#OMN (Open Media Network)Jan 23, 2021

On every measurable indicator, Bitcoin has been a failure

One simple metric for judging #Bitcoin, is has it actually replaced or seriously disrupted the banking system? The answer is obviously no. The same financial institutions still dominate global economics. The same scams continue. The same offshore tax havens still hide elitist wealth. Politicians and oligarchs continue stuffing money into secrecy jurisdictions exactly as before. The banking system remains firmly in place, untouched at its core. Bitcoin promised disintermediation, it promised […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/on-every-measurable-indicator-bitcoin-has-been-a-failure/

witchescauldronMay 4
The #OMN is a path to growing an alternative to corporate-controlled platforms (#dotcons), a “public-first” digital commons. Composting the #encryptionist detour https://hamishcampbell.com/the-encryptionist-detour/
The #encryptionist detour – #OMN (Open Media Network)

BubblesMay 4
The #encryptionist detour
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-encryptionist-detour?ref=bubbles.town
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The #encryptionist detour – #OMN (Open Media Network)

#OMN (Open Media Network)May 4

The #encryptionist detour

Let’s look back to before the #Fediverse, to be honest about the last two decades of #openweb failure, for a long time we got pulled off the path. Not only by enemies, but by a mix of fear, fashion, and half-understood technical “solutions” that felt right to fearful people at the time. The rise of the dogmatic, blinded #encryptionist mindset came out of real conditions of mass surveillance revelations (Snowden era), common sense #neoliberal distrust of states and corporations and the […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-encryptionist-detour/

#OMN (Open Media Network)Apr 27

#OMN Grounding (the roots as a story)

#techchurn is the endless cycle of adopting new platforms, tools, and technologies - not because they solve any real problems, but because novelty is mistaken for progress. It burns community trust, institutional memory, and activist energy, while leaving the underlying #nastyfew power structures untouched.https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=techchurn The #OMN uses #stupidindividualism to describe the culturally manufactured habit of prioritising personal gain and self-interest over collective […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-grounding-the-roots-as-a-story/

#OMN Grounding (the roots as a story) – #OMN (Open Media Network)

witchescauldronApr 24

#encryptionist refers to technologists and developers who prioritise cryptographic security and technical control as an end in itself - replacing human trust and open social relationships with code-enforced systems, embodying the #geekproblem tendency to solve political and social problems with technical fixes rather than addressing any underlying social dynamics.

https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=Encryptionist

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hamish campbellApr 3

@_elena @evan @Sascha

It’s not about features. It’s about culture.

#ActivityPub comes out of the #openweb tradition.

#Bluesky comes out of a split lineage - #openweb roots, shaped by #dotcons incentives, with an #encryptionist upbringing.

#OMN (Open Media Network)Apr 2

Why do we keep bringing this up?

If we want a better web, we have to stop pretending this is just about “bad tech companies doing bad things.” Of course, they are-that’s what capitalist incentives produce. The real question is: what are we doing differently? That means accepting some uncomfortable truths. The better path will be less convenient, at least at first. We will have to socially support things that used to look free on the #dotcons. Because the cost we didn’t want to face is simple: the #openweb was always […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-keep-bringing-this-up/

witchescauldronFeb 17
Trust, encryption, and the risk of “trustless” thinking https://hamishcampbell.com/trust-encryption-and-the-risk-of-trustless-thinking/ The #encryptionist movement has a blind spot.
Trust, encryption, and the risk of “trustless” thinking – #OMN (Open Media Network)

#OMN (Open Media Network)Feb 16

Trust, encryption, and the risk of “trustless” thinking

The #encryptionist movement has a blind spot. Not because encryption itself is bad - it isn’t. Encryption is a tool to protect dissidents, journalists, communities under threat, and everyday privacy. In the small picture, strong encryption is often necessary. But in the bigger picture, something more subtle is happening. Strands of crypto and decentralisation culture promote the idea of removing trust - replacing social relationships with mathematical guarantees, “trustless systems,” […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/trust-encryption-and-the-risk-of-trustless-thinking/

Trust, encryption, and the risk of “trustless” thinking – #OMN (Open Media Network)