Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@PorkCow @SatsLife @alyssa I mean... I'm sure someone thinks that is a cute cat... #UnconditionalLove

@SatsLife @alyssa They're so pointy!

@alyssa

@drgo @nicstheses@bitcoinhackers.org nah, Satoshi didn't leave Bitcoin in the hands of Gavin. Satoshi left it in the hands of a bunch of competent contributors.

They probably left because if they stayed they'd eventually slip up and reveal their identity.

@alyssa problem solved!

(ok, still need to work on the lack of 🐐 and 🦇)

@tzlo I think that goes back to a wider issue of wtf happened to the left wing? I've voted liberal my entire life... until very recently. My beliefs haven't changed. The left has changed.

@verretor @drgo @MultiBitcoiner @BitcoinLizard oh! I would have never guessed English wasn't your first language!

@untappedgrowth @robingrant The whole time! Technical architect has a lot of influence over UI experience. Doesn't mean everything is possible. But still good to have multiple perspectives.

Indeed, I think part of why Mastodon is federated was a social UX decision. Ironically, moderation is essential to censorship resistance, as spam can be used to censor too.

@untappedgrowth @robingrant Honestly I think the easiest way is to create content: actually use the best services we have right now in ways that attract more people.

@untappedgrowth Funding is one problem. But software engineering is a problem too. Distributed/decentralized systems are just harder to design than ones using standard architectures. Look at how Mastodon works: the actual software stack under the hood leverages tons of existing libraries and other infrastructure. That saves a lot of time and effort.

When Parler gets new hosting, I _really_ want to see them use Let's Encrypt... 🍿

@untappedgrowth Sure, Scuttlebutt could definitely have that as an add-on. You'd basically be paying for data access.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210110031408/https://nyegop.org/2021/01/08/a-letter-from-the-chairman/

Regardless of whose side you are on, the fact this letter is real and exists is pretty remarkable.

I'm willing to bet it's predictions don't come true though...

@untappedgrowth Because it can pass data peer to peer. It can even work locally over bluetooth. Any communication mechanism that happens to be able to allow peers to connect to each other is enough. Also, being store and forward, people don't have to be online at the same time.

@verretor judging from my nginx access logs a lot of people are using Pleroma.

@untappedgrowth Honestly, if I were trying to run Parler, I don't really know? You'd have to try hosting in another country, and if that wasn't enough, doing something entirely different than a website.

The Bitcoin protocol - as an example - is much more resistant to censorship than websites are. Same with Mastodon, and especially, Scuttlebutt.

@djsumdog @Raynbo@rayn.bo From the sounds of it they were using amazon for VMs only, not amazon services. Though even then, the ability to scale up dramatically is a huge help. Hard to do that without Amazon.

...and what's the equivalent of quote-retweet in Mastodon? Surely that exists.

Great point! Whose to say Amazon deletes Parler's data when they leave?

https://rayn.bo/@Raynbo/105529137677079627
Raynbo@rayn.bo - The major concern we have with Parler now is that since they had been using Amazon’s AWS all along, how much data has been collected on everyone?