May 2011 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

bitcoin critique summary
by Michel Bauwens 21 May '11

21 May '11

http://www.quora.com/Bitcoin/Is-the-cryptocurrency-Bitcoin-a-good-idea Hi Sepp, this is a very good summary by Adam Cohen of main critiques, well argued, I didn't succeed in copy-pasting this, can you give it a go, from "No matter what your reasoning, Bitcoin is a ridiculous idea that will not accomplish what you want." onwards to the end, and add it to our wiki page on bitcoin? see http://p2pfoundation.net/Bitcoin I will then also copy it as a blog article, Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] coop energy
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

thanks! On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Mark Petz <ravenwyn(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.cooperativeenergy.coop/southern > > owned by the customers > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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how zaarly is empowering local markets
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hi Sepp, could you look into this, present zaarly and eventually embed this video in the article, see http://vimeo.com/23510636 I think this may be an important project, Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Tweetometro @platoniq
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Platoniq <info(a)platoniq.net> Date: 2011/5/20 Subject: Tweetometro @platoniq To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com Buenas! Estamos montando un experimento participativo y técnico: se llama Tweetometro. Es un intento de avanzar en la posibilidad que desde Twitter se articulen propuestas concretas y que a continuación se voten, también vía Twitter. Se ha programado y debatido a altas horas durante estas dos últimas noches entre un reducido grupo de personas cuya opinión no representa ninguno de los resultados finales, y que es consciente de que la herramienta pueda tener aún fallos de código o de planteamiento. En esta primera prueba se plantea un sondeo sobre una serie de propuestas de la plataforma Democracia real Ya <http://democraciarealya.es/?page_id=234> pero no en representación ni promovido por la misma. Además somos conscientes de que dicha plataforma ha desmentido públicamente ser la organizadora de las acampadas de #spanishrevolution y otra serie de tags, a l@s impulsor@s de los cuales se ofrece esta plataforma de difusión sobre sus propuestas. Nuestras disculpas por adelantado si alguien cree que estamos mezclando cosas, insistimos en lo del experimento :) Aquí van los links para aquell@s que quieran participar: Twittometro : http://www.platoniq.net/yeswecamp No desesperéis si tarda en cargar, los tweets no se pierden aunque a veces tarden en aparecer (tenemos el servidor a tope). Mientras, podéis leer más información de las propuestas y las instrucciones para votarlas (positivamente o negativamente) en: http://tweetometro.wordpress.com Desde ya, agradecimientos por todo el currazo que también se han pegado: @ivanverges, @esenabre, @pacogonzalez . Muchas gracias! @platoniq http://www.youcoop.org http://www.platoniq.net -- If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, http://platoniq.net/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=00a3925a16ce8afacbc0cc283ac5a5… To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit http://platoniq.net/lists/?p=preferences&uid=00a3925a16ce8afacbc0cc283ac5a5… Forward a Message to Someone http://platoniq.net/lists/?p=forward&uid=00a3925a16ce8afacbc0cc283ac5a5d9&m… -- Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com -- -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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open license for science innovation
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

hi Alessandro, could you eventually check and mention on the p2p blog? see http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Licensing_for_Scientific_Innovation -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: [opennetcoalition] France's G8 Focuses on Control and Restrictions to Online Freedoms
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:54 PM Subject: [opennetcoalition] France's G8 Focuses on Control and Restrictions to Online Freedoms To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/frances-g8-focuses-on-control-and-restrictio… France's G8 Focuses on Control and Restrictions to Online Freedoms *** Paris, May 20th, 2011 – A detailed analysis of exchanges between the French President and his former Minister of Foreign Affairs on G8 related matters appears in tomorrow's edition of the Marianne magazine. La Quadrature du Net has accessed sources that confirm the existence of a control-oriented policy, explicitly hostile to the support to the freedom of expression on the Internet, in blatant contrast with the farcical "eG8 forum" smokescreen. Governments must be made accountable for the positions they take on these issues when they speak behind close doors. *** ** The Elysée (French Presidency) does not want to hear anything about cyberdissidents or freedom of expression, it wants “control”. ** Frédéric Martel, Marianne, 21-27 May 2011 (about the reasons behind the cancellation of a pre-G8 international conference on freedom of expression online) This conclusion, based on factual evidence, confirms what we have claimed for months now: despite public statements that try to conceal it and the staged smokescreen of the "eG8 forum", the French presidency of the G8 has constantly tried to prevent any statement that would declare the Internet as a universal space of freedom and an essential tool for democracy, or that would promote adequate protection against online censorship and control. This policy directly originated from the French presidency, and was imposed on the Foreign Affairs Ministry [1]. Other G8 governments (and not just Russia) also support control and restriction to free online communications, though they have not be caught in the act in such an obvious manner. "Citizens and all parties who care for fundamental rights and freedoms must send a clear message to governments : the smokescreen debates among industry representatives at the eG8 next Tuesday will not hide what is at stake in the G8 that follows," declares Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of La Quadrature du Net. "All the G8 documents must be made public, as well as positions of each country on Internet freedoms or control issues. Freedom of expression and democracy can not be sacrificed for the benefit of some economic or political self-serving interests," concludes Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of the citizen organization. * Références * 1. See http://www.laquadrature.net/en/sarkozy-exports-repressive-internet ** About la Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations : http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-n… ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ Opennetcoalition mailing list Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net http://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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tweetometro, decision platform built on Twitter
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

