P2P Foundation
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| Seat | Amsterdam |
| founding | 2005
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| place | Amsterdam , Netherlands |
| Website | p2pfoundation.net |
P2P Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Michel Bauwens that deals with the implications and opportunities of peer-to-peer technologies for society. The institute was registered under the name Stichting Peer to Peer Alternatives , dossier no: 34264847 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
purpose
The declared aim of the organization is to provide a platform for advocates of social restructuring based on peer-to-peer processes. The organization's Choke Point Project aims to map the entire Internet and to point out how easy it is to turn off the Internet for large parts of the population. It won the 2011 Golden Nica Award for "The Next Idea" .
Bitcoin Nakamoto controversy
Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin , published one of the first articles about Bitcoin on the P2P Foundation website.
See also
- Commons-based peer production
- Adhocracy
- Share economy
- Free hardware
- Open Source Ecology
- Digital revolution
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ An interview with Michel Bauwens founder of Foundation for P2P Alternatives . www.furtherfield.org. July 1st, 2011. Archived from the original on August 31st, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ↑ Stichting Peer to Peer Alternatives ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Open kvk, (Retrieved on Jan. 6, 2015)
- ^ P2P Foundation: About . In: p2pfoundation.net .
- ↑ Kat Austen. Ars Electronica celebrates subversion , New Scientist , CultureLab, September 5, 2011
- ^ Ars Electronica: Nica Prize Winners Announced. Retrieved May 31, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Catherine Shu, “Real” Satoshi Claims He Is Not Dorian Nakamoto , Tech Crunch, (March 6, 2014).
- ↑ Ian Paul: Both Satoshi Nakamotos say accused Satoshi Nakamoto isn't Bitcoin's creator . In: PCWorld . March 7, 2014.
