Kintsugi (golden joinery) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
When I recently learned about Kintsugi, I couldn't help but think of Fractally and the different fractal communities forming in the Genesis fractal. As great as Eos, Bishares, Hive, etc all are, there are certain systemic breaks that do not make them whole.
Fractally is a digital Kintsugi process, and the Fractally in Orbit Team, seeks now to engage in this process and philosophy by adapting a strategy of diplomatic governance between fractal communities in addition to building infrastructure. In the future the lacquer mixed with powdered gold and silver will be our Quintric tokens on our node in space, however that is for the near future, let's focus on the present.
For two weeks now the FIO has sponsored an NFT giveaway for the Bitshares team meeting this week, and will continue in this endeavor and others until the Bitshares team is launched. Thats one form of interacting but theres more. We decided to buy Alien World NFT's and give them over to the Bitshares team in order to engage in a Kintsugi like art of interweaving different fractal communities through our fractal governance process. FIO team also through our diplomatic approach has made an informal agreement with XBTS and STH communities to help kickstart the Bitshares Team with GM Smartnotes which they have donated and FIO has matched the donations which are also given out as rewards for attending the Bitshares team meetings. We intend on continuing to explore all the capabilities of fractal governance and the ability to cooperate with different fractals.
Fractally in Orbit team has also recently come to consensus on taking 100% of the Respect that is awarded through the 2x team feature and fully staking that Respect in order to operate the node in space, providing a public good via building innovative infrastructure.
FIO team believes in the Golden Rule and we seek to stand with fellow members in Fractally, establishing a rich culture of Respect between all communities large and small. We look forward to finding unique and creative ways to promote and strengthen the bonds between all of our collective and individual goals and dreams.
