Three axes of centralization
Commentary on centralized authoritarian rule by [Vitalik
English: The Meaning of Decentralization | by Vitalik Buterin | Medium
ethereum founder, "What is Decentralization?" | Nikkei Book Plus
Difference between distributed and decentralized (decentralization of power type)
There are three axes.
Centralized and decentralized architecturally
Political centralization and de-centralization
Logically centralized and decentralized
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blockchain
Politically decentralized (no administrator)
Architecturally decentralized (no single point of failure for any infrastructure)
Logically, it's centralized (there's a unified, agreed-upon state, and the system operates like a single computer).
nishio.iconI see. You're a smart guy.
Current computers are a form of many computers, with the computing and storage devices lumped together.
This is architecturally decentralized
Blockchain can be said to be the realization of a "centralized storage device" by connecting these disparate infrastructures together as a higher layer.
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