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From YouTube: Filecoin Network as Data Commons - Michael Zargham
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A
I
am
going
to
be
talking
about
file
coin
network
as
a
data
commons
and-
and
I
think
I
I'd
like
to
sort
of
start
by
pointing
out
that,
while
file
coin
network
is
relatively
nascent,
it
has
offers
a
lot
of
opportunities
in
addition
to
early
challenges-
and
I
think
you
know
one
of
the
most
important
aspects
of
it
is
the
sort
of
innovation
of
this
sort
of
shared
digital
space.
A
So
with
that
in
mind,
I'm
going
to
start
by
kind
of
giving
a
little
bit
of
an
overview
of
what
a
commons
is
and
sort
of
see
why
we're
using
it
as
the
term
in
this
case,
so
a
commons
is
essentially
ellie,
says
we're
using
it
as
an
institution
for
the
management
of
common
pool
resources.
A
We
can
think
of
it
in
some
time.
In
some
cases,
people
think
of
it
as
the
common
pool
resources
themselves,
but
I
think
it's
actually
particularly
important
to
look
at
it
at
the
institutional
scale,
where
it
accounts
for
the
people,
the
shared
resources
and
the
process
through
which
those
resources
are
shared,
and
this
tends
to
be
associated
with
a
more
ecological
sort
of
systems.
Thinking
way
of
reasoning
about
about
processes
and
people
and
resources,
and
in
particular
it
allows
us
to
have
this
massive
coordination
and
even
amongst
all
of
the
individual
challenges.
A
Kind
of
come
together
to
provide
a
heterogeneous
mix
of
services,
build
a
mix
of
relationships
across
many
layers
to
achieve
the
sort
of
net
effect
of
a
powerful
web
3
based
cloud
system
and
enable
like
real
world
use
cases
at
the
same
time.
So
you
know
practically
speaking,
though
we're
working
in
the
context
of
a
digital
commons,
and-
and
this
is
generally
a
commons
involving
the
distribution
and
communal
ownership
of
information
resources
and
technology,
they
tend
to
be
resources
which
are
designed
developed
maintained
by
the
community.
That's
using
them
in
this
case.
A
This
is
pretty
rich
because
we
actually
have
a
pretty
wide
distribution
of
resources.
It's
not
necessarily
that
the
the
platform
owns
them
so
much
as
we
work
together
to
allocate
them
and
a
lot
of
the
economic
principles
inside
of
filecoin
can
be
thought
of
as
tools
for
spreading
information
around
in
in
facilitating
coordination,
whether
that's
the
allocation
of
physical
capital
or
data,
or
even
the
decision
making
processes
around
the
vile
coin
improvement
process.
A
So
if
we
take
this
idea
of
filecoin
network
as
a
digital
commons,
we
can
realize
that
the
community
is
actually
made
up
of
the
of
the
storage
miners,
the
storage
clients,
researchers,
developers,
investors
and
actually
any
of
the
other
types
of
roles
that
are
emerging
as
new
applications
and
new
workflows
are
being
presented,
whether
those
are
lenders
or
insurers
or
other
providers
of
like
up
stack
tools
that
ultimately
make
this
whole
ecosystem
work
better.
A
In
this
case,
we
can
think
of
the
shared
resources
as
being
the
hardware,
the
software
and
the
data,
but
also
the
decision
making
processes
and
infrastructures
that
that
are
being
built
on
top
of
this,
and
they
tend
to
be
manifest
as
software
and
data.
But
in
some
cases
they're.
Just
like
patterns,
like
you
know,
market
patterns
and
norms
and
these
types
of
these
types
of
resources
that
we're
using
are
expanding.
At
this
time.
A
I
think,
in
fact,
particularly
quickly
because
of
the
sort
of
upstart
nature
of
this,
we
got
the
kind
of
basics
down,
but
the
things
that
are
coming
in
the
future
are
really
going
to
kind
of
pour
fuel
on
the
fire
or
sort
of
accelerate
the
process.
But
let's
take
an
emphasis
for
the
moment
that
it's
not
just
about
the
people
or
the
resources,
but
the
processes
that
are
used
to
govern
them.
A
A
We
would
imagine
any
aspect
of
the
file
coin
system
being
sort
of
subject
to
a
slow
evolution
over
time
in
response
to
the
the
participants
in
that
system
itself
across
the
wide
range
of
roles
that
they
fulfill,
but
in
a
way
that's
predictable
and
not
subject
to
sort
of
being
jerked
around
and
in
in
the
nutshell.
