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The difference is not all nodes are connected to a single central node, some are connected through 2 or more hops. One might argue this is the same as the curr
by lucideer 8y ago
The difference is not all nodes are connected to a single central node, some are connected through 2 or more hops.
One might argue this is the same as the current web where we have proxies, load balancers, etc. but the difference is the intermediate nodes are users.
One could also argue this is the same as tor, but the difference is the technology is more at an application level then at a network level, and additionally that every user is effectively equivalent to someone running an exit node.
- jwilk 8y agoBut they give DNS as an example of a centralized system. Huh?
- lucideer 8y agoYeah that's very odd. I was just referring to the image used.
- falcolas 8y agoOne company is in control of the TLDs, and of the root name servers. That we've had DNS names blacklisted from being served (no matter how distasteful the services provided by those DNS names may be) shows that there is insufficient decentralization of authority over DNS.