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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @ama 19 Nov 2023 \ on: Is Github A Big Centralization Risk For Bitcoin? bitcoin
Github has one copy of the Bitcoin code repository. Git is decentralized and what Github might do is irrelevant.
Do you think? Ok
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Of course. Each copy of the repository is equal, yours, mine, Github's, and every other one in existence. Github, Bitbucket, and other sites just give you a "convenient" web interface to make it nicer. You can set up your own with opensource alternatives, like GitLab.
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Whose server is it?
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GitHub? According to the © on their site, it's a company called GitHub, Inc. I don't know anything about them.
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That's my point
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What? It doesn't matter what GitHub might do. Even if they decide to take down their web site tonight, Bitcoin doesn't care, and neither do we. We have thousand of copies of the Bitcoin code repository, and GitHub's isn't special.