peer to peer cryptocurrency networks are a weird corner case in open source software. they're open source and they're peer to peer... but they also form gigant

peer to peer cryptocurrency networks are a weird corner case in open source software. they're open source and they're peer to peer... but they also form gigantic singletons that have applied cryptography level protocol strictness requirements. i think the argument that many are trying to make is that perhaps you could see more openness built upon these singletons. whether or not that is true remains to be seen.