The Universal Sharing Network Proposal

The proposal to build the Universal Sharing Network (USN) is finally here, and we have completely revamped it based on your feedback.

The biggest change is in the way the USN is now firmly in the driver seat, with the Ethereum Computer (EC) acting as its trusted co-pilot.

There is no doubt the EC deployments will very quickly dwarf the number of full Ethereum nodes out there, especially as they essentially become the ideal Proof of Stake hardware wallet, complete with a Trusted Execution Environment.

This puts the platform in a very good position to help bootstrap and support important sister protocols including Whisper and SWARM/IPFS. I’m also extremely excited about the EC potential as both an entertainment and development platform, paving the way for Web 3 to come into existence.

The code for the Proposal can be found at:
https://github.com/slockit/smart-contract/blob/master/USN.sol

The address of the deployed Proposal is:

Voting will be enabled as soon as the Curators add us to the whitelist, which bring me to my upcoming post: how to vote on these Proposals!

About the Author

Stephan Tual is the Founder and COO of Slock.it.

Previously CCO for the Ethereum project, Stephan has three startups under his belt and brings 20 years of enterprise IT experience to the Slock.it project. Before discovering the Blockchain, Stephan held CTO positions at leading data analytics companies in London with clients including VISA Europe and BP.

His current focus is on the intersection of blockchain technology and embedded hardware, where autonomous agents can transact as part of an optimal “Economy of Things”.

Twitter: @stephantual
Contact: stephan@slock.it

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