Free file-sharing systems are exactly like the cow pasture described in the original "tragedy of the commons" essay -- lots of cows chomp freely until the pasture is barren and of no use to anyone. Mojo Nation avoids this by ensuring that everyone give to the system in order to get from the system.
Mojo Nation hinders the uploading of trash by charging users a bit of digital currency for each transaction, including publishing to the system. (That feature also serves to frustrate "denial of service" attacks, too.)
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Free file-sharing systems are exactly like the cow pasture described in the original "tragedy of the commons" essay -- lots of cows chomp freely until the pasture is barren and of no use to anyone. Mojo Nation avoids this by ensuring that everyone give to the system in order to get from the system.
Mojo Nation hinders the uploading of trash by charging users a bit of digital currency for each transaction, including publishing to the system. (That feature also serves to frustrate "denial of service" attacks, too.)