@XRPExplainer@Dark_horse No, in practice, you don't decide whom to listen to, the vast majority of nodes use the default UNL published and controlled by the XRPL Foundation, they are the ones who decide which validators are added to or removed from the list, you simply follow what they provide by default
@XRPExplainer@Dark_horse wrong...
Bitcoin = PoW. Power = hashrate
XRPL = federated consensus with UNL no mining, no hashrate, you simply choose whom you listen to, comparing practical concentration does not make two completely different architectures equal, they are different systems. PERIOD.
@XRPExplainer@Dark_horse activating an amendment requires the support of more than 80% of trusted validators, if the majority of the network follows the default lists, the group included in those lists holds significant real influence over what gets activated and what does not
@XRPExplainer@Dark_horse most of the network uses the UNLs published by Ripple and the XRPL foundation, currently, they are nearly identical (35 validators), although anyone can choose their own list, in practice, almost no one does. This concentrates consensus power within a small, known group continue:
@XRPExplainer@Dark_horse Auditing a blockchain demonstrates transparency, not decentralization.
If consensus relies on validator lists controlled or influenced by a few entities, and updates are imposed from the top down, it is not decentralized,
confusing the two stems from either ignorance or bad faith