The concept of decentralization has taken a central place in the context of Bitcoin, blockchain, crypto and Web3. But it has caused some of the most consequential misconceptions about Bitcoin and blockchain, leading to a common belief that Bitcoin or any other blockchain must restrict its scalability in order to be “decentralized.” The misconceptions have provided the...
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