Matrix we looked at but Nostr events and relays are about as complicated as we want things to get, and this is also more of a Kind1 play. This

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is an example of one we were asked to pitch against the other week. Our pitch is if you're going to be brave, pass over the other guy and take things in house, then you're going to want the most dead simple thing possible. Nostr is pretty dead simple.