Why “decentralised” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> "Those are largely freezable by the issuer of the paper." Freezing prevents the stolen tokens from being used. Is there a mechanism to return the stolen tokens to the (presume…
by manarth · Oct 31, 2026
It’s interesting that Boris Tadić, the former president of Serbia (part of the previous regime, who lost to Vučić 14 years ago) echoes the same type of pronouncements about poli…
by antibarbarus · Oct 31, 2026
Not just regulated. This is why banks are banks. This is why everything is slow! When everything goes wrong the only defense is to be slow enough to fix it. This idea that there…
by nobodywillobsrv · Oct 31, 2026
Yes but if your cryptocurrency is supported by courts then it is no longer decentralised money and on top of that some of it is going to have to be converted to fiat at some poi…
by dreambuffer · Oct 30, 2026
As the decentralised crypto experiment shown us, hierarchical trust has its benefits.
by rebolek · Oct 30, 2026
The decentralised mode never interested general public, even though it was mildly interesting as an idea to skip hierarchical trust. The established use of crypto is exclusively…
by fabioborellini · Oct 30, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "decentralised" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "decentralised" over time.
Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it. Read more on Wikipedia