Quote from: ranochigo on July 12, 2023, 08:10:02 AM

Quote from: Zoomic on July 12, 2023, 08:07:25 AM

Let's assume there are 10k active full nodes, and 85 percent of these nodes are concentrated in one country. What is the implication?

Will it mean any form of centralization?
I think the major concern should be if the government of that country rises against bitcoin mining

Centralization and redundancy goes hand in hand. If for some reason, a certain country experiences a natural disaster or any form of attack that disrupts the internet connection, electricity, etc. You would see a pretty big drop in node count. It wouldn't pose as a critical threat but it is certainly not what we want.

Bitcoin mining and running a Bitcoin node is quite different. Latter is harder to crackdown.

Noted, but in the case of redundancy, the glory would be in the pass because at present, it might not be in use. I understand we should only be afraid of attacks or natural disaster if the nodes are concentrated in one region. So, this has nothing to do with centralization in terms of decision making.

Quote from: bitmover on July 12, 2023, 02:58:19 PM

source: https://bitnodes.io/

Thank you bitmover for this pictorial highlight. It shows that node operators are evenly distributed across the world. Maybe it is not time for Africa yet, because there is relative small number of node operators compared to the size of the continent.