Bitcoin Talk: Decentralized vs Distributed
To be decentralized means to not be controlled by a single entity; to be distributed means to be spread out, Patrick Thompson writes.
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FXToken’s Oliver Prock: Let’s build more and fight less
Prock also believes that not everything can be decentralized and that there needs to be regulated entities in the industry.
US House minority leader wants government to use blockchain
McCarthy points out that there are major concerns over the platform’s lack of decentralization, which could lead to regulatory violations and an almost monopolistic mindset.
Zuckerberg: Decentralization is the future, but there are concerns
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, believes that decentralization is the future and wants to see it in Facebook. But first, he wants to answer open questions so it can be done the right way.
Kik has had enough, but can it kick back at SEC?
It’s unclear whether the commissioners have already taken a vote, but when the SEC enforcement action does come out, Kik is ready to fight back in court if necessary—for all the good it will do them.
The missing piece in decentralizing agriculture—and many other industries
It seems the missing piece in fully blockchainizing and decentralizing food supply is the same hindrance for decentralizing most industries: quality control.
Ripple CTO claims XRP crypto coin ‘more decentralized’ than BTC
David Schwartz, chief technology officer at Ripple Labs, has published a paper claiming XRP cryptocurrency is actually more decentralized than Ethereum and BTC, in the latest attempt to persuade the skeptics.
Decentralizing social media: The choice to pay or be paid, instead of being sold
Social media is evolving, shifting from a parasitic business model where third parties sell data that isn’t even theirs, to one where users have more choices—and more control.
3D printing on demand: Will supply chains become decentralized too?
Is the possibility of a network of decentralised “factories” a threat to the traditional mass-production factories that have persevered for decades since the Industrial Revolution?
