1/ Imagine a world where you can send and receive messages irrespective of the messaging app you use. Same with sending and receiving money, reading updates from your social or news feed, finding the right product or service, or interacting with an AI agent.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Lightspark. Founder MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Previously: Co-Creator of ≋ Diem / Libra.

2/ On a truly interoperable network, consumers and businesses have actual leverage against intermediaries because they can port their business elsewhere without having to rebuild their audience, social graph, or customer base. Developers also won’t worry about their platform becoming a competitor overnight.

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