- From: heather vescent <heathervescent@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 09:54:46 -0700
- To: "Jordan, John CITZ:EX" <John.Jordan@gov.bc.ca>
- Cc: "public-credentials@w3.org" <public-credentials@w3.org>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Message-ID: <CA+C6qMwKoyGsti1w7Bv4Lsu9Yqq=H5FeT2+eRyi1E_Ae15f2OA@mail.gmail.com>
+1 John. The economic model we are working in transcends the market economy limitation. -H On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Jordan, John CITZ:EX <John.Jordan@gov.bc.ca> wrote: > Hi All > > I think there is more than one economic model and that there need not be a > zero sum game in terms of the incentives for why organizations might > participate in an SSI ecosystem. There could be a number of different > models that all together form a rich fabric of incentives for a full > digital ecosystem. > For example, government (which I work for), underpins the economy by being > the source of truth for identity (both persons and legal entities) and > setting the ground rules (e.g. laws) for economic activity. Our incentives > are quite different and not a source of revenue but an enabling > prerequisite to a functioning economy. I would encourage the community to > think broadly about this and recognize that we need to keep working at > creating conditions which encourage the full participation of government in > the establishment of digital trust for people and legal entities which, in > my personal opinion, is strongly needed. > > John > > On 2018-04-09, 6:02 AM, "Manu Sporny" <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > > On 04/09/2018 03:56 AM, Dennis Yurkevich wrote: > > What are the economic incentives for implementers to store DIDs > > forever? > > Fundamentally, nothing is free and these decentralized systems need > money to operate. In every one of these systems, nodes are compensated > for participating in the network on an ongoing basis. Fundamentally, if > you run a node, money goes into your bank account. That's the economic > incentive. > > > What stops method implementers not creating centralised and non SSI > > systems? > > Nothing can stop that. The only thing the standards provide for is that > if such a system were to be built, it will be technically interoperable > with the larger system (but would lack some of the decentralized > characteristics that those of us in this community would like to see). > Market forces may doom such a centralized DID Method, but that happens > in the future... which is hard to predict. :) > > -- manu > > -- > Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. > blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches > https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches > > > > -- Heather Vescent @heathervescent // www.heathervescent.com // skype: heathervescent
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