Bootstrapping Urbit from Ethereum
Every time I read something about Urbit I am reminded of the Lewis Padgett short sci-fi story, &quot;Mimsy Were The Borogroves&quot; [0], [1] describing children discovering alien future toys, and subsequently via use of those toys learning to manipulate reality in incomprehensible ways.<p>I still have not been able to figure out if there&#x27;s actually something that amazing about Urbit, or if behind the obfuscated terminology there&#x27;s nothing, and I am reluctant to commit to the time required to find out for myself. It doesn&#x27;t help that people who spend time in that land seem to all forget how to speak about it except in the terms of Urbit, unable to translate it for laypeople. I suppose that&#x27;s true about any highly technical subject though.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mimsy_Were_the_Borogoves" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mimsy_Were_the_Borogoves</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=yPVbDv5DqkoC&amp;lpg=PA181&amp;dq=mimsy were the borogoves&amp;pg=PA181#v=onepage&amp;q=mimsy were the borogoves&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=yPVbDv5DqkoC&amp;lpg=PA181&amp;dq=...</a>