Dezentral ist jedes System, in dem es keinen Single Point of Failure gibt.
Ein Single Point of Failure wiederum kann in Bezug auf Blockchains so ziemlich alles sein, wodurch die Erkennung eines bestimmten Forks einer Blockchain als "Original" oder "Fälschung" unmöglich werden kann.

Anders gesagt:
Ist es nach einem Fork für die relevante Nutzergruppe nicht mehr erkennbar, welcher Fork der Blockchain das Original ist, ist diese Blockchain als "Failed" einzustufen. Die Definition der Blockchain findet dann nicht mehr über die Funktionalität der Chain selbst statt, sondern über einen separaten Mechanismus wie z.B. den Handel an Börsen.

Typische Single Points of Failure:
- eine eingetragene Marke (z.B. Ethereum)
- regelmäßige "geplante" Hardforks (z.B. Monero)
- Primäre Vermarktung über eine spezifische Domain (z.B. BCash)
- Kleines Developer-Team (z.B.?)
etc. pp.

Es ist ein wenig müßig, alle Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, wie man eine Blockchain in Richtung Zentralisierung vermurksen kann.
Im Moment muss man bei ehrlicher Betrachtung wohl alle größeren Blockchains bis auf Bitcoin und vielleicht noch Litecoin als vollständig zentralisiert betrachten.

This is one of the concepts im struggling with as well, I have been playing around with this exchange for a couple months now off and on and I still can't really say that i understand it.

So if the gateways hold your coins do they have access to those private keys? Also confusing is the difference between local wallet and cloud wallet....there are like 4 different kind of keys in your account...almost like steem...i dont even know which ones i need to backup.

I will say that the staking and bonuses they are offering are pretty juicy right now, staking BCO is very profitable i think

Does it covered by the open source license somehow?

There is some lag as all your actions have to enter the Blockchain, it feels like an exchange that's running under heavy load, but we are talking a few seconds delay at most. It's a small price to pay for being in control of your funds & not having to deal with withdrawal limits or giving up your personal information.

Yes, the current state of affairs in the market makes investors very cautious. There is a possibility of a further decline. Now there are a lot of contradictory forecasts. I hope everything clears up soon.

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Your account looks like an alt of "bitcoiner909"  You've made 12 posts so far and 11 are to shit on the Stratis project.  You need to try harder next time.  Don't get banned like your other account. 

Im curious about how this works & if anyone can bring such a node online to support the exchange. I would assume new nodes can & would be brought online ASAP if some are taken down & it would take a global government ban on cryptocurrency for this to truly become an issue. Highly unlikely scenario as many governments can barely function on a national level. There will IMHO always be a crypto haven somewhere on earth, maybe we'll all have to move there one day

* I understand that I will lose access to my funds if I lose my password

* I understand that no one can recover my password if I lose or forget it

* I have written down or otherwise stored my password

In Cryptobridge, a federated distributed network of gateways, operating worldwide...
makes sure there is no single point of failure whatsoever