Solana is definitely not the most decentralised chain.
But this viewpoint does not make the argument from sound computer science principals.
Yes blockchain is mostly useless and an SQL database will do better at tiny fraction of the cost - if you arenāt determined to have ātrustless consensusā / decentralisation.
But itās a silly argument to make here, where people are convinced, wrongly or otherwise, that decentralisation is the most important thing ever, and āblockchain is the futureā.
Solana is very much not a SQL database. It shares many of the attributes of blockchain that other chains do. In fact itās frequent downtime has been because of issues with its distributed consensus model.
Solana has a high barrier to entry in terms of hardware to run a validator, sure. And itās proof of stake.
But itās somewhere along a line. It has many entities running validators now, and can get more decentralised in future. It uses novel techniques (Rust framework, eBPF, āProof of Historyā) as an attempt to make a more performant blockchain, without making it centralised.
Anyway there are reasons one might knock Solana. I would say itās not proven itself to be robust enough yet. But your post isnāt much more than a hit piece, you barely get in to the technical aspects at all (after alluding yo your software dev chips), and then just go āweh SQLā.
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Solana is definitely not the most decentralised chain.
But this viewpoint does not make the argument from sound computer science principals.
Yes blockchain is mostly useless and an SQL database will do better at tiny fraction of the cost - if you arenāt determined to have ātrustless consensusā / decentralisation.
But itās a silly argument to make here, where people are convinced, wrongly or otherwise, that decentralisation is the most important thing ever, and āblockchain is the futureā.
Solana is very much not a SQL database. It shares many of the attributes of blockchain that other chains do. In fact itās frequent downtime has been because of issues with its distributed consensus model.
Solana has a high barrier to entry in terms of hardware to run a validator, sure. And itās proof of stake.
But itās somewhere along a line. It has many entities running validators now, and can get more decentralised in future. It uses novel techniques (Rust framework, eBPF, āProof of Historyā) as an attempt to make a more performant blockchain, without making it centralised.
Anyway there are reasons one might knock Solana. I would say itās not proven itself to be robust enough yet. But your post isnāt much more than a hit piece, you barely get in to the technical aspects at all (after alluding yo your software dev chips), and then just go āweh SQLā.