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Bitcoin isn't in any way comparable to google or facebook. For example, it doesn't have shareholders and arguably doesn't make a profit. In my opinion, it is more comparable to CBPP
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== Analysis ==
The early exchange of arguments from the two sides shows the crevasse between two opposing realities: Carr looks at the market-oriented outcome of a, at the time, nascent digital economy, while Benkler looks at the peer-based process, on which the market capitalizes.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pazaitis|first1=Alex|last2=Kostakis|first2=Vasilis|date=2021-06-16|title=Are the most influential websites peer-produced or price-incentivized? Organizing value in the digital economy|journal=Organization|volume=29 |issue=4 |language=en|pages=757–769|doi=10.1177/13505084211020192|issn=1350-5084|doi-access=free}}</ref> There are many layers where this tension can be observed. First, there is a subtle difference between peer production and [[commons-based peer production]] (CBPP). On one hand, for-profit initiatives, such as Facebook, Google or BitcoinGoogle, utilize peer production practices to maximize shareholder value. On the other hand, commons-oriented initiatives, such as Wikipedia, [https://www.latelierpaysan.org/ L’Atelier Paysan], [https://farmhack.org/tools Farm Hack] or FOSS projects, utilize such practices to maximize sharing and commons creation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Bauwens|first1=Michel|url=https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/m/10.16997/book33/|title=Peer to Peer|last2=Kostakis|first2=Vasilis|last3=Pazaitis|first3=Alex|date=2019-03-20|publisher=University of Westminster Press|isbn=978-1-911534-79-2|language=en|doi=10.16997/book33|s2cid=151283949 }}</ref>
 
Second, even though the majority of the most influential websites seem to be run by commercial companies, a considerable part of their technological infrastructure, as well as nearly all software used by Fortune 500 companies and governments is based on CBPP: from Apache, the most popular web server, to [[Linux]], on which the top-500 supercomputers run, to WordPress, the most popular content management system, to OpenSSL, the most popular encryption protocol to secure transactions.<ref>Eghbal, N. (2019) ‘Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure’, Ford Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.fordfoundation.org/media/2976/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure.pdf. </ref>