0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 4 Mar \ parent \ on: DISCUSS: ETH is more decentralized than BTC when it comes to client diversity bitcoin
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.
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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