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A Grassroots Architecture to Supplant Global Digital Platforms by a Global Digital Democracy

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arxiv 2404.13468 v5 pith:GRGFWKD6 submitted 2024-04-20 cs.NI cs.CYcs.DCcs.MAcs.SI

Ehud Shapiro This is my paper · ORCID
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We present an architectural alternative to global digital platforms termed grassroots, designed to serve the social, economic, civic, and political needs of local digital communities, as well as their federation. Grassroots platforms may offer local communities an alternative to global digital platforms while operating solely on the smartphones of their members, forsaking any global resources other than the network itself. Such communities may form digital economies without initial capital or external credit, exercise sovereign democratic governance, and federate, ultimately resulting in the grassroots formation of a global digital democracy.

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