Fair Share Cost Tokens
summary
The Cyber Resilience Act motivates a system where no blockchain cryptographic tokens let manufacturers attest they paid their share and open source stewards receive routed funding. A fair‑share cost token is cryptographically signed tokens containing a unique ID, timestamp, payment info, a fair‑share indicator and a pointer to an announcement channel; SCITT or Omnibor can implement it. The mechanism enables pay‑per‑use donations, scaled downstream allocation, optional privileged CVE channels, and helps manufacturers meet due diligence for products (Deutsche Bahn uses 103,821 FOSS projects), avoiding €50M/2.5% fines.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 2:16Problem with open source funding
- 5:07Cyber Resilience Act and supply chains
- 8:14Stakeholder incentives and due diligence
- 11:25Fair share cost tokens concept
- 15:15Benefits and implementation details
- 18:26Transparency and accountability
- 21:16Open questions and next steps
- 24:02Q&A session
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