Masterthesis-Superorganism

Significant advancements in decentralized storage and computation technologies, decentralized consensus-based distributed ledger technologies and artificial intelligence have created new but largely unexplored possibilities. This work evaluates how those technologies can be combined to create a decentralized platform, that is completely controlled by the community and whose purpose is solely defined by the community. The system permits the bundling of power in form of central authorities and equally spreads the power over the community, the only requirement for participation being the possession of a computer with a webcam. In addition, financial wealth must not lead to an higher impact. When launched, the systems purpose is not defined. The default features of the system evolve during time depending on the ideas of the community and truly democratic processes. The system is able to reward users for participation with an intrinsic cryptographic currency. This should encourage the users to share ideas and concerns and in addition enables the possibility to spawn projects, which are realized and operated by the community, whereupon the participants are rewarded by the system. Whatever is decided by the community and created within the system, is paid by the system and owned by everybody, it becomes a common good. Hence, the community shapes the system and defines its purpose so that it serves the community according to their needs.