Philosophy

Protocols are the modern day religions. 

Religions are all in search of truth, they use social and moral contracts to align individuals to the truth

Consensus mechanisms are the strongest personification of truth we've ever created. They use incentives to align actors to solve the tragedy of the commons.

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Then explain ENS addresses. Just as children named themselves Jesus and Mohammad, people now attach their namespace to the native chain they associate with.

Churches were the schelling point and communal gathering for Christianity, where X and WC are for crypto natives

Protocols are more a particular ritual than a whole religion imo.