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fiatjaf · 133w
But there is no way to solve IP, or is there a way? Maybe we could have people just announce all their routes and a big central repository would keep track of everything and calculate routes for peopl...
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Vitor Pamplona @VitorPamplona
IP is permissioned by design. You can offer alternative routes with hardware investments but it will still be permissioned.

Howefver, what flows on top of it doesn't need to be permissioned. IP nodes are just like relays if all messages are signed/encrypted. State actors might put their stuff in the middle and surveil people, but they can never change or create packages.
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fiatjaf · 133w
What I mean is that IP exists so we can locate other computers on the internet, right? But if you and I are connected to the same router we don't need the global IP network, we can have our own local routing mechanism. But what we are not connected to the same router, but you are connected to v-rou...