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On the contrary, in this study, we propose the idea of a virtual knowledge sharing community that is based on decentralized P2P technology. In the community, each member plays an equal role of knowledge producing, receiving and coordinating. We believe that decentralized P2P has many distinct advantages in knowledge sharing. Moreover, referring to relevant psychological studies on human motivation, four application features for the virtual knowledge sharing community are further proposed. 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