Short videos explaining how hum works, who it's for, and the principles behind the platform.
If you are a funder or community organisation we recommend starting with videos 1 – 2. If you are a community group we recommend starting with videos 3 – 5.
2 min
A short introduction for funders: why traditional grantmaking struggles to reach the communities that need it most, and how hum puts funding decisions in the hands of the communities themselves.
19 min
A 15-minute overview covering what hum is, our guiding principles, who hum is for, the high-level architecture of the platform, and a short introduction to the team behind it.
24 min
How the Gov 1 mechanism works: anybody in the community can request and receive money from the treasury, and everybody decides who should get it. Stewards play a supporting role. First 11 minutes for community members, from 11 minutes we introduce the steward functionality.
14 min
How the Gov 2 mechanism works: members elect a council of stewards and allocate them voting power, which they can change at any time. Stewards then weight-vote on proposals using that allocated power.
14 min
The Community Edition is designed for any community group who wants to more fairly and transparently spend and raise money.
5 min
How members get into their community on a phone: opening the invite link, signing in with their mobile number, and adding the app to the home screen on iPhone and Android.
26 min
A walkthrough of the partner dashboard: creating and configuring a community, releasing funds from partner escrow into community treasury, monitoring activity, and managing community-manager access.
5 min
A walkthrough of the funder dashboard: discovering partners and communities to back, releasing money into partner escrow or straight to a community treasury, and tracking how the funds you've allocated get spent.
14 min
How communities can run their own local currency: members exchange goods, services and time using a shared mutual-credit unit instead of cash, with balances visible to everyone and members able to spend before they earn down to an agreed limit.
15 min
How a community runs a shared savings pool: members contribute regularly into a common fund that can be drawn on to support members. A treasurer keeps the records in the phone app, while a partner sets up the pool from the dashboard.