# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
#
# twt range = 1 13
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/vfxgqmq
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...)
Does that make sense? 🤔 Even though it's not too different from say you using my pod and trusting me, I _feel_ its about making it as easy as possible to rely on your own infra if you so desired.
For example, I am **quite sure** you _coudl_ run up your own Session node, hell even run up a Swarm of them (as they are called), but how easy is that to do? 🤔
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...)
Does that make sense? 🤔 Even though it's not too different from say you using my pod and trusting me, I _feel_ its about making it as easy as possible to rely on your own infra if you so desired.
For example, I am **quite sure** you _coudl_ run up your own Session node, hell even run up a Swarm of them (as they are called), but how easy is that to do? 🤔
@prologic 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.
Sources:
* https://loki.network/service-nodes/
* https://imaginary.stream/sn/
@prologic 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.
https://loki.network/service-nodes/
https://imaginary.stream/sn/
@prologic 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.
@mckinley this is my main issue with a lot of applications of cryptocurrency. This would work just as well with traditional payment methods. I feel a lot of these applications are in effect to just avoid taxes, launder money or wash dirty money. Happy to be proven wrong
@screem Not to mention it's unnecessary complexity 🤦♂️
@screem Not to mention it's unnecessary complexity 🤦♂️
@screem I think there is value in cryptocurrencies as long as they have sufficient privacy protections. If you have someone's Bitcoin or Ethereum address, you can see every transaction he's ever been involved in. Not enough people know that.
The value is in being able to send a scarce resource to anyone on the planet, any time of the day, any day of the week, and have it received in 20 minutes. As long as privacy is preserved, I think it's great.
It's completely useless in the context of a chat service, though. The blockchain nonsense was part of the reason why I ditched Session, but it was mostly the Electron client.