In-reply-to » @brasshopper Kind of interesting of the 20-something new users I had join my pod about 10 days ago due to a trending post that hit hacknews and lobsters by @mckinley you are the only one active 😁

@adi@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net @mckinley@twtxt.net However, scuttlebutt uses a ton of crypto in its protocols and formats which means a scuttlebutt client is not a trivial thing. Its specific formats also unnecessarily complicate making a robust implementation. In addition, you sort of rehost all of your friend’s feeds on your local machine which can get expensive and be can be an onboarding barrier.

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