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This past week, BlockDown livestreamed a noteworthy fireside discussion between Dr. Gavin Woods and Edward Snowden.
The conversation explored the subject of decentralization and Web3’s plausibility to serve as humanity’s salvation from central, authoritarian control.
This article will explore key points from this discussion and their ties to the technology and vision behind Polkadot by Parity. The recording may be found here.
The blockchain community is not united in the strive of decentralization, as many groups and projects also exist with a more centralized architecture.
One such example is layer-1 Ethereum projects that are centralized in order to optimize their network performance.