Prediction Markets to STOMP Centralized Manhattan Projects [re: Funding, OpenHW/SW/Nets/...]

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 22:51:44 PDT 2022


On 7/31/22, someone <@yahoo.com.au> pasted:
> https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1291237571461169153

Cypherpunks have been proposing these things for decades,
including any number of ways to do so under new models
that preserve voluntary freedom.

Yet the above linked proposal (in text form below)...
- Asks that dependency and mandate continue upon Govt as money
middleman, thus implying submitting to and asking permission
from Govt to do that which can already be done yourselves
without Govt.
- Arbitrarily gives your money (which is still stolen from you
by Govt therein) to some pre-existing named pet project groups
whose older products and structures might not otherwise rank
under a new open competition. This is often called Pork.
- Does not mention how to remain free to voluntarily choose
what parts or none that you want your money going to when,
or how to create or send to something else you prefer outside
that seemingly mandatory forced funnel.

Now Cypherpunks, being a more free sort, might proffer that
much of this through an open competition, where anyone may
create and send their proposals out into a Distributed P2P
Proposal Browsing and Prediction Market to seek funding and
fulfillment of the better ones among them therein. Even
randomized distribution of no-strings awards to anyone who
produces unspecified basic research and work product that could
be used towards a particular larger goal, can be done this way.

Crypto market cap was ~$3T and will be again soon, even today
$20B is nothing for crypto whales and millions of others alike
that are each together seeking destinations for philanthropy
and investment that suits them.


"
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1291228563677429760
My proposed alternative to this stupid "Clean Network" thing:
the Cyber-Security Through Openness Manhattan Project (C-STOMP)

- $5 billion into open source hardware development,
including no-strings-attached grants to Librem,
Pinephone and similar groups
- $5 billion into security-focused operating systems,
including improvement of existing OSes and no-strings-attached
grants to Qubes developers
- $5 billion into a fully open source 5G alternative
- $5 billion into redundant internet networking infrastructure
with a focus on resisting attacks and satisfying the original
vision of making an internet that can survive nuclear war

Pay for all of the above by redirecting 25% of the NSA's budget
(that's $10b * 0.25 per year) over the next eight years.
"


"Cypherpunks wrote:
#OpenFabs , #OpenHW , #OpenAudit , #FormalVerification ,
#CryptoCrowdFunding , #OpenTrust , #GuerrillaNets , ...
"

Crypto makes going to Mars, ending wars, helping charity,
fusion energy, medical advances, and indeed whatever good
things, possible sooner, by routing around legacy obstructions,
and increasing the addressibility for project choices and
funding out to everyone around the globe.

The positive change that crypto will bring
should not be underestimated or stifled.


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