"What makes Marmot worth watching is the architectural bet. The protocol splits the problem along the exact seam that previous attempts missed. MLS provides the cryptographic engine, formally verified and standardized. Nostr provides the decentralized transport, already running at scale across thousands of relays with millions of users. Marmot defines the binding layer between them, thin enough for independent audit and precise enough that any developer can implement it without asking anyone's permission.

The people who said decentralized encrypted group messaging could not be done were not wrong about the difficulty. They were wrong about the conclusion. The problem was never impossible. It was waiting for the right combination of a proven cryptographic standard and a decentralized network with the right properties to appear at the same time. MLS and Nostr are that combination, and the Marmot protocol is the specification that connects them."

-Max

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