<div style="background-color: rgb(232, 238, 247); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 140%; border-top: 1px solid rgb(119, 153, 221); padding: 2px;"> Topic: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/t/e429b3ea9d617e3" target="_blank">Circular Multilateral Barter</a></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Evgeni Pandurski <<a href="mailto:epandurski@gmail.com" target="_blank">epandurski@gmail.com</a>></span>
Apr 11 01:32AM +0300
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Hi. I found a very interesting discussion about circular
bartering:<br>
<br><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/browse_thread/thread/500c91252c95ff36?pli=1" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/browse_thread/thread/500c91252c95ff36?pli=1</a><br>
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So, I think you might be interested in the open-source project I've<br>
been working on for the last 2 years: "Circular Multilateral Barter".<br>
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You can check it out at <a href="https://www.multiswap.net/about/" target="_blank">https://www.multiswap.net/about/</a><br>
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You can download the source code here: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmb/" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmb/</a><br>
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>From my experience, it is kind of hard for people to wrap their minds<br>
around the way <a href="http://multiswap.net/" target="_blank">multiswap.net</a>
(and circular bettering in general) works. But<br>
for sure, there is a lot that it can provide, which is not obvious at<br>
first glance.<br>
<br>
For example, one thing that is not obvious at first glance is that<br><a href="http://multiswap.net/" target="_blank">multiswap.net</a> allows
everybody to issue their own trade-backed currencies,<br>
which others can use to pay each other with. So, one way of thinking<br>
of it is as a "multi-LETS", plus there is a open market place for
exchanging<br>
one currency for another (via circular trade).<br>
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The current implementation (which you see at <a href="https://www.multiswap.net/" target="_blank">https://www.multiswap.net/</a>)<br>
a fully centralized one, but this is simply because it was easier to<br>
program it this way. There is nothing that prevents it from being<br>
partially or fully decentralized. I think you will find this paper
interesting:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.multiswap.net/doc/cmb-general.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.multiswap.net/doc/cmb-general.pdf</a><br>
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I am currently tying to figure out if <a href="http://multiswap.net/" target="_blank">multiswap.net</a> can help<br>
real-world communities,<br>
and eventually what should be improved in the software, so that it works
better<br>
for them. If you have the time to explore it, I would be happy to hear<br>
your opinion, and of course, I will gladly answer all your questions.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Evgeni Pandurski<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br>
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