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Summary of Meson Network
- Meson Network aims to create an efficient bandwidth marketplace on Web3 using a blockchain protocol model.
- The goal is to create the world’s largest bandwidth marketplace where users can exchange unused bandwidth resources for tokens.
- Existing cloud vendors rely on a top-down sales model, which is inefficient for the long-tail market.
- Meson Network integrates resources from the bottom up, removing human interaction and achieving scale through free market mechanisms.
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Advantages of the protocol model include:
- Quick scaling
- No need to define roles at both ends of the market
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About Meson Network: Empowering a Decentralized Internet Infrastructure
Meson Network is dedicated to establishing a highly efficient bandwidth marketplace within the Web3 ecosystem, leveraging a blockchain protocol model to supplant traditional labor-intensive sales models. By consolidating and monetizing underutilized bandwidth from long-tail users at a minimal cost, Meson Network forms the cornerstone of data transmission for decentralized storage, computation, and the burgeoning Web3 DApp ecosystem.
Meson is striving to establish the world’s largest bandwidth marketplace, where users can monetize their underutilized bandwidth resources in exchange for tokens, and those in need of bandwidth can access a global borrowing platform. To realize this vision, a direct sales approach is insufficient.
Traditional cloud vendors have long relied on a sales-driven, top-down approach to aggregating resources. For instance, establishing a new local market necessitates recruiting local talent, and as market coverage expands, the number of recruits increases linearly or even exponentially. This model has proven highly effective over the past 10–20 years, as the sales-driven approach enabled targeting medium to large accounts, yielding high output per account. However, the current landscape is witnessing a shift, with resources gradually dispersing to the long-tail market, characterized by fragmented demand and lower output per account. Notwithstanding, demand from the long-tail market is gaining momentum, surpassing that of the large account market. To effectively capture the long-tail market demand, a novel alternative to the direct sales model is required – an open bandwidth exchange, as facilitated by Meson Network.
Meson can seamlessly integrate resources from the ground up, allowing users to effortlessly upload or access resources in the marketplace, adhering to established standards and protocols. This novel approach eliminates the need for human interaction within the system, thereby facilitating rapid scalability through free market mechanisms. In contrast, relying on the traditional human sales model, we might, if fortunate, create another Amazon. However, by leveraging the protocol model, we can sidestep the need to define the composition of roles at both ends of the market. For instance, a user might connect their Starlink network to Meson, while numerous developers might link various Telecoms worldwide to Meson. In the future, Meson’s market may even encompass the resources of cloud vendors like Amazon and Google, all achieved with a team of less than 100 individuals.