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Chris Burniske
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Examples like this from @veil reveal it’s not so clear where the protocols end & the interfaces begin: link.medium.com/4hFySEn2cU
Lots of smart contract functionality needs to sit below current interfaces to compensate for the shortcomings of the protocols.
The “shortcomings of the protocols” are not necessarily a bad thing, either.

Protocols should remain as thin as possible to provide a useful service to as many interfaces as possible.
Question becomes how many “middleware layers” will we need for application interface builders to leverage the infrastructure of protocols & iterate w/ ease?

And which of those “middleware layers” will be better off as protocols (eg, @zeppelin_os) vs companies (eg, @sendwyre)?
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