Comparing emerging protocols:
Farcaster & Bluesky’s at_protocol: https://paragraph.xyz/@kc/atproto-vs-farcaster
Secure Scuttlebutt & Nostr: https://mattlorentz.com/weblog/2023/01/18/nostr-v-ssb.html
Earthstar & ssb/hypercore/etc... https://earthstar-project.org/docs/comparisons
These write-ups are very helpful as we look to what we want to build going forward. I’d like the comparisons to also look at who’s creating each protocol and the early adopter communities on each one.
Personally I think using ethereum and NFT’s for identity is a bad idea and a major disadvantage of farcaster. That said neither system is actually open at this point. If there is a waitlist for a particular app that’s fine. If there is one for the protocol then it isn’t open.
@rabble What's the alternative to using NFTs for identity, though? DNS? Public key hashes represented with biometric wordlists?
@radehi identity name severs rooted in DNS works. Honestly the ICANN dispute resolution system is the best option out there. And nobody’s losing their domain names due to crypto phishing attacks. The dns system + webfinger works for email and the fediverse. The blockchain alternatives are objectively worse for everybody except the folks who wish they were collecting the name system operating taxes instead of ICANN.
@rabble The ICANN dispute resolution system systematically favors big brands and multinationals and disenfranchises whoever the US government wants to censor (WikiLeaks, Sci-Hub, The Pirate Bay). The .org scandal should have been a wakeup call that is also an unlimited source of protection money and corruption. Blockchain alternatives eliminate the central authority and should have been the solution from the beginning; just hadn't been invented yet.
@radehi OMG. I totally didn’t just access all of those sites using DNS to look them up. Oh wait. They all ARE accessible. DNS is a decentralized naming system with minimal control. Any system that was less controlled wouldn’t be allowed to exist in our current system. Plus it’d suck because people would constantly loose domains due to hackers without recourse.
@rabble Let's change the current system, then, and get secure endpoints into everybody's hands. People do constantly loose domains due to hackers without recourse, not to mention loosing them to state censorship, which permits the thugs to not just silence them but impersonate them; the three I mentioned have lost many domains, though not yet all. Centralized systems architecture amplifies the power of state oppression enormously.
@radehi You seem to need to remember that https://web3isgoinggreat.com/
@rabble Most of "Web3" is just scams, people faking decentralization and security. Also, most countries that have "democratic" in the name are faking democracy. The Soviet Union was named that because theoretically power rested with local workers' councils, though in practice it was authoritarian and incredibly oppressive. That would be a dumb reason to give up on democracy or local workers' councils or decentralization or security.
