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Ethereum is slightly less decentralized than Bitcoin when it comes to node count, but that’s about it. Ethereum and Bitcoin are the only chains with high number

Ethereum is slightly less decentralized than Bitcoin when it comes to node count, but that’s about it. Ethereum and Bitcoin are the only chains with high number of nodes. Ethereum has 10 different, independent teams working on their own clients, far more than Bitcoin, so we could say that the development is way more decentralized.

ddtaylor 5y ago
Node count is not a good measurement of decentralization.
ghostwriter 5y ago
> Ethereum and Bitcoin are the only chains with high number of nodes. Am I looking at the correct source here? [1] It says 2997. This is lower than the total number of Cardano staking (validating) pools, which is currently 3135 [2]. [1] https://ethernodes.org/countries https://ethernodes.org/countries [2] https://adapools.org https://adapools.org
- suikadayo 5y ago
  Ethernodes.org crawler isn’t capturing all the nodes, but supposedly it’s either getting updated or a new one is coming out that should see all of them. Seems like it’s about 6000 according to geth dev: https://mobile.twitter.com/peter_szilagyi/status/1460577209861787654 https://mobile.twitter.com/peter_szilagyi/status/14605772098... There’s also about 4600 eth2 nodes: https://www.nodewatch.io/ https://www.nodewatch.io/
  - ashwagary 5y ago
    I don't believe there are that many nodes. Those may not be full validating/archival nodes.
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    - suikadayo 5y ago
      Contrary to the misinformation spread by a certain community, “full nodes” in Ethereum are fully validating. https://mobile.twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1464371384998580228 https://mobile.twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/146437138499...