[oleganza]

Mesh would be much more stable and efficient when it's based not on voluntary free-of-charge participation (like bittorrent, which does not work well for not-very-popular items), but on economics. If everyone pays everyone in Bitcoin for bandwidth and storage, the competition among computer enthusiasts would create a robust working network with lowest prices possible without any fancy algorithms to detect "leechers" and "seeders".

[northwest]

I agree, an economic incentive would certainly add value to the ecosystem and allow it to grow faster.