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by paulsutter 2986 days ago
We’re just learning how to build decentralized systems. It’s a difficult challenge and most of the current attempts will fail, but some will succeed.

Meanwhile centralized systems can solve many practical problems. The two approaches are not in opposition to each other. Are you trying to solve a practical problem today, or are you trying to build a very challenging zero-trust system of tomorrow?