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.

Scoresby

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.

bitcoin

DISCUSS: ETH is more decentralized than BTC when it comes to client diversity

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.