Protocols are nearly impossible to market to consumers; services and apps are what people want. Whether it'll be SMTP Lite, P2P HTTP, or whatever, doesn't matte

Protocols are nearly impossible to market to consumers; services and apps are what people want. Whether it'll be SMTP Lite, P2P HTTP, or whatever, doesn't matter at this point. I think what's missing is a compelling user experience that's decentralized by its nature. Even the terminology needs to be thought out: email : {Gmail, Hotmail, ...} :: ____ : {Twitter, Facebook, ...} maybe ____ is "stream" as in "what's your stream address?" The technology side is exciting, but the UX needs to be nailed before bothering with it. As for adoption, there are a ton of social networking clients out there, I'm sure you could convince a few to adopt this, maybe by starting with a niche first.