In-reply-to » I guess the problem I really have, same with this whole Web3 Blockchain nonsense, is that we blur the lines between what is a centralised system, vs a decentralised system, vs a distributed system (sorry forked as we're getting off topic...)

@prologic@twtxt.net It’s proof of stake, so you need to stake 15,000 units of their cryptocurrency $OXEN, worth $3118 US, to run a “full service node” and 3750 $OXEN ($779 US) to run a “shared node”. If I understand correctly, only “full service nodes” can route Session messages.

If you don’t have enough $OXEN, you can pool what you do have with other people and run a node that way.

TL;DR: Not very easy. To help route Session messages at all, you have to buy in to their cryptocurrency.

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