How can we achieve the "dream" of building Nations on Hive? Can it be done, by the way? Well, I believe it can, and not too difficult to accomplish. All we need is to replicate things that help physical nations function properly on Hive nations. Let's make this easier to understand, just imagine you moved to an island far away from civilization with about 500 people and your purpose of moving to the island is to start a new life as nation, what are you going to put in place to ensure that things works out well for the future of the new nation? Ofcourse, the first and the most important is to have a basic law or constitution which will be the foundation or framework to build the Nation. The law is going to guide all the activities and conducts of the nation. And it's going to serve as standard for development on the island. What else do we need, we will need markets, hospitals, schools, courts, water, roads, police station, good spiritual centers, etc., all built according to the law. We will basically develop things we will need in the nation according to the law, starting from the most important to the least important things.
Let's see how this can be applied on Hive:
We need a basic law from which other laws, rules, standards will be based on. The basic law has to factor in the existence of Good and evil, reward good with good and punish evil, set up to protect humans (and the rest of creations) from evil while they live & work for the good of others, and provide them with every good thing possible in sustainable and humane manner. And most importantly, the law needs to recognize the fact that a CREATOR is the source of all creations and all good things of life, and make sure HE is given thanks (Thanksgiving), that HIS Will is done (HIS Will = HIS commands, our good works or HIS good purpose for us) and HIS Creations are treated with love and respect. This is the basic law or foundation upon which everything on Hive should be hinged on.
Sub Rules and principles of Hive Network :
- Decentralization: everything or most things on Hive need to be decentralized. And by decentralization we mean that no one has ultimate control over the network with little to zero checks and balances from members. Power and control of the network have to be decentralized or distributed across the network to all members.
- Transparency: non-private information, non-private activities etc have to be transparent
- Immutability: it should be impossible to permanently delete and change information/data on the network. Old records must always be available for possible use in the future.
- Censorship Resistance: It should be almost impossible to censor transactions/information unless it prevents the network from functioning properly.
- Permissionlessness/Trustlessness: Little to no permission or trust should be required to join the network and it's subnetworks.
- Reputation/Trust: good reputation score should be built up over time for trustworthy users. Untrustworthiness attracts bad reputation score.
- Merit: Users should be ranked based on how well they do their jobs/works
Etc
Some of the things that should be built on the propose Hive Nations
First of all, I think it's OK for individuals(private sector) to provide goods and services that are needed on Hive whenever they can, but not to the detriment of those in need of them the most. But since this is crypto, we could make sure big businesses are not centralized in order to give those interested in their goods and services the opportunity to be part of them. One of the most suitable models for crypto that I would rather encourage more is private and public partnership, which would make it possible for anyone to invest and have a say in the running of a business, company or institution. With this model, you need little to no permission to join a crypto company to work for them, but your influence in the company will only grow if you do your job really well.
With this model, an individual could start a decentralized crypto company/business to solve the needs of Hive nations, become one of the major shareholders/coinholders and still allows anyone to effortlessly join the company, work for it, & also be a stake/coinholder. We do not have to wait for some sort of Hive government or the public to build, own and run companies, institutions, infrastructures etc. Perhaps, such government could just focus on providing subsidy tokens for the poor who have contributed greatly to development and growth of Hive via their efforts/hardwork but can't afford the needed goods and services from the network.
With this model, we will have less government participations in the running of Hive but rather let private sector partner with the public to build and run things such as security centers, health centers, knowledge centers, marketplaces, exchanges etc, and possibly profits from them via fees, increase price of their token holdings, selling products, etc
Creating Institutions, businesses, etc on Hive from the most important to the least important.
Firstly, let's have a list of things a new Nation would need to solve the daily needs of its people. And we should expect the private sector to build the companies and institutions that produce them since they are in strong demands.
A proper Nation would need these:
Health centers, Security centers, Courts,, Shelters, Transportation, Courier services, Knowledge centers, Insurance, Marketplaces, Exchanges etc. They could be built as Decentralized Applications (DApps or dApps) and should really be decentralized.
It's important to note that these businesses/institutions could exist both physically and online serving both online and offline customers.
The businesses and institutions should firstly operate for the good of Hive Network, and then the World. For example, the knowledge from the schools or knowledge centers should be designed to help people discover their talents, teach people to be creative, problem solvers, knowledgeable about things in life and do things better, when they pass from the schools they are given certificates to help them in gaining employment that's mostly based on merit on the Hive Network and probably elsewhere in the world. Security centers would help secure members and the network in general ... etc.
Ranking similar businesses, institutions on single page according to their quality
To encourage high standards it is important to rank up businesses and institutions that provide high quality goods and services without compromising on standard.
We could have a page where all the businesses and institutions on Hive are listed, the similar ones will be in their category probably on a separate section where they can be ordered according to their rankings by their customers and reviewers. The top ranked ones are of the highest quality making it easy for members to find the best businesses while encouraging businesses to provide high quality products and services.
Finally, a Network becomes truly independent if its affairs are managed without relying too much on the outside world. To achieve true independence, the network needs to build it own businesses, companies, institutions with the use of resources available locally and becoming self-sustaining.
Previous Posts:
Turning Hive into Cyber Nations (Part 1)
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Mutually beneficial Marketplace on Hive
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