I never even thought of this, but this is actually amazing and does two things:

1) “you may not know this person, but 15 others in his/her local area have validated he/she is a real person”.

2) this establishes the precedent of an internet protocol for turning each person’s local community into a baseline for how the internet functions

And it does these things while maintaining anonymity and decentralization. Locals can vet you, but they can’t deny you access.

#bitchat #futuresystems #decentralization #localcommunities