Postitive Trust == GNUnet modle. My proposial impliments both.
In which case, you'll have to answer Ian's objection:
And the disadvantage of such a system, as I have pointed out many times in the past, is that new users get a terrible experience of Freenet, which is a *very* bad thing for the network as new users should be encouraged, not punished.
You'll also have to answer the question I had about GNUnet-style economic models: what crucial problem would be solved that wouldn't be solved by the plan I outlined (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/8191)?
Martin Stone Davis wrote:
I just skimmed through http://www.ovmj.org/GNUnet/download/ebe.ps, which describes GNUnet's economic model. In short, we would prioritize requests based, in part, on how well requesting nodes have serviced our requests in the past. The benefit would be a system in which well-behaved nodes are rewarded during times when resources are short.
Some kind of GNUnet-style economic model could be built into Freenet, but what crucial problem would it solve that won't be solved by the plan I outlined?
I'm not saying that it wouldn't be a good thing to have down the road, as I can see it protecting us from freeloaders without needlessly punishing them. However, now is the time to get Freenet to work well even in a network of mostly well-behaved peers (with a few malicious black-holes and freeloaders thrown in for good measure).
-Martin
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