@silverpill I don't even want it to be p2p, I think p2p has considerable downsides to a federated structure. Yes I like p2p networks as a fallback in authoritarian regimes where you can't reliably host common resources pools, but when this is possible a federated structure has significant advantages both technical and social (shared ressources like server/data space, outsorced administration, shared moderation, community coherence, etc. etc.).

@eest9 I think we can have a network that supports both kinds of structures at the same time. Big federation where resources are meant to be pooled and small federation where people use their own offline-first nodes.

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I think in practice things will go towards hybrid decentralization. A healthy mix of p2p and federated apps and services. Whatever is most appropriate for a certain use case, group of people, or region in the world.

Update: cross-post with silverpill, same gist :)

@smallcircles @eest9 Yes, not everyone wants to be on a global public square. Small private zero-cost friend-to-friend networks should also exist, and for those p2p is a good architecture.