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The cost in blockchains usually comes from security garuntees, but there's a strong force of resisting centralization in many forms in the blockchain space, e.g
by X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
The cost in blockchains usually comes from security garuntees, but there's a strong force of resisting centralization in many forms in the blockchain space, e.g. https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html
We'll see what the endgame actually is as time inexorably marches on
- apatters 5y agoIn that post Vitalik actually says he thinks there's a high chance block production will end up centralized. If it happens, what's to stop the government from going to the dominant block producers and forcing them to impose limits on the kind of data a block can store? Then dragging them to court or enacting some other form of political retribution if they fail to do so.
- TarasBob 5y agoRead the whole post carefully. Your question is answered in it.