RE: VIVA Coin: Will it pay the rent?
Yes, people are going to be skeptical. And they will continue to be skeptical. For quite a while. It was 20+ years before the "horseless carriage" truly gained popular acceptance. It was also over a decade from IBM rejecting the idea of "personal" computers as infeasible until a significant part of the population owned one.
People (especially those of a strong capitalistic bent) will be skeptical not only of the idea of "basic income" ("Yeah, that's just a bunch of entitled people trying mooch their way through life!" they'll say), but skeptical of the idea of basic income coming through an "independent" financial system not related to fiat money... that's a double whammy.
I do admire this project, however... and hope it gains at least a toehold!
One of the strenght of the VIVAcoin project is that it is related to the fiat economy through ATM
https://steemit.com/vivacoin/@chrisaiki/a-vivacoin-atm-in-paris-geneva-and-nice-the-power-of-ico
It is true that innovation takes time to be adopted. The first photovoltaic car shelter was built in 1998 and people are still running on fossil fuel. Today we have new tools to educate people and even if the travel will take time, i prefer to go slowly in the right direction than fast...against a wall.