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i already said:

relay model solves the routing problem of the internet in the simplest way

a DHT is a consensus that limits what i can do with the protocol

and apparently, the consensus allows you to exclude people from using it

what's not to love?
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

https://search.brave.com/search?q=is+DHT+a+consensus+algorithm&source=desktop&conversation=db497e8bcf9ad7093de585&summary=1

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.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

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

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

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 ⛳