Decentralization Archives

Decentralization

Controversial Dapps Test Binance Smart Chain’s Decentralization

David PanMar 3, 2021

Developers built politically sensitive applications on Binance Smart Chain as a way of showing the increasingly popular blockchain platform is not as decentralized as Ethereum. The dapps remain online.

Web 3.0

Lessons from CoinDesk’s One-Day YouTube Shutdown

Michael J. CaseyMar 2, 2021

The helplessness we felt during the suspension points to a much bigger problem for everyone, writes Michael J. Casey.

Decentralization

Dapps Don’t Care About Your Feelings

Marc HochsteinMar 4, 2021

By testing the limits of what's permissible on Binance Smart Chain, anonymous developers are testing whether it's really a blockchain.

Information

Ideamarket Is a Literal Marketplace for Ideas (and Online Reputation)

Benjamin PowersFeb 19, 2021

The goal is to relieve social media platforms of the task of making judgments on behalf of the public.

NFTs

Blockchain Bites: Why Buy an NFT?

Daniel KuhnFeb 17, 2021

Investors may be realizing the same deflationary market mechanisms that apply to bitcoin’s scarcity creates similar opportunities in NFTs.

Decentralization

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization

Alyssa HertigJan 22, 2021

"One thing is clear: This is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously," said Wladimir van der Laan.

Decentralization

Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns

Anna BaydakovaJan 14, 2021

Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the level of decentralization.

Google

Google Down: The Perils of Centralization

Benjamin PowersDec 14, 2020

It was a jarring reminder of the hidden costs of the easy-to-use, centralized systems that permeate the web, and just how taxing or debilitating they can be.