159 sats \ 3 replies \ @supertestnet 4 Mar \ on: DISCUSS: ETH is more decentralized than BTC when it comes to client diversity bitcoin
Almost everyone in eth land uses metamask as their client
Bitcoin has much more diversity, popular clients include phoenix, breez, muun, electrum, bluewallet, and many, many more
Try not to confuse node software (backend) with client software (frontend)
Would you consider Geth frontend or backend?
I don't think I confused the two.
The tweet I referenced had to do with staking clients, and most of the data I posted was about node software.
Am I using the term client incorrectly? I kinda switched back and forth between alternate implementations and multiple clients. Perhaps I should have stuck with alternate implementations.
I don't really like that terminology though because it sounds so vague.
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Would you consider Geth frontend or backend?
Backend
Here is a screenshot of someone running geth
Am I using the term client incorrectly?
I think so, yes. To me, client software is frontend, user-facing software for normies. I don't understand why the ethereum community uses it to refer to things like geth. To me, geth is clearly software intended for use by system administrators. It's not a client, it's a backend to which clients such as metamask can connect in order to serve as a more user-friendly interface.
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Got it. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I will stick with alternate implementations for now.
(But I sure would like a better way to refer to code that is not Bitcoin Core but that is able to maintain consensus with the Bitcoin network.)
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