Taiwan Timebank Association
The Taiwan Timebank Association runs a service exchange in Taipei. Members help each other and record the hours they give. One hour of service earns one time credit. Members spend credits on services offered by other members. The association registered in 2015 and holds regular exchange events.
Taipei nonprofit time bank registered 2015, still holding exchange events in late 2025. Hour-anchored debt-free issuance and fiat independence score high; unpublished scale and single-association fragility cap traction, sovereignty, and resilience.
M69 Score
Scored against the Money2069 Manifesto — see methodology. Higher = more aligned.
Detailed Rating Breakdown
Issuance Model3x4.0
Time credits issue one per service hour through the association's exchange; debt-free and tied to real services, with membership approval gating participation.
Spending Power Stability2x3.0
One credit equals one hour of service; the labor anchor is the only mechanism and no exchange rate to money is maintained.
Fiat Independence & Interoperability2x4.0
Credits carry no fiat peg or reserves; the association runs on ordinary nonprofit finances without the unit touching banking rails.
Traction2x2.0
Active since 2015 with exchange events running through October 2025, but the association publishes no membership or exchange volume figures; scale appears small.
Sovereignty1.0
Everything runs through one small association and its LINE-based coordination; dissolution would end the system.
Governance3.0
A civil association registered with Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior in 2015, with the statutory member assembly and board that form entails.
Resilience2.0
Volunteer-run with no visible funding base; the Ministry of Health and Welfare subsidizes the sector but no grant to this association is documented.
Inclusivity4.0
Open membership, near-zero cost, service exchange aimed at mutual aid and welfare of disadvantaged groups.