# A protocol can't be separated from the institutions, labor, funds, legitimacy

Source: https://x.com/trent_vanepps/status/2107874016539136249

1/20

I spoke at the Protocol Symposium on "The Political Economy of Protocols" https://youtu.be/fqawzyiWXlc

Core claim: a protocol can't be separated from the contestable institutions, labor, funding, and legitimacy that shape it.

thread on framework + case studies 🧵