This post makes the case that attaching a crypto currency to a protocol would ensure the long term funding of development and maintenance of the protocol.
OK. But IMO it seems like a distraction too, and rife with potential mistakes. Mistakes that could sink your protocol. Is it worth it? Maybe there are other ways?
Anyways, everything I read about the governance of crypto tells me it's a total ****-show so it's probably better to find a better solution.
https://continuations.com/post/148098927445/crypto-tokens-and-the-coming-age-of-protocol
- it's the first time I hear of an application for Bitcoin technology that is actually interesting to me.
- article was a bit "hand-wavy" and unconvincing wrt users controlling their data but putting an encrypted blob in the cloud.
- I am quite concerned about the filter bubble problem, but I am afraid it's a societal problem, and needs resolution at that level
- I agree we should put more effort in protocols than in applications. There is lots that can be done here.
Just read this piece on protocols: https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
.. And the hn discussion and followed some links.
Some takeaways:
- if you great an open protocol, don't expect it to survive if users don't know there using the protocol. Ex: email versus jabber/XMPP.
- protocols get run over by platform due to lack of funds. What causes people to invest in a protocol? And if they don't, h ow do you keep up with funded platforms?
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Hypothesis[1] is a good idea but it is a centralized service (as far as I can tell).
Haven't looked in depth but dokieli looks to be a worthy replacement:
"Decentralised Authoring, Annotations and Notifications for a Read-Write Web with dokieli"
(Wow that's a big font)
Times I've invoked Google Chrome's "Pull to Refresh" page:
87,569
Times I've done so intentionally:
0
Times I've lost state invoking Google Chrome's "Pull to Refresh Page":
87,569
Times I've wished Firefox's Android performance was sufficient to be able to ditch Chrome:
11,587,569
Times I've wished for a viable tablet full-Linux Android alternative:
211,1587,569
@alcinnz I mean, Usenet had MMF:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Money_Fast
My general view is:
- Focus on *behaviour* rather than *features*
- Recognise that *complexity* enables both more bad behaviour, and can mask it.
- Reputations matter. Rather than identify *content*, track the *creators*, both good and bad.
Effective trust networks tend to be *small*. A few tens, *possibly* hundreds, of actors. Trust scales poorly.
Seeking refuge in a distributed world. Web, future programming. Building things.