> What’s missing is not some omniscient decentralized master system, but a standard framework to rapidly conduct data negotiations between private parties and s

> What’s missing is not some omniscient decentralized master system, but a standard framework to rapidly conduct data negotiations between private parties and systems. What is the difference? You seem to be recommending a protocol (maybe with some level of human involvement) between two centralized systems. OK now that sounds more like federation than decentralization, but still, there's not much of a distinction.