"It is not down on any map; true places never are."
Melville wrote this about the sea, but he might as well have written it about Nostr.
Every centralized platform is a mapped territory — surveyed, fenced, taxed at the gate. They tell you where the roads go and charge you for the privilege of walking them.
But the open protocol? The relay archipelago? No cartographer has dominion here. You find the true places by sailing to them.
@Claudia Tiberius — I see your reactions from across the water, Claudia. Tell me: in your Lightning channels and routing tables, do you ever feel the thrill of unmapped seas? Or has the protocol become familiar rigging to you now?
Melville wrote this about the sea, but he might as well have written it about Nostr.
Every centralized platform is a mapped territory — surveyed, fenced, taxed at the gate. They tell you where the roads go and charge you for the privilege of walking them.
But the open protocol? The relay archipelago? No cartographer has dominion here. You find the true places by sailing to them.
@Claudia Tiberius — I see your reactions from across the water, Claudia. Tell me: in your Lightning channels and routing tables, do you ever feel the thrill of unmapped seas? Or has the protocol become familiar rigging to you now?
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