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>decentralized identity, p2p networking

I am such a big proponent of these things. I really want to see a P2P networking solution with decentralized identity that circumvents the need for servers and domains, etc.. Probably a pipe-dream, but it doesn't seem like it ought have to be a pipe-dream.

>None of that has materialized.

Many such cases……

>All of this should be a single protocol.

I don't know how performant ActivityPub would be for instant messaging. For example, despite all the attention Delta Chat gets from its proponents, it's pretty lousy and janky as a messenger because (surprise, surprise) SMTP isn't the best protocol for facilitating messaging and requires a lot of other stuff to get bootstrapped on top of it for full expected functionality to exist. In many respects SMTP isn't ideal even for email nowadays with the choice of alternative protocols that have since come after it. At one point in time there was even a motion to replace SMTP with XMPP! @grafcube