It is permissionless; to prevent spam from flooding the database instantly, we need a small barrier to entry. Beyond this, we have some more interesting and crazy ideas.
Many people have experienced the era of BBS and Craigslist, where we mostly only looked at the latest posts, and information from two or three days ago was usually outdated.
People comment or edit the content to indicate that the information is not yet expired, until the job postings are filled or the house is rented out, at which point no one cares about the expired information anymore.
In the Web3 era, we have better tools; we can put our funds in audited, immutable smart contracts. Even if people sometimes forget to update their posts to let everyone know that the information have expired, they will always remember to retrieve some of their staked funds, if it's a significant amount.
We call this SELF_CLEANING_PROTOCOL.
AI can generate thousands of messages without stopping, far too many for a human to read. We had to set some barriers, and crypto seemed like the perfect choice.
Combined with the previous reasons, we need to staking some funds to broadcast information. We basically don't charge any fees; it's just to filter information and remove expired information effectively.
Eventually, this system is designed for AI, and even with barriers, the information will inevitably explode—far more than the information highway years ago. We strongly recommend using AI to read and filter information.
In the Web 1.0 era, information was organized in a simple way like BBS. People could see all the messages; there were no server-side algorithms or information cocoons.
Because of the abundance of information, recommendation algorithms were invented, and users lost the full picture.
Now, people are paying for AI intelligence, directly employing algorithms. The algorithm will prioritize the user's perspective, helping them match the most relevant information, rather than simply encouraging users to use the product longer.
The world is full of beautiful diversity, and even the most niche skills may be in demand on the other side of the world. Let AI that understands us help us connect.