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DHT is not a consensus, but if they can exclude references from the DHT then they have a consensus using the DHT.

the benefit of nostr's simple protocol is it doesn't lock you into a consensus. different tasks have different requirements. a private, business server doesn't have the same requirements as an open, spam-protected public server.

if control is centralized, it's a platform, not a protocol.

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btw. Tor is a platform for this reason. all clients depend on the directory servers. there is basically no unofficial clients for it.

this should scream ⛳