Abstract “Since the direct production process is the one that defines distribution, the single most important innate advantage of P2P production is that it ensures, on a long term and on a stable basis, a fairer and more equal distribution of wealth. In distributed production, argues George Papanikolaou, the largest part of the energy produced is intended for individual consumption, limiting the field of the market to exchanges of energy. This article by George Papanikolaou appeared in a special issue of the Greek bi-lingual Re-Public magazine, Issue on P2P Energy, 2009

This strategy may be more challenging for firms whose distribution channels own or control customer information—as is the case for many packaged-goods companies. IBM’s Insurance Process Acceleration Framework is one example of this service-oriented architecture. Harvard Business Review Cart My Account Downloads Explore Today on HBR Blogs Magazine Books Authors Store Harvard Business School

It could be used to build a world-wide distributed, fault-tolerant, anonymous, and censorship-resistant network, fully independent of the Internet. The network would be distributed, user controlled and self-configuring but it would support and could be connected to the ‘greater internet’ using the same protocols and services. Netsukuku’s address system is called Andna (A Netsukuku domain name architecture). The February 2010 issue of Wired Magazine in Italian runs a cover story on Netsukuku , a fractal address system for a cloud of user maintained, linked computers forming a p2p network.