Let a Billion Orchids Bloom

5 responses to “Let a Billion Orchids Bloom”

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   jurvetson

   Oct 26, 2017 at 7:05 pm

   An article I wrote on the freedom potential of Ethereum smart contracts… Well, back in 1994, it was just a dream Dr. Waterhouse holding house
   (crypto-gang-sign handle: Seven)

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   gsikich1

   Oct 26, 2017 at 7:42 pm

   The link to the Orchid White Paper does not work.

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   jurvetson

   Oct 26, 2017 at 8:54 pm

   thanks… fixed now I hope.

   More from Orchid:

   One of the founders of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, once said “I imagined the web as an open platform that would allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities, and collaborate across geographic and cultural boundaries.” During the first days of the web, we used the internet as a communications platform to learn, express ideas, and build communities. The internet was a tool for freedom and collaboration. There were no limits—only possibilities.

   Berners-Lee’s dream of a collaborative, open-to-all internet has been replaced by today’s realities of government firewalls, ISP surveillance, and corporate data harvesting. Some of the brightest minds in the world lack access to Google and Wikipedia. And, in some countries, a blog post can get you jailed, or worse. Wherever you live, your personal data—your every click—is sold to the highest bidder. The internet doesn’t have to be this way.

   At Orchid Labs, we believe:

   1. The internet should be decentralized and free of censorship and surveillance

   2. Everyone deserves access to the internet, regardless of nationality

   3. That everyone should be able to control their own personal data

   If you live in a country without censorship, you’re fortunate. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t contribute to—and benefit from—the Orchid protocol. For those of us with unrestricted access to the internet, Orchid is a chance to safely and securely share your bandwidth—and get paid for it—which helps bring internet freedom to the rest of the people on the planet.

   The need for a censorship- and surveillance-free internet is clear. Throughout the world, there are dedicated, talented, passionate people fighting to make this ideal a reality. The Orchid protocol is an open-source contribution to that fight.

   If you believe, like we do, that the people on this planet—regardless of nationality—deserve unrestricted, uncensored access to information and communication, then join us in this open-source movement. There’s a way for everyone to contribute. Technologists can show their support by lending their expertise. Any internet user can help by sharing extra bandwidth. You can help make the internet a space for the exchange of free ideas and information. To find out how, visit orchid.com

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   gsikich1

   Oct 26, 2017 at 9:51 pm

   This is a great discussion, I hope to read more. The Orchid website did have the white paper so I was able to download a copy and forward it to colleagues.

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   jurvetson

   Nov 22, 2019 at 5:51 pm

   The Orchid Protocol network and app will launch on Android in early December: news

   And here’s their new white paper on the Orchid decentralized network and layer-two scaling solution to protect privacy on the internet. There is a particularly interesting section on probabilistic micropayments, essential to scaling beyond Ethereum’s TPS.

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