Yet public space tends to be governed through centralized protocols. In the physical world, it's often government owned & maintained. In the digital world, it often lives on private servers. While centralization isn’t inherently bad, it creates a single point of failure towards community misalignment.
Are there decentralized alternatives that are more robust?
🏞️ In the physical world, decentralized public space comes in forms like community gardens. These spaces can be privately owned by voluntary associations to become publicly open & accessible through consensus mechanisms.
💾 In the digital world, Dynamic NFTs (dNFT) can play an interesting role. Instead of storing data intended to be public on a private server, we can potentially store it within a dNFT’s metadata & treat blockchains like decentralized databases.
RamenLink is testing the latter: 1️⃣ Visit your favorite ramen shop
2️⃣ Enjoy a bowl of beautiful noods
3️⃣ Check-in with our app to track your visit*
*But instead of storing your check-in data on a private server, it gets stored in your dNFT’s metadata. This means you own it & can use it in any other app that supports it. Thus, our app's backend is the blockchain.
It's a proof-of-concept for a more open & accessible digital public space.
