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   "text": "Decentralization requires its own infrastructure; the technologies of the internet era and its progeny alone may not suffice, and fully decentralized technologies require an enhanced decentralized network infrastructure.",
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   "text": "Using the SDAO, the Shasper Network lets its developer community determine by community consensus which technology upgrades to the testnet should be created.",
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   "text": "Peer governance substitutes for platform gatekeeping: rather than convincing legacy technology leaders and their platforms, developer teams engage their own peers in the Shasper DAO to discuss and vote on proposed upgrades and testnet projects.",
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