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38 lines
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The communication protocol(s) among network nodes
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Each communication protocol among network nodes
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has its own purpose
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has its own assumptions, expectations, requirements, constraints
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I think it makes sense to identify the constraints for our protocols.
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We need the general public to be able to reliably
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- Query information about the reputation WDAG
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- Submit requests and fees for work
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- Obtain the products of the work submitted by forum experts
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Suppose we want only the requestor to be able to access a given work product.
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(Why might we want this?)
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Then the (soft) protocol for reviewing the work product would consist of
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validating a signature by the requestor, attesting to their acceptance of the work product.
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Alternatively access could be permitted to some group, such as reputation holders (a.k.a. experts).
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Otherwise, for maximum utility, we would want to make the work products available indefinitely, as valuable artifacts.
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Value here can be equated to the expected fees that the work products will help attract, which can in turn be equated to
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reputation awarded to authors and reviewers of the work products.
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Thus, the work of making the artifacts available must be funded.
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The work of participating in a gossip / forum node consensus protocol and validating forum chain blocks must also be funded.
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Suppose we have a storage contract.
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- There can be a market for specific pledges of storage.
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- buy: (amount, duration, price)
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- sell: (amount, duration, price)
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- Governance: Management of storage price
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- may negotiate via loose -> tight binding traversal forum post sequence
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- reputation in accordance with majority opinions on price parameters
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- Verification of storage must occur by (randomly) querying the storage nodes and validating their responses.
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