@bhaugen @smallcircles @serapath @cwebber

A third choice has ample precedent:

3. find several competing economic networks working on the same solution, convince them to cooperate, pool resources and share the burden. This was the motivation and support for X-Window, the backers backed BECAUSE they didn't trust each other!

Consider for example, municipal public Works tracking. No one community would have the resources, but together, internationally, all it needs is coordination

@sundogplanets

Someone recently remarked that if you hung a bag of money off the edge of a cliff, the tech bros would still jump for it, on the assumption they'd pull enough cash to buy a parachute on their way down.

You don't want to know how many CTOs have told me, "We'll fix that if/when it becomes a problem." You really don't want to know.