On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:07:50 +0100 danimoth wrote: > Ratio is not a problem, IMHO. What I want, as a network > architect, is that the network works, and trying to get highest ratio > in an honest way isn't bad per se
It's a bad thing when a minimum ratio is enforced, because a high ratio for someone means low ratios for other people, and if there is no mechanism to even things out, people with low ratios have to eventually quit the network. > One simple defition that come up to my mind is: design a p2p network > which doesn't attract only the effective users of the network itself, > but others "casual" users, that share their resources not only to > take services from the network itself, but money for example. So it has nothing to do with free-riders, it's about attracting more resources to the network. You're not really trying to solve a particular problem, you just want to experiment with monetizing P2P services. In that perspective what you're proposing makes sense. However, I am skeptical about attracting users who don't really care about the network. Since they don't actually use its services they may leave at any time for whatever reason. _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
