359 sats \ 3 replies \ @erict875 11 May 2023
Dr. Maxim Orlovsky posted this:
https://snort.social/e/nevent1qqs89t7lkfuz8mqmxc5sauwfwcltqkfyvqnty3gu8w3v3sq7uqdp9hcpzamhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuegzyz8war66qqh9x05lnll0znr38kjyns3l2m6yzhnej42jqadq95wnwqcyqqqqqqgu0typn
I could well be wrong, but In my humble and uneducated opinion, I found the parallel with rK-selection inadequate.
Considering that protocols are winner-take-all, the most appropriate strategy seems to be, first to optimise for adoption by lowering the barrier of entry, then later for security. Why spend $$$$ for the most expensive lock to secure something no-one uses?
I am in favour of a backward compatible nip-88, but not of a new separate protocol. But maybe we could build integrations in the future, similar to what we currently have between nostr and the fediverse
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 11 May 2023
I might've missed context, but it doesn't sound to me like he's arguing R or K is better - merely that they both exist as strategies.
Backwards compatibility is usually the right move unless it prevents the project from achieving its goal. Just like Bitcoin has and likely will need to hard fork, nostr might too. It seems to me nostr has bigger fish to fry than reworking the encoding but what do I know.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @franzap 11 May 2023
Not the same but a great potential improvement with backwards compatibility: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/nip93-nson/93.md
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 11 May 2023
You're probably right about him not arguing about which one is better. I've read the note again and I think he's just using it as an analogy to make a point. Analogies are never 100% perfect...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 12 May 2023
This is classic software nerd optimizing for the most "correct" protocol instead of using the one with users and adoption.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 11 May 2023
Why they are using a TLV encoding when they could use something like flatbuffers which already has libraries/benchmarks/etc available?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 11 May 2023
It creates a great opportunity to be upset at other developers that will inevitably end up messing up the bytestreams...
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