> it wasn’t my use of the term “decentralized” I apologize. I have a serious problem in forum discussions of not paying attention to who writes each post. I

> it wasn’t my use of the term “decentralized” I apologize. I have a serious problem in forum discussions of not paying attention to who writes each post. I absorb all replies and then reply to the group. My bad. (Edit: And I thought you were the author). >dismissing a paper on such pedantic terms as you originally did I never dismissed the paper. Read my first post carefully. I enjoyed it and did read it before commenting. I was just pointing out my shock at the claim, which seemed ridiculous given my understanding. > you keep escalating this I thought I was participating in an argument about the meaning of the term "decentralized". I was defending my understanding to multiple people telling me I didn't know what I was talking about. > Having taken advanced distributed computing courses I have been working with databases for over 45 years. Most of that time decentralized meant lack of a centralized (single point of failure) computer, not a person or organization. It is only recently (10 to 15 yrs?) that the user meaning has appeared. Please forgive my classic interpretation.