151 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 4 Mar \ parent \ on: DISCUSS: ETH is more decentralized than BTC when it comes to client diversity bitcoin
A spec doesn't solve the problem. It would just make it easier to write new clients.
In order to not have single client dominance you need
- A number of good alternative clients
- People willing to try something different
- People that see the benefit/need for diversity in clients.
There are some natural reasons for new clients to arise. I think the alt clients pretty much come out of these reasons.
- Mobile OS limitations (neutrino bitcoin)
- Bandwidth limitations
- Performance improvements
- Ease of use
Basically different use cases or priorities drive the desire for different clients. I just think we are still early but now is the time to ask these questions.