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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Hi, Ant:</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">1) " ... darknet
... ": I am not aware of this terminology. Nonetheless, I
believe that bringing in a not commonly known word into a
discussion like this is just distraction tactic.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">2) " ... progress
... ": EzIP proposes a parallel cyberspace to the current
Internet which not only is none interfering to each other, but
also promises to require bare minimum engineering efforts to
deploy. This can settle the long debates on which way the
Internet should go via true experiments. If this is not regarded
as progress, I am not sure what qualifies so under your
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Regards,</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Abe (2022-04-02 08:55)</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-04-02 00:21, <a
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 1 Apr 2022, at 11:17, Abraham Y. Chen wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">4) EzIP proposes an overlay cyberspace with geographic flavor to restore the society infrastructure back to Pt. 2) above, while providing the daily services of Pt. 3). It essentially offers a parallel Internet for the peasants who can again expect protection from their local government who collects taxes, while without losing the benefits of the digital revolution.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">So essentially a darknet whose implementation happens to be patent-encumbered by you. This doesn’t sound like progress to me.
Ant
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