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by capnorange 1830 days ago
1) Decentralization is a spectrum, BTC -> ETH -> SOL, AWS will be really difficult to get some blockchain properties: permissionless & composability. For smart contract platforms, imo some level of decentralization can be sacrificed for higher throughput, read more here: https://haseebq.com/why-decentralization-isnt-as-important-a....

2) ETH will be more secure than Solana! Solana requires both higher bandwidth and a beefy machine[1] to run a validator node. https://solanabeach.io/validators

3) Polygon is both less scalable & controlled by a multi-sig(less decentralized) which is also similar to BSC. Polygon is based on EVM, Solana is BPF/Rust based with some unique set of optimizations like Sealevel[2] which enables parallel processing.

[1] https://docs.solana.com/running-validator/validator-reqs

[2] https://medium.com/solana-labs/sealevel-parallel-processing-...