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487 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 19:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.271s | source

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bjourne ◴[30 Aug 25 22:59 UTC] No.45078743[source]▶

So we are not decentralized. Git was a good attempt, but it kind of got centralized around GitHub, GitLab, and other variants. BitTorrent was decentralized, except tracker sites were the natural centralization points. Bitcoin was also decentralized, but still had Coinbase and other sites. Even SMTP is de facto centralized due to the spam problem.

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1. kh_hk ◴[31 Aug 25 18:13 UTC] No.45085474[source]▶

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I think git is a successful attempt despite existing centralized hubs. git over ssh just works. Decentralized does not mean federated

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Are we decentralized yet?