what Solana did with Ethereum? 😅 😬 😥 

(from https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/)

I shared that post mainly because I disagreed with most of it. :)

But above all, federation is not decentralization.

Fiat is centralized, SWIFT is federated, Ethereum is decentralized.

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

I honestly don't think moxie is willing to entertain the differences. It's a false dichotomy as I said in the other thread with @links (centralized vs federated, ignoring decentralization). I am not advocating for federation.

Yes, it's sometimes faster to iterate when you're centralized, but here's a strong counterexample: permissive open source is as decentralized as it gets, and it almost always wins in open market conditions against centralized proprietary competitors. Have to build abusive monopolies and walled gardens to keep an edge.

It's not my fav post anymore but this 2021 era piece talks about it too:

I honestly don't think moxie is willing to entertain the differences. It's a false dichotomy as I said in the other thread with @links (centralized vs federated, ignoring decentralization). I am not advocating for federation.

Yes, it's sometimes faster to iterate when you're centralized, but here's a strong counterexample: permissive open source is as decentralized as it gets, and it almost always wins in open market conditions against centralized proprietary competitors. Have to build abusive monopolies and walled gardens to keep an edge.

It's not my fav post anymore but this 2021 era piece talks about it too: https://shazow.net/posts/decentralization/

have you written your disagreement in longer form? I'd love to read it. I'm not sure where I shake out atm, but I do find a lot of his points compelling