Comment by kiernanmcgowan
4 years ago
All of these decentralization arguments make me think of early git:
>Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server...
http://web.archive.org/web/20080821113906/http://git-scm.com...
Sure git can be used without the need to have have a central server, but everything became so much simpler with github and other code repositories.
Decentralized systems are hard to navigate and humans will choose the easy thing every time.
not just Git. Email. Money (used to be issued by individual banks). Internet infrastructure. The web. Everything goes centralized.... because... it's easier. And humans seem to show over and over again, easier wins.
Is that a bad thing? Web3 is ultimately about building hierarchies(DAO). I would like to see a diversity of new digital hierarchies, new federated systems with unique properties. Not just a purely decentralized system. Decentralized vs. Centralized is a false dichotomy IMO.