Source: DSHR’s Blog
Fascinating post explaining how decentralized systems frequently aren’t. The post raises several thought-provoking questions:
- What is a viable business model for participation that has decreasing returns to scale?
- How can Sybil attacks be prevented other than by imposing massive costs?
- How can collusion between supposedly independent nodes be prevented?
- What software development and deployment model prevents a monoculture emerging?
- Does federation provide the upsides of decentralization without the downsides?
I love that last question – it remains to be proven.
