• Artyom@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    He says on a decentralized platform that became popular because the centralized equivalent became hostile towards their users.

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      11 months ago

      “Blockchain” and “decentralised” are not interchangeable words

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        11 months ago

        Yes, in the same way that federated and decentralized aren’t interchangeable.

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          11 months ago

          You’re dodging the point that being in favour of decentralising doesn’t mean being a blockchain bro

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            So are you pushing a non-blockchain based decentralised ledger solution then, or did the point they were dodging actually just go over your head?

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              I’m not pushing anything, but yeah, anything other than blockchain

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                Well, it’s been about 15 years, and everything else we’ve found so far has been shitter. So just, give up on decentralisation I guess?