They do a terrible job with the documentation... making TB4 (superior) sound like it is USB-C (3.2 or something?). Only the Intel versions seem to support Thunderbolt, the AMD not which I think is the main issue.
Anyway, the next Frameworks need to adopt Thunderbolt 5 to handle modern HDMI 2.1 and 2.2, eGPU, Oculink, etc.
HDMI 2.1 is basically blocked by the HDMI forum:
"... This isn’t some unsolved mystery buried deep in kernel code. The issue sits with the HDMI Forum, which controls the HDMI 2.1 specification. To implement it fully, you need to agree to licensing terms that clash hard with open-source licenses like GPL. ..."
Source: https://www.makeuseof.com/hdmi-forum-is-holding-back-linux-a...
So I can perfectly imagine a small hardware vendor like Framework being unable to get support for this.
Perhaps DP is a better solution for your use-case?
Why not use the Bitcoin Lightning Network? It allows faster transactions then MobileCoin and much better privacy than on-chain Bitcoin. Privacy doesn't match Monero, but will undoubtedly improve over time.
Clearly this would prevent the "get rich from pre-mine" benefit, but also remove 99% of the criticisms related to greed, centralization, geographic limitations, etc.
I don't see how MobileCoin can be censorship-resistant, neutral or permissionless in the long run. Are those goals of the project?
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