Re:“In 2018 the blockchain/decentralization story fell apart”
by walterbell on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @06:41PM
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> why do we have ~200 nations instead of a single world government?
It's easier for powerful central organizations to influence smaller countries which are divided against each other, while believing that they are relatively independent.
Also: latency of information transfer and the speed of light, which lead to local variance and central filtering of changes which are allowed to diffuse elsewhere.
It's easier for powerful central organizations to influence smaller countries which are divided against each other, while believing that they are relatively independent.
Also: latency of information transfer and the speed of light, which lead to local variance and central filtering of changes which are allowed to diffuse elsewhere.