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TiberiusB: /* Characteristics of transnational networks */

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Characteristics of transnational networks

TiberiusB: /* Transnational does not mean immune */

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Transnational does not mean immune

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TiberiusB: /* What these cases tell us */

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What these cases tell us

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TiberiusB: /* Transnational organizations */

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Transnational organizations

TiberiusB at 18:44, 17 April 2024

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Transnational organizations

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 '''No single legal identity''': There should be no single corporation whose dissolution is equivalent to the destruction of the network.
 '''No single infrastructure provider''': The network should not depend upon a single cloud provider, data center, Internet service provider, country, or hosting company.
 '''Geographic mobility''': Infrastructure should be capable of moving between jurisdictions. Bitcoin mining demonstrated this dramatically during the Chinese crackdown.
 '''Protocol/institution separation''': The protocol should not be identical to the organization that originally created it. The protocol should be capable of surviving the disappearance, transformation, or capture of its original stewards.
 '''Forkability''': Open-source systems can be copied and independently continued. If a project becomes captured, participants can potentially fork the software and continue development elsewhere. Forkability prevents the original institutional structure from acquiring absolute ownership over the network's evolutionary trajectory.
 '''Cryptographic identity''': Participation can be based on cryptographic control rather than identity granted by a centralized institution. Holochain is particularly explicit about this model: agents create cryptographic identities and maintain their own signed source chains.
 '''Distributed validation''': the correctness of network activity should be validated by distributed participants rather than by one organization.
 '''Embedded normative systems''': Rules can increasingly move from documents and institutional procedures into executable protocol logic. Instead of merely saying ''The organization prohibits action X'', the infrastructure can enforce ''State transition X is invalid''.
 '''Organization-agnostic resources''': Resources should not necessarily belong to the platform through which they are discovered or used. This separates the existence of a resource from the existence of a particular organization.
 '''Economic self-reproduction''': A resilient network needs mechanisms that reward the contributions required to maintain it. Bitcoin provides an obvious example: ''Economic value -> Mining incentives -> Infrastructure -> Network security -> Confidence -> Economic value''. For an OVN, the analogous cycle could be: Useful resources -> Economic activity -> Contributions -> Contribution records -> Reputation / benefits -> More participation -> More resources
 '''Jurisdictional redundancy''': Critical functions should be distributed among participants in different jurisdictions.
 '''Multiple legal interfaces''': The organization should interface with existing legal systems through multiple peripheral entities rather than having a single legal entity constitute the organization itself.

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 == Transnational does not mean immune ==
-The concept should not be confused with immunity from state power. A transnational network still depends on physical reality. States control or influence:
+The concept should not be confused with immunity from state power. A transnational network still depends on physical reality. States control or influence: territory, electricity, telecommunications, physical infrastructure, taxation, courts, banking, manufacturing, immigration  employment, hardware supply chains, physical assets, law enforcement.
 A state can therefore impose enormous costs on participants. The stronger proposition is: '''A sufficiently distributed organization can become resistant to unilateral territorial capture.'''

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−	A network is genuinely ''transnational'' when no single territorial jurisdiction is a necessary condition for the network's continued existence.	+	A network is genuinely ''transnational'' when '''no single territorial jurisdiction is a necessary condition for the network's continued existence'''.

	The emergence of genuinely ''transnational organizations'' represents a potentially important ''new frontier'' in organizational evolution. The frontier is not simply geographical. It is a new socio-technical space created by distributed networks, cryptography, open protocols, peer-to-peer infrastructure, and new forms of digitally mediated coordination.		The emergence of genuinely ''transnational organizations'' represents a potentially important ''new frontier'' in organizational evolution. The frontier is not simply geographical. It is a new socio-technical space created by distributed networks, cryptography, open protocols, peer-to-peer infrastructure, and new forms of digitally mediated coordination.

