P2P Foundation

P2P Foundation: The Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives is an organization with the aim of studying the impact of peer to peer technology and thought on society. It was founded by Michel Bauwens - wikipedia

YOUTUBE sO-QJLDpHQ0 Michel Bauwens, founder of the peer-to-peer foundation, gives a description of the overview of the transformation proposal.

The three key responses we see from the world in crisis can be grouped as the movements around Sustainability, Openness and Solidarity, gives the starting blocks, working into the bridges between them, the political structures (both local and global) and the economic enablement required to assist the transition.

The P2P Foundation is a registered institute founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its local registered name is: Stichting Peer to Peer Alternatives - openkvk.nl

# Mission

The P2P Foundation serves as a networking site for those who support developing peer to peer (Social peer-to-peer processes) processes "for many systems within the current socio-economic and cultural-political order".P2P Foundation:About Its Choke Point Project aims to map the entire internet. It won the Golden Nica Award for "The Next Idea" 2011.<ref name="newscientist">Kat Austen. ''Ars Electronica celebrates subversion '', New Scientist, CultureLab, 5 September 2011</ref>

# Nakamoto controversy

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, released one of the first papers describing bitcoin on the p2p website.<ref name =crunch>Catherine Shu, “Real” Satoshi Claims He Is Not Dorian Nakamoto , Tech Crunch, (March 6, 2014).</ref> When Newsweek ran an article claiming Nakamoto is Dorian S. Nakamoto from Temple City, California, Nakamoto's user profile posted that he was not Dorian.<ref name = crunch/>Both Satoshi Nakamotos say accused Satoshi Nakamoto isn't Bitcoin's creator The p2p foundation verified that the account was the same account that posted one of the first papers describing bitcoin.<ref name = crunch/>Desperately Seeking Satoshi: Bitcoin Creator Hunt Turns Bizarre On September 2014, Nakamoto's p2p account was allegedly hacked and a post was made to his account that said his information was being sold on Darknet.Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency Will Bitcoin's creator be unmasked for $12,000?

# See also

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