User:Chkoreff/Loom.cc

What is Loom?
Loom is a content management system, somewhat like a wiki. However, its use is regulated economically, through the mechanism of "usage tokens."

At the heart of a loom system there is an entity called the "Grid." The Grid is where asset types of an arbitrary nature can be created in order to keep track of accounting. It is somewhat like a giant spreadsheet available on the internet, except that the rules of how numbers move are strictly enforced.

The Grid is a two-dimensional array, where the rows represent different "types" of stuff, and the columns within a row represent "locations" where amounts of that stuff can be stored.

Buying a location in the Grid costs 1 usage token. Selling a location refunds the usage token. Moving units of stuff from one location to another is free. Usage tokens are only used to regulate the usage of disk space on the Loom server.

There is a another entity in a loom system called the "Archive." The archive is a general-purpose data storage mechanism which provides the basis for content-management and specialized user interfaces. You can purchase space in the Archive for 1 usage token per 16 bytes of encrypted content.

With the usage token mechanism, resources on the loom system are allocated economically, avoiding the "tragedy of the commons" which can arise on an ordinary public service.