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www.altruists.org. Beyond Money. Altruistic E conomics. A E 4 0 4 : Constructing an Internet Gift Economy. V1.0. A presentation by Dr. Robin Upton, 2005-11-23, for Dhaka University Computer Science Department. Available for download at www.altruists.org/ae404
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www.altruists.org Beyond Money Altruistic Economics AE404: Constructing an Internet Gift Economy V1.0 A presentation by Dr. Robin Upton, 2005-11-23, for Dhaka University Computer Science Department. Available for download at www.altruists.org/ae404 Attribution – NonCommercial - ShareAlike
1.ing for someone to help. 2.Paying them without . User Interface Beyond Money If you need help, imagine… 3.Finding work the same way.
Offers Requests ! ! ADVANCED OPTIONS: Robin Upton,+160h–45h, Rate= -0.2 Apples, Gardening Advice, Carpentry, German Lessons, Computers… Md. Ali Khan,+120h–40h, Rate= 10h I will need about 15kg of apples for my brother’s wedding. He loves apples… Amount: Md. Anwar,+14h–3h, Rate= -0.2 Motorbike repair, Shop Management, Psychology, Apples … Angela Robinson,+550h–175h, Rating= 70h I make a lot of fruit pies. Best quality cooking apples, please … Number: . Weight: 2kg . Location: Jamil Aman,+60h–15h, Rate= -0.35 Computer programming,Apples, Fresh Olives, Internet Advice, Fertilizers … Graham Upton,+3h–2h, Rate= 20h I just can’t get my Wireless LAN working properly. It keeps cutting out, just … Bangladesh . Country: Dhaka City: Farmgate Region: Ask Your Friends User Interface Make your request Science/Agriculture/Horticulture/Fruits/Apples Category:
Can you give me 2kg of Apples? Sure. Ask Around Ask Your friends Request
Request Request Request Request Request Request Request Request Request Request Request Request to ask their friends... Say “Thank You” Ask Around Computers make this much easier… = Ask your friends… to ask their friends... to ask their friends...
“I gave . 10 apples.” “ gave me $5 worth of apples.” Digital Identity Say “Thank You!” State what happened, digitally. Publish Online Publish Online
“I gave . 10 apples.” “ gave me $5 worth of apples.” Publish Online Publish Online 1. People need personal servers. 2. They must be networked. New Architecture Digital Identity
Links are fromFriend to Friend New Architecture Individuals are connected to one another… but it’s not P2P!
. F2F Server Network www.altruists.org/ff Links are from Friend to Friend F2F is superior to P2P, because of the real world trust!
FF: Network Topology FF: Friend2Friend Server Network …the secure communication layer for the Internet Gift Economy.
Connections Server-Server Client-Server FF: Servers have One client, Many friends. FF: Traditional Cookies FF :Network Topology f2f.RobinUpton.com f2f.re-cycle.org f2f.ekushey.org f2f.emni.com.bd f2f.honesty.org f2f.bd.net
Can you store data for me! Only share it with altruists.org OK. OK. f2f.RobinUpton.com dinajpur.biz Can I see all your data from 3rd party sites, please? FF: Traditional Cookies FF : 24/7 Online Data Server f2f.dinajpur.biz f2f.altruists.org Sites can share data securely (if you let them).
Enter your data Client Machine Cookie Cookie FF: Control Your Own Data Traditional Cookies Other websites control your data … www.example1.com Every users’ data www.example2.com … All you have is a set of site-specific cookies (ID#s which mean nothing to you) Every users’ data
Client Machine f2f.RobinUpton.com Public Key Private Key Private Key PublicKey Public Key Private Key FF: Implementation FF :Control Your Own Data www.example.com Unique copy of your personal data www.udharon.co.bd Sites prove their identity to you, not you to them!
f2f.RobinUpton.com Internet Gift Economy FF :Implementation FF manipulates data items, and manage permissions. Create(name) CopyItem(oldname, newname) ChangeData(name) Delete(name) Rename(oldname, newname) GetData(name) GetMetaData(name) AddData(name) AddMetaData(name) … Add to a webserver by installing a PHP Function Library and MySQL Database.
Presenting Data Processing Data Defining Data Moving Data . Altruistic Economics Internet Gift Economy Main project stack: GE : Gift Economy NE : Nearest Info AE : Altruistic Economics FF : Friend2Friend … : Various Dark Nets Internet
Declare Sympathy for your friends. They declare sympathy theirs, and so on… Everyone* is joined in a network of care. . AE: Distributed Accounting www.altruists.org/ae AE: Altruistic Economics Unselfish alternative to self-maximising! *almost
Conflation: A B C A C Combination: A C A C AE: Measuring Value www.altruists.org/ae3 AE: Distributed Accounting Records are held across the network. AE analyses the overall ties of Sympathy:
Personal Time Conventional Money AE: Non-Zero Sum! www.altruists.org/ae7 AE: Measuring Value Flexible and decentralised system. Use other people’s standards: & use your own currency:
+ X+Y=0 Good for Both + - Bad for Both - Zero Sum NE: Nearest.Info www.altruists.org/ae106 AE: Non Zero Sum! Multi-dimensional evaluations, not prices!
Useful Calculations : AEData from FF Data for GE AmountGiven ( ) AmountReceived( ) . . . Creditworthiness ( ) NE/GE: Open Standards NE : Nearest.Info Process the AE data… Present hooks for the presentation layer.
Hyperlinks Choice of Presentation Other . . . . . . . . . GiftEconomy Nearest Info AE Data Others will arise … Others will arise … GE: Web Style Interface NE/GE : Open Standards… Choice of Alternative Pre-processing Unique Data Standard Multiple opportunities for interoperability
Webpages Data from NE XSL Transformations (Locally stored) (Locally created from local data) GiftEconomy GE : Decentrlised Web Interface Like software, unlike WWW, a one-off download permits perpetual use!
1. Explanation of the Gift Economy Wiki . etc. … Downloads www.altruists.org/ge GE : www.GiftEconomy.org 2. Chance to set up GE/NE/AE/FF Easy Installer Package: GEInterface NEEvaluations AEDefinitions FFServer