> > The problem with trying to incorporate any form of payment mechanism > > for information in Freenet (or any p2p system) is exactly the same as > > trying to compel people to pay for information in any other arena - > > namely that with advances in communication technology (of which > > Freenet is a good example) it will become increasingly difficult to > > prevent people from communicating > MojoNation I think solves the micropayment problem very well. Any and all > communication between two parties involves an exchange of credits. So in > the Freenet model, each message would request a handshake in which virtual > currency was passed one way or another.
You miss my point, how does MojoNation prevent someone from paying for a piece of information once, but then placing it on Freenet or Gnutella so that nobody else needs to pay for it? Of course, it can't - nothing can with 100% security. Ian. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000818/7d607452/attachment.pgp>
