What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything? Probably a number. Everything that exists in nature, be it the exact mechanics of a cheetah’s stride, the patterned design of a peacock’s feathers, or the trajectory of a stone being skipped across a pond, can be explained by mathematics. Outside of nature, humanity also answers to numbers. This can be an oppressive feeling for many people. Some are trapped by the numbers they see on their monthly credit card bill. Many work hard and save money, only to realize that the people they trust to handle their money have actually debased it over time. Others create content yet find that most of their profit has been taken away by middlemen.
What if control of these numbers were taken away from centralized forces such as banks and middlemen? Imagine a system of numbers verified only by the energy needed to process them. Control of this system would not be limited to a single entity, but rather to those actively participating in contributing to the system, similar to a shared Google drive file with many, many, many contributors. Sounds like something cooked up by nature, doesn’t it? Through blockchain, human-created systems can reach the beauty of what we see in nature. When we say “blockchain ecosystem,” we aren’t only calling attention to our knowledge of tech jargon. Many blockchain ecosystems actively attempt to imitate the balance and harmony of natural ecosystems.
NASGO is one such system. A fully functional blockchain with a delegated proof of stake (DPoS) model. DPoS heavily encourages decentralization, as stakeholders are able to choose who they believe should be able to validate transactions. This is in contrast to a traditional proof of work (PoW) system, where a few wealthy individuals who buy their way into reaping a large proportion of mining rewards end up being the ones in control of the system. With DPoS, NASGO is able to make sure that the most valuable users of the network, rather than the most affluent, get rewarded for their efforts. Such a system fits perfectly with NASGO vision of a truly decentralized ecosystem of content creators, businesses, and consumers. Power is not disproportionately given to a few individuals, but rather spread across members of the network.
At its core, NASGO is defined by powerful use cases. For example, Jaafar Jackson, the son of Jermaine Jackson, has elected to tokenize his debut album on the NASGO platform. He chose to tokenize his assets to take power away from middlemen such as record labels and instead put the power back in his own hands. In a world where record labels treat musicians like slaves, NASGO provides talented artists like Jaafar Jackson with a chance to have full control over the distribution of their content.
We live in a relational reality. Our universe is not defined by the individual protons, neutrons, and electrons that make up matter, but the interrelatedness of these basic units. And behind each relationship is a number. Blockchain shows us how numbers can be a force for creating true balance in human systems and NASGO will be at the forefront of such a movement. The answer to life, the universe, and everything may not be “42” like Douglas Adams suggested in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It may, instead, look something more like this: “NLEbUv8bAmjN4RfJwwSMZkfrX8UUtYiRdU”.
