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by paavokoya 3539 days ago

  it's going to be tough for existing stakeholders to back it or anything like it if the idea would result in the end of their business.
Regardless of our inflation-positive zero-rate economy that caters to the investing class, I think people will do what they want. Obviously a decentralized internet will not be for everyone but the same can be said for democratic societies.

The desire for a decentralized and encrypted internet grows with every new data-cap by ISP's and every illegal surveillance scandal carried out by governments. The people find no recourse in their established authorities and will seek to their own devices for security.

Generating revenue is an after-thought of freed men.