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RE: Steemit.com Is Not The Decentralized Platform You Think It Is
You seem to be conflating the STEEM currency or the Steem Blockchain with a specific piece of open-source software developed by Steemit, Inc.
Steemit Inc does not own the blockchain, nor do we control it.
I agree however as the largest holder of STEEM, Steemit Inc (and it's employees) do hold the largest influence (express or implied) over STEEM and it's Witness composition. Not necessarily a bad or good thing.
They also own the Steem IP, look up in the whitepaper where it says that no fork of the Steem token can be done without the express permission of Steemit inc.
The blockchain maybe decentralised, however Steem is not.
Cg
At no point in the article, did I say Steemit owns the blockchain. I said Steemit owns the IP for the Steem token; which is true, right?
Cg
Incorrect for two reasons:
The license on steemd that has generated the controversy lately has nothing to do with Steemit; Steemit does not own all the IP in the repo any more than GNU owns the IP for Linux. We don't have a CLA, so the non-staff contributors remain rightsholders.
Anyone can use the blockchain without using the software covered by the license at issue. You can write your own wallet and many have. I hope someone writes their own p2p node, too.
OK, let me ask you this; could another website say called Washit.com, come along, gain a community of thousands, and those thousands of people decide in whatever way they decide, to fork the Steam currency as it is now.
Is that possible? If not; why?
Thanks
Cg
Absolutely it is possible. Nobody owns the blockchain.
Not according to you on the conversation I took this screen shot from below..
So I guess you could stay in Beta forever and use the same excuse.
It seems @smooth both agrees and disagrees with me, as he has flagged this post.
original link https://steemit.com/steem/@demotruk/petition-to-demand-steem-be-made-open-source
Cg
@cryptogee
You are conflating the Steem Blockchain with the
steemdimplementation of that consensus protocol.It's all very complicated; and therein lies the problem; mass adoption will never happen with such confusing matters surrounding Steem and Steemit.
(I have just noticed this post was not posted when I originally wrote it 2 months ago.
Cg