This has always been the way I see it and why I have gravitated toward these protocols. There are some that despite all the "theories" and claims of "it should be done this way," #nostr, #bitcoin and now #pear just seem to work. Theory is fantastic, and it's always fun to think we can build some huge, complete, dynamic system out the gate. But i feel like I've now seen over my life too many times where something that the thing that starts with the simplest beginnings and just works, that learns and evolves and reacts to how people use it as it grows... systems that make that choice seem to have a staying power and ability to adapt that cannot be countered. View quoted note →