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2tags:
3 - article
4 - protocol
5author:
6 - Venkatesh Rao
7published: 2023-12-16
8link: https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/in-search-of-hardness
9---
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11> Protocols are _engineered_ _hardness,_ and in that, they’re similar to other hard, enduring things, ranging from diamonds and monuments to high-inertia institutions and constitutions.
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13> But modern protocols are more than that. They’re not just engineered hardness, they are _programmable, intangible hardness._ They are _dynamic_ and _evolvable._ And we hope they are _systematically ossifiable_ for durability. <mark>They _are_ the built environment of digital modernity.</mark>
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