Although DVCSs don't require a central repo to operate, the most natural workflow for most projects is still to have a central repo where everybody pulls and pu

Although DVCSs don't require a central repo to operate, the most natural workflow for most projects is still to have a central repo where everybody pulls and pushes. DVCSs still have many merits, even with that central repo. First, when the central repo is down, you still have the whole history in your local repo. You can still view logs, check out an old commit, create new branches and commits, etc.. Second, if that central repo is destroyed, you can trivially recreate it using any update-to-date clone. This is already way more advanced than centralized VCSs.