In the micropayment scheme I'm thinking of, each node would determine the prices it would charge for insertions and retrievals. There would not be a central organization that would charge people to use freenet. There wouldn't even have to be a single 'bank' since various 'currencies' could be exchanged freely. Also, people wouldn't be required to use cash or credit cards to accumulate these currencies. They could simply set up a node and collect fees for insertions and retrievals. Then they could use that to make insertions and retrievals from other nodes. In short, no one would be forced to use micropayments, there need not be a single point of failure and anonymity should not be compromised.
> I'm no core developer, but I do have an option on micropayments. I think > they'd be a great way to raise revenue, and they might help move Freenet > development forward a little bit. Also, I'd be willing to pay something > (aka, donate) and I'm thinking about doing so. However, not everybody has a > lot of money to spare, and I think that the contributions people are giving > that don't include money are already doing a great service for Freenet. > In English, I don't think that micropayments are a good idea if they are > mandatory. However, I think that Christopher's idea of having two divisions > of Freenet, one for the general public, and one for contributors, might > work, and is at least worth a shot to see if it works. I'm willing to give > it a try. Maybe. > However, I think that it's important to keep Freenet free. As in gratis. At > least to use. I think there should still be a public Freenet, and I think > that the people who run micropayment nodes should still contribute some of > their node to the general public Freenet. It shouldn't all go to some sort > of pay network. > I think that money would make more people want to run a node, but I think it > would make less people want to use the network. And I'm not sure that > micropayments are necessary for the network to actually work. > Again, I'm willing to give it a thought, and maybe a try. > Wesley. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech
