Eugen RochkoHm, I actually don't know if there's a word for it, but I was talking about blockchains with someone, and one of my points is that the blockchain is decentralized, but also kind of isn't, in the sense that there is only one ledger that everyone shares. This as a counterpoint to a federated system like Mastodon, where every server can exist independently of others. Is there a word for this?
INACTIVE@Gargron Word for what, specifically? Your example of the blockchain?
@deadsuperhero The centrality of the blockchain. Like I'm almost willing to say it's centralized..? But distributed? This is weird. It's like a new axis I don't have a word for.
Alexandre Olivait's a distributed protocol to reach potentially decentralized consensus, the key distinguishing property being consensus. federated social media seldom require this sort of consensus on past events