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I think the main reason decentralization lost is not due to technology, but trust and network effect. Like we will deposit hard earned money in a bigger bank wh
by dragonsh 8y ago
I think the main reason decentralization lost is not due to technology, but trust and network effect. Like we will deposit hard earned money in a bigger bank which has less chances of failure, even if internally it might not be safe and they will need our help to bail them out. More and more people deposit the money the bigger the bank.
Like in real world we are responsible to support monopoly and large centralized companies, it's the same we did with internet and internet companies.
- nohnce 8y agoAlso, convenience. Large number of branches and ATMs make it more accessible. Decentralized systems will have to be similarly convenient to get mainstream adoption initially.
- 18pfsmt 8y ago>reason decentralization lost Nothing has lost, the story is still evolving. Most people have only ever been on one social network: FB. People are now getting comfortable with Twitter, and Mastodon (or something like it) will eventually make more sense to the mainstream, non-technical audience.
- dragonsh 8y agoYou are right that some apps will become popular and they will become part of centralized backbone. People using Mastodon or any other decentralized apps based on Kadmelia DHT and other technology will still be using Android, ios, Mac or Windows as primary base platform. Only very small subset of people will use Linux. So in the end, it will still be dependent on centralized infrastructure. It's not just about one or two apps but the overall internet architecture and its control and dependence on bigger company. Now as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon lay their cables across oceans, acquire ISP's and telecom, will control from packet switching network to application delivery used by normal person.