[projectvrm] MaidSafe claims to deliver world's first 'safe' network

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Title: MaidSafe claims to deliver world's first 'safe' network

The Server Needs To Die To Save The Internet - http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/maidsafe/

Natasha Lomas posted an excellent detailed discussion of MaidSafe which espouses many VRM virtues, particularly liberation from the ‘cow/calf’ model. (see quotes below).

Although MaidSafe takes a lower level approach (wrt to the net’s plumbing) then does Respect Network, there is some clear overlap between their goals. While I don’t see them as being explicitly competitive, I’m wondering how RN would fit into the ‘serverless’ world MaidSafe hope to create.

Form the article: 

 “This is, we believe, to be the world’s first operating autonomous and serverless network that enables self authentication,” says Lambert. “It’s self managing and self healing… If data is lost through nodes going offline it recreates them. It’s able to be resistant to viruses as well… It’s utterly serverless. There are no other networks that combine being autonomous and serverless.”

“finding sustainable digital business models for content, safeguarding user data and privacy, and thwarting hacking, malware and overreaching surveillance, is to begin again – with a whole new re-architected Internet.”

“So, instead of paying for digital services with privacy, users on MaidSafe’s network pay with hard drive capacity they’re not even using. Which — frankly — sounds like a far fairer, more egalitarian ‘client/server’ relationship than the one we have now.”

“Consider the problem content producers such as publishers have in getting people to pay for accessing their information. Again, this network could offer a way to earn money from readers without having to rely upon — or resort to — advertizing. This could very well be the micropayments dream that’s long been talked about and hoped for, but not yet executed effectively in practice.”

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