I am not well versed in Plan9, but it looks to me like this can be significantly more important than we think now. Personal Clustering might very well be the PC of the future, especially with the proliferation of many small personal devices and in the path to a more ubiquitous computing environment. I also think that this could very well be just the opening to a more decentralised/democratised internet. Finding out how the intersection of the crypto/cyberpunk movement and personal clustering and open access could emerge is a very interesting concept and I would be glad to contribute or even be a simple observer in this. If someone has similar thoughts/ideas, do not hesitate to shoot me an email. I will reach out to the OP too.
I've had a lot of ideas like that also, but be warned - the Plan 9 landscape is absolutely littered with speculative, half-baked amateur ideas that go absolutely nowhere. I know this because I was part of one when I first got involved in Plan 9. As a result of that, I have tried to make the Advanced Namespace Tools something that usefully expands the capabilities of Plan 9, but the gap between the current reality of "nobody uses plan 9" and the blue-sky possibilities is huge. For right now, it's probably best to think smaller and keep that bigger picture in the back of the mind. That's my conclusion from practical experience. I do like the ideas, but reality is a hard place for ideas.
