Well it is good to know that you are still around and reading the thread @Eystein_Hansen . The silence is deafening.
I understand that crypto has been in a brutal bear market and that people are too scared to call a spade a spade for fear of hurting their own bags. But, sometimes it is necessary to point out when things are headed in the wrong direction.
I also commented on @astroboysoup 's thread regarding his video about Iagon which was titled: “The New Filecoin, Decentralised Storage! Iagon Launches on Mainnet”
Iagon cannot be considered decentralised when it has closed source code and patented APIs. Moreover, any dapps that use Iagon “middleware” for file storage will in turn cede any decentralisation to the Iagon patent controllers. Iagon is like a Trojan horse where anything built upon it will have it’s decentralisation undermined.
This is what Charles Hoskinson said about patents in his testimony to congress:
- “The power of blockchain technology is its universality and permissionless model for innovation. True competition exists when everyone has equal access to markets. My company, IOG, has never had to pay a royalty, file a patent application, or acquire a license to pursue blockchain-related business development in countries as diverse as Ethiopia to Mongolia.”
Then there is this 2017 IOHK blog:
- “This is a recognition of the pioneering work that IOHK is doing in advancing the science of cryptocurrencies, producing research that will all be open source and patent-free and progress the industry as a whole.”
And this 2020 IOHK blog:
- “We have produced more than 60 peer-reviewed academic papers, which have become an open-source, patent-free resource for everyone.”
And this succinct 2022 Charles Hoskinson tweet:
- “If it’s patent free and open source, then I’ll take a look at it”
And this is what the cardano.org website says at the bottom of the page:
- “We, alongside our community and partners, are defining a new future: a decentralized future without intermediaries, in which power is returned to the individual.”
“WITHOUT INTERMEDIARIES”
Software patents are the very antithesis of decentralisation. Software patents cede control to hidden intermediaries which gives them the power to exploit us in the future. This is exactly the opposite of what we are trying to build into Cardano’s financial operating system.