Running one's own #bitcoin node for the sake of not relying on someone else's computer doesn't seem to be enough incentive for normies to give up 1Tb storage and leave a computer running indefinitely.
Eventually, people will accept bitcoin only because they know someone who wants it and that they can redeem the social contract that bitcoin represents (as money); not because they are sold on the whole cypherpunk philosophy.
I might not trust a single person's computer; but it's hard to doubt the whole network one's connected to.
So, am I missing something, or will our ever-growing chain, coupled with general public's unwillingness to run their own node, slowly lead us to node centralization? Will the cypherpunks always carry the burden of running the majority of the nodes to prevent it from being attacked?
I bet @npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc or @npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev have something written or read-over it. Could you share?
marcos
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2024-06-28 21:22:01
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