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> Look I think we're talking past eachother here No, we're not talking past each other. At this point, you're arguing with your own source whether Ripple is ce
by mopsi 6y ago
> Look I think we're talking past eachother here
No, we're not talking past each other. At this point, you're arguing with your own source whether Ripple is centralized or not.
- arcticbull 6y agoI don't agree with my source's conclusions but I do agree with their description: "Each participating node on the XRP ledger network has to trust a number of validators on the network for the Consensus mechanism to work [...], hence each node has a Unique Node List (UNL). All nodes are free to select validators they trust, but while the Consensus mechanism requires a certain overlap of nodes to ensure consensus amongst participants, Ripple issues a recommended UNL" -- that while not required for them to follow, in practice they all do anyways because in lieu of that who on earth would they trust? Unlike the conclusion my source drew, to me, this says: 1. A centralized entity issues a trust list. This is not decentralized, and it's not permissionless. 2. You must trust the entity, and their trust list. This is not trustless. Once you throw out decentralized, permissionless and trustless, you're left with an RDS instance with extra steps. I'll dig in more and see if I can refute my own conclusion.