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Re:Urbit by iudqnolq on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:01AM (#21676037)
There's also the voting power for sale. It's not completely clear to me what the power of the senate is, but it seems more than deciding the size of the namespace from the voting info on Github
Re:Urbit by yebyen on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:05AM (#21676057)
Sale is one way the power gets more concentrated or distributed, perhaps unfortunately universal truth in today's world, not only for Urbit galaxies.

I am a galaxy holder and, as the record may show if the record remains intact, all I did was show up and keep coming back, at a time when lots of people were not coming back due to technical issues or whatever other issues.

I'm also not sure what actual power I have as one of these senators, for whatever that's worth (it's not clear to you, it's not clear to us!) although I have heard these galaxies keep going up in value, I will note second that at least as of today, I have not benefited in any way financially from this notion of value that I received.

Re:Urbit by iudqnolq on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:12AM (#21676086)
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I think we can all agree it would be great if the internet became more private, secure, accessible, and decentralized. I hope Urbit provides that because I hope anything provides that. Whether it lives up to its promises will depend on so many factors I'm not interested in getting involved, but I wish you the best of luck. I'll be cheering if you succeed, for what that's worth.
Re:Urbit by yebyen on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:15AM (#21676105)
Likewise! And thanks to you too!