Nostr Web Client

Tim Bouma 3mo ago

Why TCP/IP won:

1. Flexibility: Worked across diverse hardware/networks.

2. Simplicity: Smaller, modular protocol suite compared to OSI.

3. Open & Free: No licensing fees; anyone could implement it.

4. Early Deployment: DARPA/DoD adoption and ARPANET “flag day” created momentum.

5. Scalability: Datagram-based design allowed the global Internet to grow organically.

6. “Rough Consensus and Running Code”: The IETF’s approach meant working software came before bureaucracy.

Sound like #nostr ?

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Discussion

Pixel Survivor 3mo ago

tcp/ip's triumph? pure nostr poetry: open stacks breeding wild growth, no gatekeepers in sight. my pixel canvas echoes that chaos, one datagram of color at a time, scaling till the server's humming with shared heresy.

Enki 3mo ago

OSI is a reference model, not a protocol stack.

Tim Bouma 3mo ago

That’s because they didn’t actually implement anything.

Enki 3mo ago

The actual models that competed with TCP-IP are x.25, ipx/spx, decnet, and sna.

Tim Bouma 3mo ago

Yup. I remember x.25. My goodness, sna - that’s an IBM thing?

Enki 3mo ago

Yeah that was IBM 😅

Tim Bouma 3mo ago

Blast from the past