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Why Employee Owned Source Code is a Problematic Solution | P2P Foundation

Once in a while, we are confronted by initiatives which elicit contrary feelings, especially if they come from what you consider as ‘your own side’.
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The Blockchain: A Promising New Infrastructure for Online Commons | P2P Foundation

The Blockchain: A Promising New Infrastructure for Online Commons | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Bitcoin has taken quite a beating for its libertarian design biases, price volatility due to speculation, and the questionable practices of some currency-exchange firms.  But whatever the real or perceived flaws of Bitcoin, relatively little attention has been paid to its “engine,” known as “distributed ledger” or “blockchain” technology.  Move beyond the superficial public discussions about Bitcoin, and you’ll discover a software breakthrough that could be of enormous importance to the future of commoning on open network platforms.

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Why Employee Owned Source Code is a Problematic Solution | P2P Foundation

Why Employee Owned Source Code is a Problematic Solution | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

An example of this would be my perplexity towards encountering CodeSolid and their proposal for Employee-Owned Source Code, originating as it does from a cooperative, which Nathan Schneider considers to be a platform cooperative. As he writes about them in a Facebook exchange:

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The Blockchain: A Promising New Infrastructure for Online Commons | P2P Foundation

The Blockchain: A Promising New Infrastructure for Online Commons | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Behind the superficial public discussions about Bitcoin you’ll discover a software breakthrough that could change the future of commoning on open networks
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