Lambie, you’re becoming a bully like iCEBREAKER
Now you're being unfair. Lambie has always been an asshole. iCEBREAKER is the pretender. And not a very good one.
But seriously, eli5 it to me now. How will decentralization be altered in a meaningful way if the number of nodes go down from 6000 to 2000 (I don't think it would, but I'm curious nonetheless)?
What is often overlooked is the fact that number of nodes is irrelevant if all nodes are run by the same parties, this is why it's crucial that the nodes can be run on people's personal computers at home, at their offices, and so on. "Specialization" of nodes, would kill Bitcoin as we know it (as a decentralized currency), this is why there is a clear agenda by some people to raise the block size and make Bitcoin nodes end up as centralized as mining is right now.
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That's not an answer, that's a paranoid delusion.
Again with the agendas.
Even if this weird conspiracy were to play out there are still people out there, real people like you and me, with ultra high speed connections. And I can buy 20 professional grade used servers with sas drives and xeon processors for $300 a piece on our national equivalent to ebay. I'm guessing ebay has something similar. So all we need to protect ourselves from this cataclysmic event is to have some slightly above average dedicated Bitcoin nutters. A quick look at the WO thread tells me we're safe for now.
And again, who are these "people" with "a clear agenda"? I want names. If the agenda really is "clear" it should be easy to attach it to some identifiable entities. And if this agenda is so bloody clear, I want it explained in detail.