A
This
is
why
we
think
of
alcorn
as
a
commons
and
in
particular
digital
commons,
but
what's
kind
of
cool
about
this-
is
that
it
has
the
opposite
property
that
is
maybe
traditionally
associated
with
the
tragedy
of
the
commons,
because
it's
digital
in
nature,
there's
a
sort
of
feed
forward
effect
or
a
positive
externality,
where
participating
in
the
file
coin
network
creates
more
value
for
the
other
participants.
A
New
new
applications
or
new
workflows
being
added,
creates
more
value,
and
this
comes
in
the
form
of
the
introduction
of
lenders
and
insurers
or
data
applications
that
actually
turn
the
data
off
the
file
coin
network
itself
into
powerful
data
streams
that
will
serve
the
operational
automations
or
the
reputation
and
discovery
aspects
of
the
users
up
stack.
So
in
a
nutshell,
what
makes
this
so
cool
is
that
we
don't
really
have
a
tragedy
of
the
commons.
A
For
everyone
over
time-
and
I
think
it's
a
really
important
application
of
these
sort
of
institutional
frameworks
around
commons
and
that
what
I
like
about
it,
the
most
is
that
it
allows
us
some
some
insight
into
what
we
might
be
able
to
do
to
grow
this
ecosystem,
and
we
could
all
benefit
from
that
growth.
And
so
you
know
kind
of
to
the
topics
brought
up
earlier.
A
We
have
these
emergence
of
d5
primitives
liquidity,
pools,
lending
protocols,
insurance
contracts
that
can
be
serviced
to
mitigate
risk
or
even
just
reallocate
that
that
across
time
scale,
so
someone
who
wants
to
sort
of
manage
a
mining
pool
might
need
to
offload
some
risk
in
in
the
form
of
insurance
contracts,
or
they
might
need
to
borrow
tokens,
and
in
doing
so
they
actually
change
their
own
sort
of
risk
reward
profile,
but
they're
sort
of
paying
someone
else
to
bear
that,
and
in
this
sense
the
the
conservation's
there
we
haven't
made
anything
go
away,
but
we've
allowed
participants
to
experience
it
in
in
a
in
a
distribution,
that's
more
fitting
for
them,
and
this
sort
of
concept
kind.
A
It
extends
well
beyond
financial
applications.
To
things
very
data
focused
filecoin,
plus
and
verified
data,
the
integration
with
data
markets
and
even
sort
of
data
doubts
and
in
a
sense
like
sub-dials
organizations,
around
specific
data
sets
and
their
collection
and
maintenance.
A
I'm
a
particular
fan
of
this
merkle
forest
idea,
where
we're
looking
at
the
way
that
data
is
linked
and
interrelated,
using
the
the
power
of
content.
Addressable
dhts,
and
I
also
have
some
soft
spot
for
being
able
to
verify
computation
on
data
and
create
chains
of
reference
and
context.
So
these
are
kinds
of
areas
that
I'm
the
most
interested
in.
A
But
that's
because
I'm
a
data,
scientist
others
are
interested
in
building
out
reputation,
services
and
discovery
platforms,
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
giving
a
talk
a
little
bit
earlier
during
the
summit
about
these
kinds
of
reputation,
systems
and
quality
metrics,
and
we
can
probably
check
out
the
recording
if
you're,
interested
and
then.
A
Finally,
some
really
critical
applications
in
the
cross-platform
integrations
will
make
it
possible
for
people
to
experience
the
file
storage
from
the
filecoin
system
in
a
web
to
compatible
way
in
particular
sort
of
having
dropbox
or
google
drive
like
experiences.
But
you
know
it's
going
to
take
some
time
to
build
up
that
infrastructure
and
the
more
that
it
gets
built.
A
The
more
users
will
end
up
using
the
system
and
the
sort
of
growth
of
our
commons
will
continue
in
a
very
reasonable
and
sustainable
way,
as
opposed
to
in
a
way
that
sort
of
undermines
or
takes
away
from
the
other
users.
So
you
know
kind
of
tying
it
back
to
the
first
point:
we
have
the
emerging
bridges
to
web
3
things
like
wrapped
file
coin
sort
of
enable
these
liquidity
pools
and
landing
protocols.
A
So
you
know-
and
these
are
just
some
ideas-
I
think
the
thing
that's
most
exciting
about
this-
is
that
there's
a
degree
of
freedom
for
ideation
discovery,
trial
and
error
to
build
this
this
commons
together.
So
with
that,
I
just
thank
you
for
having
me
here
and
I
look
forward
to
building
with
all
of
you.