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- 3. Software Development Individual coders Strict hierarchy cathedral Open-source hackers bazaar Clones and forks (Github-style)
- 4. (Rough) Progression of Governance Anarchy Monarchy/Empire/Fiefdoms Plutocracy/Aristocracy Bureaucracy/Democracy
- 5. Communication Word-of-Mouth (close to zero) Press/Radio/Television Internet Mobile Mesh?
- 6. Distance sales Back-of-magazine (close to zero) Amazon One Matchmaker, One Merchant eBay/Amazon Marketplace One Matchmaker, Many Merchants No Matchmakers, Many Merchants
- 7. General Theme Nothing ...strong individual imposes order; progress to... Centralisation ...order enables cooperation; progress towords... Decentralisation Efficient Resilient Scalable ...or natural order?
- 8. Uberisation Trade will suffer the same fate
- 9. eBay was a trailblazer eBay: Decentralised marketplace Amazon Marketplace: same Uber: Decentralised taxi TaskRabbit: Decentralised labour AirBnB: Decentralised hostelry
- 10. Matchmaker or Merchant? Merchants is decentralised ...but Matchmaking still centralised.
- 12. Ethereum Trust as a commodity Provides a strong uncorruptible link between real-world and digital Programmable value smart contracts, guaranteed semantics, ... Interoperability ICAP/KYC/AML/decentralised reputation/
- 13. Enables... Uber without Uber, Inc eBay without eBay, Inc AirBnB without AirBnB, Inc
- 14. Inclusive, globalised, village bazaar Bazaar Services