If only the fediverse would understand the importance of a bilateral settlement system that serves as 1) economic incentives and disincentives; 2) a mechanism for normalizing value derived from network effects with costs of participation; 3) 3rd party subsidization that does not rely on ad-tech platforms and offers a way out of the looming subscription crisis for content. Economic incentives and disincentives serve to balance risk (which is totally one-sided on the receiver without an originating cost) and also cooperation and rapid adoption of new protocols and technologies. None of this would happen if there were an economic stack side by side with the protocol stack. But then everyone on the internet is an island unto themselves. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeder_f%C3%BCr_sich_und_Gott_gegen_alle