Is Safe Inflation real?

[Dimitar]

The idea is that a foundation plays the role of an oracle. It sees what is happening in the outside world and can help the network not only against vampire attacks but also against social attacks.

If we embed the mechanism in the network itself (this mechanism should not only increase the yield of new tokens for farmers, but also increase the upload of new data so that the network can grow faster than another vampire network) it will not know what the attack is - why people have reduced data uploads and why are farmers declining? - because there is a second network carrying out an attack at the moment or because religious leaders have forbidden believers to use the network?

The oracle can differentiate between the two and react appropriately.

@Bogard

The risk can be categorized into two main types:

1. Economic
   If the network’s token economy model is not handled correctly, an early fork with a more robust economic model will quickly garner attention. The example of UniSwap vs SushiSwap that @dimitar linked to above was eye-opening to me. Essentially, the copy (SushiSwap) supplanted the original (UniSwap) and forced the original to adopt the same (greedy) economic model as the copy in order to survive.It will be important for the network to start off with a robust economic model at the outset so that it does not have to scramble later on to match a fork’s model or undo self-inflicted damage.

2. Reputational
   Going by some of the posts on the forum in the aftermath of the Jan 6 insurrection in the United States capital, the network may become a haven for the fascist types who willfully work to undermine democratic ideals while wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind freedom of speech, rights that they plainly deny others. If that happens, the network runs the risk of acquiring the reputation of being a haven for reprehensible content and people with non-peaceful views and predilections. The mainstream would not adopt such a network and a fork with advertised moderation and more wholesome image could quickly supplant it.