A form of WOT then. Anyone can build whatever they want. Anyone can publish a spec. But not all ideas are equal. Some improve interoperability. Some improve adoption. Some create a better experience for users. The ecosystem should be able to identify and promote those efforts while still leaving room for experimentation. Linux has countless distributions. It also has a kernel. Experimentation belongs at the edges. The core should be standardized, documented, and promoted. Otherwise every new user inherits the complexity. Nostr.com seems like a natural place for that, @Ben Arc. A well-documented—and promoted—center of gravity benefits everyone.

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A healthy ecosystem needs a respected center. Not because people are forced to follow it. Because coordination has value. And if that center stops serving the ecosystem, people can fork and build something else. As Bruce Lee put it: "Do not cling to partiality, however fantastic—see things from totality. When the totality is taken apart it is no longer total. All the pieces of a car that has been taken apart are there, but it is no longer a car and cannot function to its nature." That seems relevant.