writer 0 2009-07-20T10:06:13Z 0 Peer-to-peer social processes are bottom-up processes whereby agents in a distributed network can freely engage in common pursuits, without external coercion, i.e. ‘permissionlessly’ undertake actions and relations. This requires not just ‘decentralized’ systems, but ‘distributed’ systems, through which individuals can cooperate. Distributed networks do have constraints, forms of internal coercion, that are the conditions for the group to operate, and these may be embedded in the technical infrastructure, the social norms, or legal rules. Despite these caveats, we have a remarkable social dynamic here, one that is based on voluntary participation in the creation of common goods, which are made universally available to all. Michel 59662 false 2009-07-20T07:39:20Z Bauwens 0 22066 0 1 Peer to Peer Economies peer-to-peer-economies-by-michel-bauwens and the Revolution in Values 2009-09-25T16:38:13Z 125