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−	~~=Frontier=~~
−	~~A new frontier has been opened since the advent of blockchain technology, a ''transnational space'', a new space outside of the reach of territorial jurisdictions.~~
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−	~~=Transnational organizations=~~
−	A transnational [[organization]] cannot be stopped by a [[State]], in the sense that there is no mechanism through which a State alone can destroy it or even interfere with its operations. [[Bitcoin]] is a good example. We say that transnational [[organizations]] by their nature, [[capture resistant]], do not need defensive mechanisms.
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−	~~Transnational organizations are global and distributed.~~
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	A network is genuinely ''transnational'' when no single territorial jurisdiction is a necessary condition for the network's continued existence.		A network is genuinely ''transnational'' when no single territorial jurisdiction is a necessary condition for the network's continued existence.

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-| ! Architecture !! State can attack people !! State can attack interfaces !! State can necessarily destroy protocol |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+! Architecture !! State can attack people !! State can attack interfaces !! State can necessarily destroy protocol
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | - | --- | - | --------- | - | ------------------------------- |
+|-
-| Conventional corporation                                                                                           |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Yes                             |
+| Conventional corporation || Yes || Yes || Yes
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| Web2 platform                                                                                                      |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Usually                         |
+| Web2 platform || Yes || Yes || Usually
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| DAO                                                                                                                |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Depends on architecture         |
+| DAO || Yes || Yes || Depends on architecture
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| Bitcoin                                                                                                            |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Extremely difficult             |
+| Bitcoin || Yes || Yes || Extremely difficult
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| Immutable smart contracts                                                                                          |   | Yes |   | Sometimes |   | Extremely difficult             |
+| Immutable smart contracts || Yes || Sometimes || Extremely difficult
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| Holochain application                                                                                              |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Potentially difficult           |
+| Holochain application || Yes || Yes || Potentially difficult
-| -                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|-
-| OVN on Nondominium                                                                                                 |   | Yes |   | Yes       |   | Potentially extremely difficult |
+| OVN on Nondominium || Yes || Yes || Potentially extremely difficult
-| }                                                                                                                  |   |     |   |           |   |                                 |
+|}
 The final row should be understood as an architectural hypothesis rather than an empirical conclusion.

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-Beyond, outside of the reach / influence of a [[State|Nation State]].
+A network is genuinely ''transnational'' when no single territorial jurisdiction is a necessary condition for the network's continued existence.
 =Frontier=
-A new frontier has been opened since the advent of blockchain technology, a transnational space, a new space outside of the reach of National Governments.
+A new frontier has been opened since the advent of blockchain technology, a ''transnational space'', a new space outside of the reach of territorial jurisdictions.
 =Transnational organizations=
-A transnational [[organization]] cannot be stopped by a [[State]], in the sense that there is no mechanism through which a State can destroy it or even interfere with its operations. [[Bitcoin]] is a good example. We say that transnational [[organizations]] by their nature, [[capture resistant]], do not need defensive mechanisms.
+A transnational [[organization]] cannot be stopped by a [[State]], in the sense that there is no mechanism through which a State alone can destroy it or even interfere with its operations. [[Bitcoin]] is a good example. We say that transnational [[organizations]] by their nature, [[capture resistant]], do not need defensive mechanisms.
 Transnational organizations are global and distributed.

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	=Frontier=		=Frontier=

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 =Transnational organizations=
-For example, a transnational [[organization]] cannot be stopped by a State, in the sense that there is no mechanism through which a State can destroy it or even interfere with its operations. [[Bitcoin]] is a good example.
+A transnational [[organization]] cannot be stopped by a State, in the sense that there is no mechanism through which a State can destroy it or even interfere with its operations. [[Bitcoin]] is a good example. We say that transnational [[organizations]] by their nature, [[capture resistant]], do not need defensive mechanisms.
-Transnational [[organizations]] are also, by nature, [[capture resistant]].
+Transnational organizations are global and distributed.