150 sats \ 3 replies \ @tomlaies 22 Jul 2022 \ on: I'm Simon, creator of Mempool.Space. AMA. bitcoin
Do you feel like Mempool.Space has become too important? This might be a weird question since every developer loves to see his own product succeed.
But people are increasingly using Mempool as a single point of truth about Bitcoin instead of embracing decentralization by looking up stats from their own nodes or from several sources. Of course this does not compromise Bitcoins decentralization - it just is a lost opportunity to convey the culture of Bitcoin to the normies.
Most people aren't going to run their node, and most people aren't going to buy KYC free Bitcoin. That is the hash truth.
But compared to many other Block Explorers we are at least Open source, we self host and own our server hardware, no Amazon or Google surveillance. You CAN access the website over TOR. You CAN one-click install the whole solution on your Raspberry Pi device and be sovereign.
As long as the core Bitcoin community likes what we are doing, it will be a force that continue to help spreading the word of how to run Bitcoin infrastructure properly.
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But compared to many other Block Explorers we are at least Open source, we self host and own our server hardware, no Amazon or Google surveillance. You CAN access the website over TOR. You CAN one-click install the whole solution on your Raspberry Pi device and be sovereign.
I get that and think it is awesome.
But have you never felt like "Yes, come to us for information but don't look at us as if we were the authority"?
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This. I run my own copy for mainnet, but use the public instance for testnet, signet, and the L2s. Great to be able to do both!
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