Decentralization

Abstract

By now, we’ve seen how Ethereum’s idiosyncratic execution model presents challenges for people trying to build products. A lot of these idiosyncrasies come from the decentralized nature of the Ethereum blockchain. And a lot of these idiosyncrasies do not serve the best interests of our companies, our products, and most importantly our customers. We need to rethink what decentralization means in practice, face some harsh truths, and be more flexible and open to centralization where it is suitable and useful and aligned with our goals. In this chapter, we’ll step away from the technical focus of previous chapters and instead consider how decentralization affects building with Ethereum.