NextNet

"NextNet" is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of activities aimed at building next-generation distributed infrastructure.

Usage

The term came into use when Douglas Rushkoff posted:

http://shareable.net/blog/the-next-net

There is a twitter hashtag search here:

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23NextNet

Architecture

A minimal-requirements proof-of-concept can be seen in a diagram here:

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfxhxcx8_67c87nc9hp

Possibly related or consistent ideas

Mark Pesce's Plexus p2p distributed social network architecture: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/why-we-need-a-wikileaks-for-social-media-marke-pesce-on-the-launching-of-the-plexus-project/2010/08/08 --Poor Richard 06:35, 2 April 2011 (UTC)