There’s nothing guaranteeing that it stays free if all major clients they matter decide they will charge. Especially if relays become part of their core offering.
Yes you can fork and do free but then you’ll just fragment yourself from everyone else.
I'm ready. Haven't even set the precedent of thinking it's free. I already spend more on zaps than a reasonable subscription costs.
If people don't put their money where their mouths are, we will end up with ads, and ads are 💀
I will not tolerate ads.
Could have a world with ad sponsored relays and with user paid relays 🤷♂️
As with Bitcoin, it is not guaranteed. We accept the axiom of resistance, and resist centralization by running free relays ✊🏼
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Axiom-of-Resistance
In a deflationary society with exponential technology wanting to deliver value at ever increasing speeds, all prices will trend to zero
There will be increasing competition to offer more value for less cost
Forgive me... I believe in hyperbitcoinisation 💪... and I'm a fan of #[4] 👌
This is far more of an interesting conversation than most realize. Business models completely change over time where the best are constantly innovating to provide value for users with them
winning share (and potential revenue and profits) while they do and then moving to provide more value while the previous spot they occupied moves to free.
Gotcha 👍
I think it’s would also be speeded up by the growth of complimentary technologies and social changes
E.G. with the growth of sovereign computing (Umbrel, Start9) the cost of contributing some bandwidth and disk space to the network is hidden in the cost of the node hardware and a monthly broadband subscription
For many it’ll be a privilege and an honour for others their civil duty
What would be the incentive of adding labor to provide a free service? Upsells?
