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> decentralized anything never works at scale I'm pretty impressed by this thing called 'the internet'.

• kevindamm 3y ago
  While your point is valid, I think the "propagate all ledger entries to all nodes" kind of decentralized is different than the "route around broken nodes" kind of decentralized. I'm guessing GP meant the former not the latter.
  • chomp5977 3y ago
    That's not actually how Nostr works. It is a hub (relay) and spoke (client) architecture where clients can connect and publish to N relays. No ledger and no propagation.
  • djschnei 3y ago
    Nostr isn't a blockchain...
• acdha 3y ago
  The internet isn’t decentralized the same way: you have single authorities managing routes, DNS, etc. and - critically - unlike blockchains you aren’t trying to have a single global consensus across the entire system. If my ISP updates my IP, nobody else needs to see and process a transaction, there’s no quorum, etc. That trustless design is what makes blockchains so expensive to use.
• ehhthing 3y ago
  The internet isn't really decentralized and realistically it cannot be. Submarine cables are owned by companies, T1 ISPs provide the majority of routing and you really cannot prevent any of this. Centralized control is somewhat required because submarine cables cost money and transit costs money and small companies simply do not have the capital to do that.