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		rishirishi on Jan 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Will Happen in the 2020s Who pays for the "free remote data storage"? And who writes the software for the cell phone mesh network?

hanniabu on Jan 1, 2020 [–]

The people operating them if you have the proper incentives in place such as is done with cryptocurrencies. They pay the upfront operational cost and then are paid for usage by those using the network.

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