SUMMIT & RESEARCHFree short preview · Why a shared registry closed
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The organisation stopped aggregation because recurring cost and legal risk were unsustainable on philanthropic funding.
Attributed contributors: Thom Townsend. “The organisation stopped aggregation because recurring cost and legal risk were unsustainable on philanthropic funding..” Ownership as a Primitive for Development: Transparency vs. Privacy and the Future of Trusted Value Chains. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 27:27–28:10. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-db7052dc3b12
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The organisation stopped aggregation because recurring cost and legal risk were unsustainable on philanthropic funding.
Proposed mechanism: Unfunded maintenance and compliance risk undermine a useful shared service.
Conditions: Sustainable finance and predictable upstream interfaces.
Limit: Founder account does not prove all registries are unviable.