Quote from: Stalker22 on Today at 07:30:43 PM

Quote from: cryptosize on Today at 12:34:39 PM

I want a decentralized forum more than you, but I'm not going to claim that a decentralized solution (whether it's for a forum or payments) is going to be lighter compared to centralized solutions. I'm afraid you don't understand the technicalities involved.

The burden of proof lies on you...

Decentralized systems undoubtedly carry more "weight" than centralized ones. Replicating data across nodes, running consensus algorithms, coordinating distributed components - it all adds complexity. Perhaps we could develop nimbler decentralized protocols but we should not expect a decentralized system to ever match centralized efficiency.

Ultimately, it is misleading to claim that decentralized systems can be "lighter," or even as lightweight as centralized, and the two approaches feature fundamentally different trade-offs. We choose between them according to the requirements of each application. For some, decentralization provides indispensable security properties, despite the costs and complexities. For others, centralization's simplicity and speed take priority. Blanket comparisons seldom account for those nuances, and BenCodie clearly does not know much about the technical aspects of decentralized networks, or it is possible that he is simply misinformed.

What are we measuring when we talk about weight? When we say "light" I am speaking about the end-user's experience. It will take more resources to power a decentralized network, however that burden does not have to be on the end user, nor does it need to be on the codebase that powers the discussed decentralized forum. In addition to that, if we strictly stay on the topic of Bitcointalk, then there should technically be resources available to cater for costs and to build solutions around complexities, that's what the new forum fund was for. Though, this is another topic.

I wouldn't be so quick to assume my knowledge on decentralized networks Stalker22...as cryptosize said...

Quote from: cryptosize on Today at 12:34:39 PM

The burden of proof lies on you...

...which I had presumed before my last post. I will be back with viable solutions as of the current period, once I have enough time to make my own case study which I will post in the new forum software forum, and reference here for you both. What it will prove is that a forum software that is scalable, light in codebase and light for the end-user to use, is possible.

This will not be an overnight writeup, I also have little free time to allocate to new things generally, so allow the natural time it will take for me to complete this and bear in mind that I'm doing it for not much more than to prove a point, and because Stalker22 has just insulted my intelligence in a way that requires an effort like this to disprove.

If feedback was listened to in the forum by administration and there was a chance that it was heard, listened to and potentially used to build upon the new forum software idea, I'd be much more motivated, though I am sure we can all agree that would be ignorant to assume.

I'll be back when it's done.