Accounting is finally the future of something
At least that is what the BBC is writing in an article about peer to peer networks undermined by users downloading files without redistributing anything. The solution: an imaginary “currency” that would enforce good manners, and a whole of bean counting to go with it of course!
Peer-to-peer networks can become sluggish if too many users download content without sharing with others.
Using bandwidth as a kind of currency helps to encourage better habits said Dr Johan Pouwelse [who] has been working with associate professor David Parkes to add an accounting system to Tribler to encourage users to upload as often as they download.
Good to see accounting finally do a bit of good for humanity ;)