see http://www.platoniq.net/yeswecamp/ Chris, could you report on this project by Platoniq, also still urgently looking for english analysis of spanish events .. Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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(digital) images of the city
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/05/13/the-digital-image-of-the-… "In 1960 an architect by the name of Kevin Lynch embarked on a fascinating three-city study of how urban dwellers keep mental pictures of their hometowns. He and his team identified five “elements” of the city: 1) paths, 2) edges, 3) nodes, 4) districts, and 5) landmarks. These five components constitute most of the ways individuals think about and navigate their city. As smartphones become more and more ubiquitous, the way we navigate cities has changed. We have GPS devices, interactive maps, social networking applications that tell us where our friends are and where they like to go for pizza. The city exists in physical space, it exists in our minds, and now it exists in the digital “cloud.” How does this new layer of bits effect the way our cities look, act, and feel?" -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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tweets in MENA
by Michel Bauwens 20 May '11

20 May '11

fyi: "One question I have found both interesting and testable is: to what extent are social media used by individuals in Arabic countries experiencing political unrest? An additional corollary question is, to what extent do social media serve as a conversation platform for a broader Arabic online public during times of widespread unrest?" http://dfreelon.org/2011/05/19/the-mena-protests-on-twitter-some-empirical-… HI Tom, it was nice to see you in London, you should have joined us for the drink afterwards (of which I wasn/t aware it would take place myself)! in any case, could you have a look to the above, and eventually report on these findings? feel welcome also to present your own new film project to our audience! Michel, in Florence -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen (confirms libertarian bias of project)
by Michel Bauwens 19 May '11

