I've managed software products and projects for a long time.  One of my early ones was the standardization of the Unified Modeling Language.  Way back in 1996 the notion of generating working code from specification models seem far-fetched to me, except for CRUD methods and state machines.  But we've made a tremendous amount of progress since then!

Now, very interesting working software component contracts can indeed be generated from formal specifications. A fascinating thing is that with Synereo, these are not just software contracts and protocols, they are also social contracts that will be enforced and influenced with the movement of AMPs.

The formalisms which leithaus (Greg) references are all solid.  But they are not trivial to realize in a robust software architecture, which is why the dedication to 5 years of development invested in SpecialK/KVDB and its pattern language for the web is impressive (http://blog.synereo.com/2015/03/17/specialk-kvdb/). It’s real.

For the last several months, I've been noodling on an idea that resulted in the whitepaper for LivelyGig -- The Decentralized and Distributed Employment Market /YdRrPQMrT6]http:/[Suspicious link removed]/YdRrPQMrT6.  From a platform perspective, it has a lot of similar requirements as Synereo. When I look at the possible technology stacks on which to implement such a decentralized and distributed system, I so far only have a very short list of potentially viable choices -- Ethereum, MaidSAFE, Eris Industries, and SpecialK/KVDB.  Which one is complete enough and most likely to work in decentralized deployment? So far, SpecialK/KVDB is looking most promising for LivelyGig, because it is complete and based on a researched and formalized software contract paradigm.

I'm also very impressed by the caliber of the Synereo team, having talked with several of them. I’ve watching their Hangouts and carefully studied the Whitepaper.  I’m a fan.

As far as the AMP Crowsdale, yes it is risky and exciting from an investor’s perspective. Potential downside and potential upside. All of the crowdsales are difficult to assess financially and are missing the investor protections that would be available in a prospectus of a securities offering. After doing some homework, I have growing confidence in the team, their vision, and the technology. So, I will purchase some AMPs in the crowdsale.
/Ed

@joesmoe2012, thank you.  I updated the whitepaper a few days ago BTW.  LivelyGig will leverage existing P2P technologies such as SpecialK (which has been under development for 3+ years and used by Synereo). Currently working on the LivelyGig specifications and bizdev. In search of an architect and developers to build the MVP. Ping Ed if you'd like to meet about LivelyGig at the Texas Bitcoin Conference. If really interested, let's consider joining the Hackathon.

Whitepaper was recently released:
https://github.com/LivelyGig/Documents/blob/master/LivelyGig_Whitepaper.pdf?raw=true

Abstract: A decentralized employment market that helps freelance and other workers find gigs offered by employers would allow these parties to be introduced when mutually beneficial and to form social contracts without the need to pay intermediaries. This type of market solution doesn't exist today because two of the enabling technologies – decentralized protocol stacks and Bitcoin – are just now ready for wider adoption. Imagine what it would mean to put these ingredients together along with existing job websites and task management solutions in such a way as to leverage the strengths of each – direct connection without intermediaries, with low friction, and healthy supply & demand – to create a new synergy. So what else is needed? A set of decentralized employment protocols must be specified and then implemented on a technology stack that is up to the challenge.  Let’s explore the feasibility of such a decentralized system.
       
Some technologies and organizations mentioned in the whitepaper:
Bitcoin, Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), Gigs, Dibs, Social Contract, Smart Contract, Escrow, Freelance.com, OpenBazaar, OmniBazaar, Ethereum, MaidSafe, Synereo, SpecialK, Coinality, Factom, Bitrated, Trustatom, Codius, Omni, Ethereum, OpenBazaar, Bitmarkets, Brawker, MaidSafe, Ethereum, Omni, Eris Industries, Trello, Slack, Asana, Jira, Fiverr, oDesk, Elance, Bountysource, GigCoin, Coinality, Mechanical Turk, CoinWorker

We like it!  @LivelyGig - A Decentralized Employment Market.  Whitepaper at https://github.com/LivelyGig/Documents/blob/master/LivelyGig_Whitepaper.pdf?raw=true.