[Battlemesh] IGF 2018 WS #279 Scaling community networks

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Some thoughts to share.

Money (value represented in 1D, in R (Real Number) set) is by design a
flaw that fails systematically on its purpose of representing "the
real value".

There is no interest on representing "the real value", the interesting
thing is to add a layer on top of that most of the people cannot
participate, and use that benefit to cheat, to manipulate, hence, to
have some kind of invisible and intellectual power over everything.

The 1D price of the things is arbitrary. Today is low because I want
to destroy my competitor, tomorrow is high because they depend on me.
Wins who has higher financial muscle; which is proportional to
intrinsic power.

Capitalist found a nice way to continue grow richness and power
without control thanks to cryptocurrencies.

These days we are changing the trust to specific people for a trust on
algorithms (intrinsically, trust on machines). The thing is that they
fail [0], and they are going to fail [1]. And in some circunstances,
we don't trust algorithms, but we have to obey.

We need automation and better practices on our networks, and some of
you decided that blockchain is here to save us.

So here is a conflict, you put the word blockchain in your project and
then millions of coins appeared. Then, you have a problem to justify
that millions of coins; not the rest.

Just think about some of us, skeptics of this hypechain, we believe we
should continue working like we are doing now (or reaching another
direction, probably far from blockchain). Blockchain developers,
please, when you design your solutions, design something that allow
the network to continue like it is now (partially conducted by
volunteers, with pirates and free riders, partially funded by FIAT
with public and private sector participation, etc. - and depends on
the case). And of course, a flag in the configuration to disable the
crypto thing and not participate. Because if you **force by design**
everybody to participate like you want/think (putting the logo of a
community network), or putting your software at the routing level
(insert coins to continue using Internet); then you are playing the
same game as FIAT, governments and profit corporations.

[0] algorithm bubles promoted by " ' social networks ' "
https://stareintothelightsmypretties.jore.cc/
[1] great financial algorithms going on
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2018/09/20/next-financial-crisis/#305745e86461