Incredibly eye opening history and downfall of Urbit:
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-urbit/
So much to learn from here. I could totally see Nostr going down this path if the community is careless. Nostr devs would do well to read this. Relevant quote 👇
"Privacy, which ostensibly set Urbit apart from Big Tech platforms, was a staple of their marketing rhetoric—but according to employees, the network’s actual encryption was a work-in-progress. “Sovereignty” was more of an aesthetic signal than a description of my actual relationship to my data. Urbit came to feel uncomfortably similar to the subscription-based cloud services I had previously hoped it might replace."
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2026-06-06 21:57:00 UTC
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