P2P Foundation

The Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives

We study the impact of Peer to Peer technology and thought on society

Members

View All

Latest P2P blog posts

The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation

The following essay is adapted from a talk given on May 5 at Radical May, a month-long series of events hosted by a consortium of fifty-plus book publishers, including my own publisher, New Society Publishers. My talk — streamed and later posted on YouTube here — builds on two previous blog posts. As the pandemic continues, it... Continue reading →

The post The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation appeared first on P2P Foundation.

Awakening to an Ecology of the Commons

What is the future of The Commons movement? What are some of the pathways for a commons transition? How do we formulate an alternative political economy and livelihoods out of the ashes of neoliberalism and the covid-19 pandemic? And how do we understand all of this in the broader planetary context of the anthropocene? Our... Continue reading →

The post Awakening to an Ecology of the Commons appeared first on P2P Foundation.

How Contact Tracing Apps Can Foil Both COVID-19 and Big Brother

Do we really need to sacrifice privacy for health in the fight against covid-19? The DP-3T protocol can save lives without furthering surveillance capitalism. Originally published at n.case.me. Download this comic as a .zip! Sources: DP-3T, TCN Protocol, Ferretti & Wymant et al

The post How Contact Tracing Apps Can Foil Both COVID-19 and Big Brother appeared first on P2P Foundation.

We Are Not the Virus. We Are the Kamikazes.

I understand why environmentalists have concluded that Covid-19 is nature’s way of repelling human activity. If we’re going to keep mucking around with Earth’s biodiversity, climate, topsoil, oceans, and air, eventually nature’s going to respond. In this view, the virus is nature’s own antibodies, repelling human invasion. I sympathize with the systemic style of this... Continue reading →

The post We Are Not the Virus. We Are the Kamikazes. appeared first on P2P Foundation.

Double Edge Theatre: Art & Commoning

Matthew Glassman and Carlos Uriona, co-artistic directors of Double Edge Theatre in western Massachusetts, explain how commoning informs the performances and stewardship of their artist-owned ensemble theater company. About Double Edge Theatre Double Edge Theatre, an artist-run organization, was founded in Boston in 1982 by Stacy Klein as a feminist ensemble and laboratory of actors’... Continue reading →

The post Double Edge Theatre: Art & Commoning appeared first on P2P Foundation.

More…

Latest Activity

Cristiano Casagrande updated their profile

Jan 31

Greg Matthews updated their profile

Oct 28, 2022

Greg Matthews replied to Satoshi Nakamoto's discussion Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency

"This is a good system. After having had time to study its implementation, I have found the main flaw to be the lack of a funding mechanism to support network infrastructure and operation costs. This can be cured by adding a proof of stake layer to…"

Oct 28, 2022

Greg Matthews replied to Satoshi Nakamoto's discussion Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency

"This won't work because it would incentivize malicious users to spin up node farms in order to artificially bump inflation rate.A secondary approach might be to back off the diff adjustment since hashrate activity is tied to market price.…"

Oct 28, 2022