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“TLV, JSON, and MessagePack are serialization formats without predefined schemas, enabling flexibility to represent a variety of data structures.

The protocol employing the format(s) establishes the rules necessary for correctly interpreting the encoded data.”
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Peter Todd 2y ago

Never looked at MessagePack.

Last time I had to design a consensus critical message format I came to the unenviable conclusion that none of the existing ones were right. But that was for something different than nostr.

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Colby Serpa 2y ago

What’s the logic behind that conclusion? Would be nice to avoid reinventing the wheel.

I’m curious about what problems you encountered.

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Colby Serpa 2y ago

I do like the simplicity of TLV and how it doesn't inherently define specific data types. Lightning using it seems promising.

Minor benefits of MessagePack probably aren’t worth its complexity.