a good old distributed network of centralized databases, one or more for each entity, that get reconciled at intervals. the network itself is already decentral

a good old distributed network of centralized databases, one or more for each entity, that get reconciled at intervals. the network itself is already decentralized. interoperability and open protocols > immutable ledger (which is a centralized source of the truth) philosophically speaking a society where information is stored with no restriction but can be made available to other parties in an open and documented manner is more free than one where the "tables of the law" is one immutable and indisputable blockchain because the computer says so.