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We need protocols, not platforms. Unfortunately, it's 2014, and protocols are not sexy.



Unless you count the wave of innovation coming out of cryptocurrencies, which are really just protocols for managing a blockchain. A decentralised Twitter could theoretically be built with this model.


Isn't a decentralized twitter just email?


...With the exception that everyone can read every emails (or is there a private tweet feature with twitter?).




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