[p2p-research] "Circular Multilateral Barter 1.1" Release Announcement

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks!

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Evgeni Pandurski <epandurski at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Michel. Happy new year to you!
>
> I've just released v1.1 of CMB, which now has a full internationalization
> support, so it can be translated in any
> language (currently there are English and Bulgarian translations). The
> release announcement goes below.
>
> Best wishes for the new year,
> Evgeni
>
> =====================================
>
> We are pleased to announce that the second stable release of our
> software for peer-to-peer barter exchange is now available.
>
> Changes:
> -- Added full i18n support.
> -- Added Bulgarian translation.
> -- Some directories have new locations.
> -- Added "gimpfiles" directory.
> -- Changed the way password hashes are calculated. Now
>   16-character "salt" is prepended to the password before the
>   SHA-256 is calculated.
> -- Minor changes to the manual.
> -- Minor user interface improvements and fixes.
>
> The source code is available at:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmb/
>
> "Circular Multilateral Barter" (CMB) is free server-side software
> for managing peer-to-peer networks for circular barter
> exchange. CMB advances conventional barter by making it
> multilateral. It does so by engaging peers' trust to decouple the
> actual delivery of goods from the agreement to deliver the
> goods. Here are some of the advantages that CMB offers compared
> to traditional approaches:
>
> * Traditional approaches (fiat money, barter dollars, LETS
>  points) unfortunately blend social trust into a fragile system
>  of collectivized credit. CMB makes it possible for individuals
>  to use their own judgement in choosing whom they are willing to
>  trust. That is: you supply products to customers who trust you,
>  and you receive products from partners whom you trust.
>
> * CMB does not suffer the double coincidence of wants
>  problem. The trader you deliver goods to and the trader you
>  obtain what you need from do not need to be the same person, so
>  there is much more flexibility for arranging trades.
>
> * CMB allows virtual money to circulate at infinite velocity so
>  that no real money is actually needed. That is: trading is not
>  limited by the global scarcity of money or any other commodity.
>
> * CMB uses money solely as a standard of value for a short period
>  of time (typically a day). Thus CMB is insusceptible to changes
>  in the value of money.
>
> Go to http://www.multiswap.net/ to see CMB working!
>



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