By Cyberpunk
Some of George Christensen’s internet concepts are akin to a goldfish, whose limited range of perception, renders it incapable of making the requisite differentiation between the transparent medium of its own ecosystem with the transparent medium of the ecosystem beyond the equally transparent walls of its tiny prison. https://cairnsnews.org/2025/11/15/digital-id-through-back-door-of-social-media-age-verification/
As recently pointed out, there are two principal digital ecosystems: the centralised model and decentralised model. Ignoring the latter is not a good starting point.
Over the past few years, the two systems have been competing with each other for global cloud domination via their respective cloudalist empires. Due to the centralised nature of the Communist/Socialist state structure, China, the EU, UK, Australia, and affiliated governments, have sought to adopt the centralised cloudalist system. This aligns with their centralised political structure.
Under the new Trump administration, America has chosen the decentralised cloudalist model.
Only two nations are in possession of Big Tech and only two nations possess the staggeringly massive energy resources and compute required for the dominance of cyberspace, hence, there can only be two cloudalist empires. Every other nation will find itself as a tribute state to either America or China.
Up until recently, cyberspace was dominated by the centralised system, favoured by China, the EU, Australia, etc. But the speed in which cyberspace is changing is leaving the centralised systems behind. As always, they are simply too large, bloated, sluggish and bound by their own regulations to compete with the sleek, nimble and unshackled decentralised model.
With the emergence of Web 3., the decentralised model is now on the ascendant and assuming dominance. This appears to be buckling the EU into accepting ‘self-custodial ID’ (decentralised ID) alongside their ‘State issued ID’ (centralised ID).
With the self-custodial ID, when shopping or whatever, all the user provides for their ID is their hash signature. A hash signature is just as effective as fingerprints or any other biometric ID.
A few excerpts from a recent discussion.
‘Alongside state-issued IDs, self-custodial wallets already support Web3 identity.’
‘A single self-custodial wallet can authenticate across hundreds of DApps with one portable identity.’
‘The decentralized method allows users to verify themselves without exposing themselves to additional data honeypots for malicious actors.’
‘The future won’t ask for usernames — it will ask for a signature.’ (hash signature).
Moreover, a few weeks ago the leaders of the decentralised and centralised cloudalist empires met in Beijing: namely, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
There was more to this meeting than meets the eye, where if the rumours coming out of Beijing prove correct, the possibility of China’s cloudalist empire changing over to a decentralised system may well be on the horizon.
The centralised cloudalist model favoured by China and its western Socialist counterparts is not only being rejected in America, the UK and throughout Europe, but the seeds may well have been recently sown in China.
Just look at what happening behind closed doors in Beijing, where President Trump’s successful ‘trade deal’ with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, provides ample proof that Jinping’s grasp on power is in decline.
It would seem, that most missed the real events occurring under the smokescreen of ‘trade deals,’ where for example, the day prior to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 4th Plenum, the Chinese MoD arrested nine top generals, who were indicted and expelled from the Politburo. More significantly, – all nine were Xi Jinping loyalists.
All nine were accused of serious duty-related crimes, involving large sums of money and treason. Moreover, Xi Jinping’s closest military allies, generals He Weidong and Miao Hua were discovered amassing a private army close to Beijing.
As its main theme, the 4th Plenum was expected to discuss China’s ‘economic policy.’ This refers to the next Five Year Plan starting in 2026. Internal commentators are comparing it the seminal meeting of the 3rd Plenum (1978), where following the fall of Mao Zedong two years previous, – hardcore Marxism was ditched.
During the past thirteen years of Jinping’s rule, Deng Xiaoping’s wealth generating ‘free market capitalism with socialist characteristics,’ which paved the way for China’s astonishing economic growth, was gradually replaced – by a return to the prioritisation of totalitarian Maoist doctrine over Xiaoping’s economic pragmatism.
The result witnessed a foundering of China’s economy, resulting with a 60% downturn against the American economy, 20% youth unemployment, and a collapse in foreign investment.
Although all Plenums are conducted in secret, rumours are emerging, that the outcome of the latest Plenum (ending October 23), resulted with an agreement to formally remove Xi Jinping from power: probably via retirement.
It is alleged, that the meeting between presidents Trump and Jinping was conducted in accordance with the so called ‘Hua Guofeng’ model of CCP power transition.
So who is running China today? If Beijing rumours are correct, it is the vice-premier, Wang Yang: – an aggressively liberal reformist.
Last month’s meeting between Trump and Jinping should probably best be understood in the context of this hidden transfer of power within the CCP. There was a reason why it only lasted two hours.
Trump’s ‘trade deal’ was in fact a significant victory for America, inasmuch, that the tense U.S.-Sino relations of the Jinping tenure are starting their de-escalation. DJT described the meeting as ’12 out of 10.’ But more significantly, the meeting may well be the first step in China’s return to the liberal path outlined by Deng Xiaoping.
Early 2026 will be most interesting on many major economic fronts and cyber fronts, not only the announcement of China’s next Five Year Plan, but also what major U.S. banks are proposing behind closed doors for the first half of 2026.
Big things are brewing in cyberspace.
Sometimes it feels like holding a beach-ball underwater: – higher.
