Parallel societies, soon to be a reality.
Mahdi Protocol
A concept for a protocol that aims to establish a standardised method for developing parallel societies.
To better understand the protocol, we first have to understand the motivation behind it. I’d like to start by sharing with you a statement made by Mark Zuckerberg that inspired me to create this protocol.
“Our goal is to make the world more open and connected”. ~ by Mark Zuckerberg
On the surface, it may seem like an innocuous mission statement—indeed, perhaps even philanthropic—but the reality carries a darker meaning underneath. The internet, while in itself neutral, has been rather tumultuous. Providing many good as well as many bad. It has permanently changed how we see and live life. Many properties have manifested to our real world. One of which is its borderless nature. Thanks to the internet, people are now only one click and a ticket away from places they didn’t even know existed. True freedom, right?
Well, not entirely…
Although inherently liberating, invisible borders are closing in on us. Slowly but surely every corner of the world is being exposed to the internet. No matter where you go, the internet will know. CBDCs, social media, chat control, algorithms, you name it, are all fences built under our very eyes.
Truly, they must be blinded by their pride and delusions of grandeur.
“In the future, parallel societies will come to exist like weeds between stones”.
The protocol
The purpose of money
Examining how money is utilised, you quickly come to understand that it is the oil civilisation runs on. For many of you, “money” may carry negative connotations. Beneath the surface, it is simply a means to hold and distribute energy. The rising negativity around money is not because of money itself, but because of those who have hijacked the system to dictate what money is. It is their system that is the cause for a lot of our problems.
The elites don’t possess a lot of money; they control a lot of money. They disrupt the free market and manipulate it to their will, wrongfully consuming what isn’t theirs.
I believe the principles of success can be found in farming. Perseverance, patience, care, and dedication are what attract abundance and what should be rewarded. It may be hard to believe, but our world truly offers abundance. As long as we’re being thankful for what we have, we’ll receive more than we ever asked. You only have to take a look at the seeds that come out of the fruits and vegetables to understand the law of abundance. Which in themselves provide new, fresh food in the multiples.
For many of you who have invested in crypto, “sound money” or “hard money” will come familiar. In my opinion, sound money with deflationary properties carries the same abundance seeds as do farming metaphorically. So that whatever it is that somebody earns today, steadily grows into the future.
How the protocol works
The protocol aims to kick start the creation of parallel societies. Not only through digital means, but in our physical world as well. How it works is that every society runs on a cryptocurrency underneath. Ideally one with deflationary properties. Either an existing one, or a unique one.
Forming a society shouldn’t be too different from how we create communities online. Except that there’s now a currency attached to it. To show you the power of the protocol, let me run you through an example.
Let’s say a person wants to become a member of a society. He first has to be approved and meet the criteria of that society. What that might be, is entirely up to the community. Once approved he then becomes member and donates a monthly fee to the society, just like all the other members.
These funds aren’t owned by anyone; instead, they’re managed through smart contracts. As funds grow bigger, members will be able to apply for a loan by joining a ranked waiting list. Positions on this list are not fixed. Initially, members are tied to the rank they first entered by, but can go up and down depending on their contribution.
A loan can be for anything, e.g. buying or building a house, schooling, innovation, starting a business, you name it.
For simplicity, in our example, let’s proceed with buying a house.
When a member applies to the waiting list, he also states how big of a loan he wants. If his personal income and other circumstances meet the requirements, he’ll be added to the waiting list. Once the funds reach his loan coverage, and it is his turn. He will be able to claim a loan. The community will then buy a house for him and rent it out to him.
As he pays rent, he gradually earns ownership of the house through tokenization and fractionalized real estate. Once the total rent covers the entire loan, he then becomes the owner of the house. Once again, the rent is paid to the society, and these funds are not owned by anyone.
You can imagine that this creates a snowball effect of funds raised. As more people are paying back their loans, more people are able to acquire loans. This is because the amount of money paid back is more than the membership fee. This will lessen the money in circulation, and raise the value of the currency. Which will in turn attract investors and further raise it’s value.
This way societies are incentivized to build a fair and just society that attracts people.
We often believe the more people there are, the less everybody has, but I think this theory seriously challenges that view.
“It is sound money’s scarcity that allows us to live abundantly”.
If we want to have a better life individually, we need to give everyone the permission to have a better life collectively. Because the quality of your life is reliant to that of your neighbour.
What could it be used for?
Our only limitation will be our imagination.
The protocol is flexible and not confined to real estate. Its core purpose is to provide loans to individuals for essential goods and services that help drive society forward. Loans, in their essence, are useful to dedicate people to a society, and to let them instantly contribute if well utilised.
In our previous example, it was housing, but it could also be applied to education, business startups, and more.
It aims to bring together like-minded individuals who share a common vision. So that they may contribute to a community they feel a strong sense of connection with.
While globalisation is inevitable in the age of the internet, having different people live together can cause complications. While the protocol in itself doesn’t have any ulterior patriotic notion. It simply recognises that different people have different ways of living, and that these should be respected.
“We don’t have to live with each other; we just need to be able to live beside one another.”
I don’t believe connection is determined by how we look, our ethnicity, or gender. Connection is rooted in our thoughts and perspectives. It just so happens to be that individuals with similar backgrounds and upbringing often share similar views.
Technical implementation
The implementation should be fairly straightforward using a range of different technologies. I’m sure many developers would be able to figure it out. Therefore, I won’t be going too deep into the technical side and only lay it out conceptually.
Much of the protocol could be realised using Nostr and smart contracts via permissioned blockchains. Nostr for identity and metadata, smart contracts for governance, ownership and loan facilitation. The blockchain would ensure confined transparency, ensuring that all parties involved act appropriately.
Nostr clients will visualise all the information underneath. Imagine Google Maps, but a map that runs privately and parallel to Google Maps. Members will be able to see all the houses, amenities, and interact with the community, either in commerce or socially.
Various marketplaces will emerge, and over time, a civilisation will be built. Incorporate IoT into the mix, and the possibilities are endless. I even think that, depending on the size of the community, it will be possible to utilise offline-first internet methodologies, where people will update states directly with one another.
I won’t be able to do justice to the number of possibilities there are, but I’m sure you can imagine many more.
Limitations of the protocol
As with all things, nothing is perfect. The protocol is no exception to that. More specifically, there are some difficulties in enforcement. How do we deal with bad actors, or if somebody doesn’t pay his loan back?
Well, it depends on its application. Enforcement can take various ways, and isn’t really the core problem the protocol is trying to solve.
The protocol aims to bring together like-minded people who trust each other. Most societies are built on some form of trust. So these difficulties shouldn’t be a deal breaking limiting factor.
If the protocol is implemented by people owning their own land, or a specific country, enforcement should be fairly straightforward.
If it is implemented in parallel to other societies, enforcement will be a bit more challenging. But I believe IoT can offer a lot of solutions. In our example of buying a house, it could mean using smart locks and preventing access if the protocol isn’t respected. In the end, however, a sense of trust will always be apparent.
Not to mention, its transparent nature of the protocol will encourage people to act accordingly.
End note
If you’ve made it this far, I’d like to thank you dearly for reading this article. I do realise that the protocol is far from being concrete and only a conceptual solution. I’ll revise and improve where necessary, and work on a technical implementation to make it more tangible. If you’re a developer and see value in the idea, feel free to build your own solution.
I encourage you to share the message and spread awareness, even if you’re not a developer. The growing surveillance in the world requires an urgent solution and alternative to preserve our freedom. Together, we can build that alternative.
If you want to keep being updated and see more of my thoughts, you can follow me here on Nostr.
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