Space Decentral: A decentralized autonomous space agency
I created a working group with a few friends interested in space and crypto to develop a solid, sustainable design for Space Decentral: A decentralized autonomous space agency. You are invited to participate.
The idea is to leverage recent developments in crypto to bootstrap a global, distributed, decentralized, P2P space agency of the people, by the people, for the people.
Space Decentral will be a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation (DAC) focused on world-changing space projects with 1) a potential to help establishing an interplanetary (and tomorrow interstellar) civilization, and 2) a potential to make money (or at least recover the costs). Besides “real” space projects, enabling technology development projects and related media projects will also be considered.
The project is structured as follows:
- First phase: Conceptual Design (WHY/WHAT). Why we are doing this (vision and mission), and what exactly we want to do. I think it’s important to complete this phase before moving on to detailed design.
- Second phase: Detailed Design (HOW). How to implement the conceptual design with available or developing blockchain technologies. This is the time to discuss blockchain tech, Ethereum, alternatives, software design etc. The output should be a detailed design whitepaper ready for implementation.
- Third phase: Implementation and launch.
Reading list (more recent first):
- DAOs and DACs in the Real Physical World: Open Questions
- A decentralized autonomous space agency
- It’s a DAO World: Subversive Blockchain-Based Business Models
- The DAO Raises More Than $117 Million in World’s Largest Crowdfunding to Date
- A Virtual World Space Agency
- Globalization and Open Source Nano Economy
I created a Facebook group to start with, because all current participants are active on Facebook, and Facebook permits structured discussions. If you are on Facebook, just apply to join the group. If you are not on Facebook, please comment here or contact me. We could expand/move to other platforms (mailing list, Slack…) if needed. Please get in touch if you would like to participate.
Image from NASA and Wikimedia Commons.
