Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

That's another way to look at it, but you're using decentralised to indicate there are many large nodes- I would say that's simply distributed. I'm using centralised to indicate that communications are via those large nodes, which mostly don't communicate with each other.

It's client/server on a massive scale. Just because the servers are public, doesn't make it decentralised.



Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: