27 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 4 Mar \ parent \ on: DISCUSS: ETH is more decentralized than BTC when it comes to client diversity bitcoin
The thing is: there are multiple implementations and a lot of work goes into them, but still 99% if nodes run Core.
There isn't any rule that says everyone has to run Core and yet everyone does. I don't know that I see that changing.
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 4 Mar
True. A lot of reasons for that, perhaps the biggest being how things are packaged, the same reason for LND's dominance.
I expect that the theoretical possibility of a multi-client world might be more important than the realized actuality of it.
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 4 Mar
One sentiment I have heard around is: if you're going to have a bug, it's good if it's the same bug as 99% of the network.
It's funny though that something as decentralized as bitcoin hasn't figured out how to cultivate a significant user base for two or three main implementations.
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