05-27, 12:00–12:25 (CET), Seed
We give a comprehensive overview of incentives in Swarm which underline its unique position as a truly future-proof storage and communication infrastructure. Incentivisation makes sure that not only is the network is economically self-sustaining, but it also optimises the allocation of scarce resources, bandwidth and disc space without compomising on privacy or scalability.
Decentralised storage and content distribution is one of the necessary infrastructure solutions for web3 applications. For a future-proof peer-to-peer system, economic self-sustainability, incentive alignment is key: each strategic choice of protocol behaviour by the client is grounded in the profit-maximising rationale of the node operator. This uncontrovertial and scalable assumption gives grounds for the solarpunk optimism regarding technology in suppport of a global self-sovereign society.
founder and architect of Swarm. President of the Swarm Foundation. Ethereum OG, 1st employee of Ethereum Foundation, ex project lead at EF. free dom fighter, code artist, geek power advocate, orange hat, bzz maximalist