Be Both Stable and Unlimited? I Built One That Says Yes

TL;DR — Every economics textbook says the same thing: you can't have both stability and unlimited supply. I spent the last few years building a cryptocurrency that breaks this rule and it works. The world needs this.

Every economics textbook says the same thing: you can't have both stability and unlimited supply. It's the fundamental law of supply and demand.

Print unlimited money → inflation → currency becomes worthless.

Keep supply limited → stability → but can't fund public goods at scale.

Bitcoin chose scarcity. Governments chose printing. Everyone accepts this tradeoff as gospel.

I spent the last few years building a cryptocurrency that breaks this rule. And it works.

The Water Calibration Breakthrough

Here's the key insight: what if the problem isn't supply and demand, but how we measure value?

Think of a meter stick. It's not valuable because it's scarce—it's valuable because it accurately measures one meter.

What if currency worked the same way?

1 O Coin = 1 liter of bottled water average price in your local currency

I chose water because everyone needs it, demand is stable, and no single entity controls global prices.

How This Defies Supply and Demand

Value isn't derived from scarcity. It's derived from measurement accuracy.

Example: Water average costs $1.50/L today → 1 OUSD = $1.50. Tomorrow, USD inflates and water average costs $3.00/L → 1 OUSD automatically adjusts to $3.00. Your purchasing power stays the same: 1 OUSD still buys 1 liter of water.

Supply and demand applies to water, not the currency (the measuring tool).

This is the breakthrough.

How Stabilization Works

Step 1: Measure Water Prices

  • Randomly selected verified users + bots submit water prices
  • Human validation + statistical outlier detection
  • Gaussian average calculated for each currency zone (one O Currency per fiat currency)
  • Exchange rates between O currencies update automatically in real time

Step 2: Detect Stability

  • Users + bots measure actual exchange rates between O currencies and their fiat currencies (real trades)
  • Compare to theoretical rates (from water prices - Step 1)
  • Small deviation = stable ✅ / Large deviation = unstable ⚠️

Step 3: Stabilization (For unstable O Currencies)

  • New coins created → reward stable currencies
  • Unstable currency diluted → economic sanction
  • Forces return to water price peg

Three World Problems This Solves

1. Universal Basic Income (Economically Sustainable)

Every UBI proposal fails on: "Where does the money come from?"

O Solution: Every verified human gets 420 O/month or more (~60 meals). We can print this sustainably because it's calibrated to water prices. No inflation because value comes from measurement, not scarcity.

Water calibration equalizes purchasing power: 420 O = 60 basic meals everywhere—New York, Mexico City, or Lagos.

2. Climate Change Funding (Unlimited and Debt-Free)

We need $6 trillion/year to fight climate change. Governments say they "can't afford it."

O Solution: Print O Coins for verified climate projects. No debt because the currency stays stable, independent of human trust. Unlimited funding based on performance and deliveries.

3. Reversing Immigration (Through Economic Incentives)

Traditional approach: Build walls, pass laws, create conflict.

O Solution: You receive UBI in your birth country's currency forever.

Born in Mexico? Get 420 OMXN/month (buys 60 meals in Mexico, only 6 in USA). Economic incentive to stay home—no walls, no laws, just pure economics that reverses immigration and strengthens local economies.

Why This Matters

We can:

  • End poverty (UBI)
  • Fight climate change (unlimited funding)
  • Reverse migration pressure (economic incentives)

The only thing stopping us is the belief we can't have stable + unlimited currency.

I just proved we can.

Join Me

Developers: Clone. Test. Submit PRs.

Economists: Critique the model.

Everyone: Star the repo. Share the vision.

The Big Question

Every major innovation starts with "that's impossible" followed by proof it's not.

Flight. Electricity. The internet. Cryptocurrency.

Now: "Stable + unlimited currency is impossible."

I built it. It works. The code is open source.

The question isn't "can we?" anymore.

The question is: "should we?"

I think yes. The world needs this.

What do you think?

Links: Code • Docs • O International Website: https://o.international

About the Author

I'm a business owner and developer who believes technology should solve real problems. I forked Bitcoin Core to use cryptocurrency for ending poverty, restoring our planet, and creating economic equality.

I'd rather be crazy trying than sane watching the world burn.

Christophe Normand

Originally published by O International on HackerNoon. View the original