Diem: Oxymorons in the white paper, "Decentralized Governance" [Bug]

Created on 19 Jun 2019  路  5Comments  路  Source: diem/diem

The phrase "decentralized governance" is used many times in the white paper. This is an oxymoron as governance is centralized by nature and by definition. A decentralized system does not have governance, that is what makes it decentralized. Can someone with an IQ higher than 60 please rewrite the white paper without these errors? Thanks.

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Are you retarded? Lack of centralization is what makes a decentralized system decentralized, not lack of governance.

anon17 picture anon17 on 19 Jun 2019
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The definition of governance is "the action or manner of governing" and centralization is not a pre-requisite. A preference for greater decentralization does not seem to be sufficient to change the meaning of words.

crawfordleeds picture crawfordleeds on 19 Jun 2019

Centralization is not a spectrum in distributed systems, crowford. You're either one or the other.

beeforbacon picture beeforbacon on 19 Jun 2019

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karozagorus picture karozagorus on 19 Jun 2019
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If you would like to discuss our whitepaper please head to our Discourse.

ericnakagawa picture ericnakagawa on 20 Jun 2019
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