I think we talk about the same with different parameters/ game rules.
The biggest difference i see is the linear thing of User->Gov Token -> Hardware
To the open pool cluster thing.
I think I will make some graphics about that to explain.
But think about it as a decentralized community ( pool) like the hive community.
you can stake in this community ( cluster) your tokens.
Also, Miners ( Infrastructure) can join that community (pool).
What i like the most about that, is every pool (cluster) is decentralized itself, like a micro hive version + can have/support a unique vision.
Like " no censorship" - "no xyz content" or whatever.
And a lot of clusters make the network way stronger than single hardware runners. The single hardware players can leave the game if prices swing because cost can explode.
But a shared model shares the rewards. So if others leave, more cake for the miners that stay in the pool.
Also, every community could have different distribution rules. Miners X hardware Y.
The core would be, you don't need to run hardware on your own, but also have ownership.
hundreds/thousands of those clusters would be really decentralized.
My opinion of decentralized things is to let the options open and see what happens. Like a sandbox.
Like the internet. I'm sure if rules are not strict/magic can happen.
There is absolutely no reason this option can’t be built into the SPK network.
We will have communities effectively self hosting and providing their own infrastructure already, they will likely have their own defi SIPs for their own tokens too. This sounds similar to a cluster already.
I’m certainly open to develop this further.