19 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos(a)googlemail.com> Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM Subject: Fwd: L019: Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Calacanis <jmc(a)launch.is> Date: 15 May 2011 21:17 Subject: L019: Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen To: amaia.arcos(a)gmail.com L019: Bitcoin P2P Currency: The Most Dangerous Project We've Ever Seen by Jason Calacanis and the LAUNCH team A month ago I heard folks talking online about a virtual currency called bitcoin that is untraceable and un-hackable. Folks were using it to buy and sell drugs online, support content they liked and worst of all -- gasp! -- play poker. Bitcoin is a P2P currency that could topple governments, destabilize economies and create uncontrollable global bazaars for contraband. I sent the 30 or so producers of my show This Week in Startups out to research the top players, and we did a show on Bitcoin on May 10 [ http://bit.ly/TWIST-140 ]. Since that time the number of bitcoin stories has surged [ see http://lnch.is/L019-bitcoin ]. After month of research and discovery, we’ve learned the following: 1. Bitcoin is a technologically sound project. 2. Bitcoin is unstoppable without end-user prosecution. 3. Bitcoin is the most dangerous open-source project ever created. 4. Bitcoin may be the most dangerous technological project since the internet itself. 5. Bitcoin is a political statement by technotarians (technological libertarians).* 6. Bitcoins will change the world unless governments ban them with harsh penalties. What Are Bitcoins? ========= Bitcoins are virtual coins in the form of a file that is stored on your device. These coins can be sent to and from users three ways: 1. Direct with peer-to-peer software downloaded at bitcoin.org 2. Via an escrow service like ClearCoin 3. Via a bitcoin currency exchange Each owner transfers the coin to the next by digitally signing a hash of the previous transaction and the public key of the next owner and adding these to the end of the coin. A payee can verify the signatures to verify the chain of ownership. The benefits of a currency like this: a) Your coins can’t be frozen (like a Paypal account can be) b) Your coins can’t be tracked c) Your coins can’t be taxed d) Transaction costs are extremely low (sorry credit card companies) You can watch a simple video here: http://jc.is/jlcte0 Where Do Bitcoins Come from? ========= Bitcoins are created by a complex algorithm. Only 21M can be made by the year 2140. Your desktop bitcoin software can make bitcoins, but at this point the electricity and time it would take to produce a bitcoin is larger than the actual value of a bitcoin (your laptop might take five years to make one, and they currently trade at $6.70 per bitcoin [ see https://mtgox.com/trade/buy for the latest exchange rate ]. Bitcoin miners use super cheap GPUs (not CPUs) to create the coins, but as more people come online to make them, the algorithm adjusts so that one block can only be made every 10 minutes. Who Invented Bitcoins? ========= An individual with the name -- or perhaps handle -- of Satoshi Nakamoto first wrote about bitcoins in a paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System [ http://lnch.is/bitcoin-manifesto ]. This person has stepped back from the project and trusted Gavin Andresen to take charge as the project’s technical lead. How Does One Buy and Sell Bitcoin? ========= Currently Paypal and credit card companies are making it illegal to sell bitcoins. Why? Simple: PayPal’s terms of service prohibit “currency exchange.” CoinPal had its account frozen, details here: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2555.msg101084#msg101084 Given that you can’t whip out your Paypal account and buy them, and that it will become harder and harder to get them, bitcoins will be bartered for services in the real world. For example, a Hacker News community member named Nicholas Carlson just boasted that he is being paid for a programming project in bitcoins [ http://ncarlson.com/post/5493803214/bitcoin-experiment-first-job-offer ]. Bitcoins in Real Life ============ In the next year you’ll hear about people in casinos in Vegas buying and sell bitcoins for cash and casino chips. Imagine a bachelor party comes to Vegas and STNY (someone that’s not you) gives $550 to a guy at a bar and he takes out his laptop or tablet and ships 100 bitcoins to STNY’s phone. STNY then goes to Craigslist and ships some bitcoins to an escort and a drug dealer, who then show up in person to provide goods and services. The Drug Underground and Bitcoin ============ Last month folks were buzzing about an online drug marketplace called SilkRoadMarket [ http://www.silkroadmarket.org ], which was reportedly trading in, well, all kinds of drugs: marijuana, mushrooms, LSD, ecstasy and DMT. Of course, since bitcoin transactions are untraceable, you would have zero recourse if you sent a dozen bitcoins to someone for a couple of tabs of LSD. Just like you might lose your $10 if you gave it to a kid in the school yard for a dime bag and he never came back. Let’s Make Some Predictions ============ We are 100% certain that governments will start banning bitcoins in the next 12 to 18 months. Additionally, we’re certain bitcoins will soar in value and a crush of folks will flood the system and start using them. Currently there are 6M coins at $6.70 each for a total economy of about $40M. Bitcoin speculation and hoarding will also cause a massive spike in bitcoin value. For example, if 10M people find out about bitcoins in the next year and want to buy $100 worth, $1B will be infused into the bitcoin economy. Finally, there will be massive breakage in bitcoins. If your laptop crashes and you didn’t back up your bitcoins, well, you’re SOL. If someone steals you laptop that has 10,000 bitcoins on it you won on Bitcoin Poker, you’re SOL. Lost your USB drive with 500 bitcoins on it after a night out on the town? You’re SOL. Sites like 99designs, eLance and oDesk will start accepting bitcoins for payment. If they don’t, they will face competition from folks who do. Bottom line: The world is going to be turned over by bitcoins unless governments step in and ban them by prosecuting individuals. This is about to get really interesting, everyone. * We made this term up to describe the “good people” of the internet who believe in the fundamental rights of individuals to be free, have free speech, fight hypocrisy and stand behind logic, technology and science over religion, political structure and tradition. These are the people who build and support things like Wikileaks, Anonymous, Linux and Wikipedia. They think that people can, and should, govern themselves. They are against external forms of control such as DRM, laws that are bought and sold by lobbyists, and religions like Scientology. They include splinter groups that enforce these ideals in the form of hacktivism, such as the takedown of the Sony Playstation Network after Sony tried to prosecute a hacker for unlocking its console. ----------------- TWIST Bitcoin episode ============ Full show: http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-startups/bitcoin-discussion-with-gavin-and… Gavin explains the fundamentals of Bitcoin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta73DofiT7o Who is Satoshi, the mysterious bitcoin founder? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRwgbWkxFw The million-dollar bitcoin question: Can the system be hacked? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2837h-85O4 Jason sets his software to generate bitcoins and Gavin explains why that's a bad idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jix4MG5V0-E ----------------- About LAUNCH LAUNCH Media covers and celebrates new products, services and technology in two ways: an email newsletter and an in-person conference. 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