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Robert Kisteleki
robert at ripe.net
Fri Sep 6 12:18:08 CEST 2013
Dear All, In order to provide data points for the discussion: >>> As far as I know, it's only possible to earn credits by >>> - hosting probes itself >>> - sponsoring new probes >>> - getting a LIR These are indeed the main "wealth generation" processes in RIPE Atlas. There is also a fourth one: asking the RIPE Atlas team (community builders or developers) for extra credits to do a particular (costly) measurement, or research or such [1]. We have no capacity issues in the system yet so this is not really a problem, and it helps virtually everyone. There's also the possibility to transfer credits between accounts, but that does not generate wealth, it just redistributes it. > But isn't load management *precisely* why the credit system exists? Indeed that's the reason why the credit system exists: to ensure fairness in terms of resources provided vs. resources used. Hope this helps the discussion, Robert [1] This includes our own researches -- though admittedly we don't have a hard time convincing ourselves to give more credits to ourselves :-)
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