Ok this is my new ammended idea/concept for marketing this. Obviously I know we're not really doing any of this, but I like thinking of ideas outside the box, following them through and sharing them, despite knowing very little about how this all works, so apologies for any inaccuracies or if I've misunderstood something basic, and for any distracting from the actual project, but you never know maybe there's something useful in here.
(I don't know if the green tick idea is do-able or necessary but I know some were worried about copycatting & I got the idea from this post that it might be possible
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6778.msg90244#msg90244)
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TDI: The Decentralised Internet by BitSharesThe Decentralised Internet, is an entirely new decentralised front end to the internet system that is based on a blockchain, much like Bitcoin. Where the traditional centralised internet uses
.TLD's such as
.com &
.org , The Decentralised Internet, uses _TLD's such as _com and _p2p and you could even have just a '_', as in apple_ or hotels_ as your web address.
Where the traditional centralised internet is accessed via programs like 'Google Chrome' and 'Internet Explorer', the decentralised internet is accessed via programs like 'BitShares Toast'. ('BitShares Toast' still gives you access to the centralised .TLD sites too, so the best of both worlds really.)
Why use The Decentralised Internet? On the traditional centralised internet, because of the need to trust a central certificate authority, you can often be the victim of 'man in the middle' attacks and as whistleblowers like Edward Snowden have revealed, your internet actions are often spied on and recorded by 'Big Brother' and others against your will. However the decentralised internet is completely private and secure.
On the traditional centralised internet, sites can also be seized and blocked. However on the decentralised internet, sites can't be blocked or seized. The Turkish government for example, recently blocked, 'Twitter.com', but there would have been nothing they could have done about 'Twitter_com'.
How do I get a _com or a _org? They are sold via *incentivised auctions, which are started whenever somebody offers the minimum opening bid. (which decreases every month.)
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The next bidder is required to bid at least 10% more than you, and if somebody does bid higher than you, you get half the difference between their bid and yours.Can anyone bid on and end up buying something like Nike_ or Apple_com? Yes absolutely! And if you become the owner of apple_com, you can put whatever you like on the site & or sell it later. However only people who can also verify to the blockchain system that they are also the owner of the .com on the centralised internet by the same name will get a green tick next to their site. (To avoid copycatting)
Could these be worth a lot more in the future? That's for you to decide, but quite frankly we believe the traditional centralised internet is obsolete. What kind of a company wants a site and an online brand that could be blocked or seized at any moment? Who wants their information spied on all the time? In fact a recent poll showed that over 70% of citizens in many countries felt the current level of spying was 'unacceptable'.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2014/07/US%20spying.jpgBesides spying, there's also been significant increases in moves towards internet censorship in many countries all over the world. So it's quite possible that in the near future many people will have switched to using the decentralised internet and many famous businesses may wish to put their brands on it too. Youtube.com obviously wouldn't want to have to call themselves Youtub_com on the internet system of the future would they? So who knows how much a site like Youtube_ or Youtube_com could be worth in a year or two...
Could somebody offer a competing decentralised front end internet system other than TDI that everybody ends up adopting?Yes, It's possible. But only BitShares has the underlying technology and wide support necessary to launch something like this at the moment. BitShares is also the only group to have delivered a working DAC so far, BitShares X. So a combination of wide support, superior technology and first mover advantage means TDI by BitShares has a very good chance of becoming the decentralised internet system of the future.