"Why is Mojo Nation written in Python?"

[Bristol]

zooko at mad-scientist.com wrote:
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> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/5026/2000/9/0/4375280/
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> Mojo Nation is an open source, distributed file sharing system with an
> integrated micropayment system.  The micropayments are used to allocate
> resources throughout the network (you pay someone in "Mojo" for the use
> of their hard drive and bandwidth, and you get paid in Mojo when you
> allow your hard drive and bandwidth to be used by the network), and in
> the future artists and content providers will be able to receive
> voluntary contributions from their fans through the micropayment system
> (and yes, you _can_ buy groceries with Mojo, as Mojo will be
> exchangeable for real currency once the system is out of beta testing
> stasge).

Sounds like achieving fusion - I mean "getting out of beta" equates
achieving a density of users sufficient to allow percolation of credit.