[everfree]

> if you assume the participants are the same set of actors - which would make sense - then it would be very easy for a majority of network control to be held by a Google, an AT&T, a China Telecom, etc.

Why wouldn't one just design such a system to give each entity equal sway over the network? One entity, one vote.

[jimmydorry]

What would stop an entity creating many other entities to sway voting outcomes? This would be referred to as a Sybil attack.

I think you would need something like a web of trust (each entity is responsible for the actors they vouch for). Otherwise, some kind of proof of how many users they represent.

[everfree]

> What would stop an entity creating many other entities to sway voting outcomes?

A hard-coded initial entity set, along with a voting process for additions to and removals from that entity set.

In other words, a classic DAO design.