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Please don’t hijack the term decentralization to solely mean blockchain &co. What you are describing is a single system that uses technical means to decentralize (quite cleverly so).

The classical D. is achieved by not having a single system like Blockchain but instead having as many as you wish - anyone can install nginx on their server. This results in a multitude of systems achieved through policy means. The spec means decentralization in this way - Sweden can rely on some DID methods, UK on other, and you can use Bitcoin :)

You may argue that the latter is flawed but please don’t make it sound like the former is the only way.




All methods that don't rely on Bitcoin are not really decentralized.

All other systems can get decisions reversed and rules changed without much trouble. Try doing that in Bitcoin :)




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