# *Thoughts*


I have been giving a thought about the idea of decentralization for quite some time now and haven't had a motivation to write it down so this initiative gave me a reason to slowly elaborate on what it means to me and what expectations I have in that regard. 

Decentralized government, as opposed to a centralized one, is yet to be tested and it's up to us to keep pushing until we reach the final destination. It may be hard but we won't quit, ever...

Now, the majority of us who found a home on steem are sharing the same passion towards 2 things, that is decentralization and community. 

One might argue how economic incentives are the main reason we stick around but it's simply irrational to assume that way as steem hasn't been the best investment I have made so far. But, I do think that we have more value than market shows and eventually we will find a way to keep this successful.

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I believe the roots of my skepticism towards any form of central authority can be found in a broken society that blindly follows everything served to them, without questioning anything. Maybe I'm just a reserved introvert, but who gives a fuck right? 

It may sound radical but when you live in a corrupted country where the political oligarchy tailored laws to suit their needs (read crimes) it becomes obvious what centralization may bring -  to be more specific, our nation has been feeding those on power who settled their private interest as top priority while neglecting those in need. 

# *Decentraland*

> *Decentralization—the transfer of authority and responsibility for public functions from the central government to subordinate or quasi-independent government organizations and/or the private sector—is a complex multifaceted concept.*

There are some minor deviations around the theoretical definition of decentralization, but we can all agree on some fundamentals. For me, decentralization represents the idea where the majority gets to decide (in a decentralized manner)  in which direction some platform,  society or anything else will move. 

I feel the need to say that decentralization is often related to lack of organization, meaning that we have yet to find the perfect system which will reduce or mitigate corrupted power while enabling us to cooperate. We have been working on that for the last couple of years and as it turns out we weren't even close. It truly is frustrating to watch how centralized piece of shit Justin simply came, bought a pre-mined stake and decided to overthrow elected witnesses. 



Of course, decentralization isn't something big corporations or governments would strive for as it is a direct threat to their power. 


# *STEEM*

Regardless of how much I wanted to skip or avoid talking about steem, it seems inevitable... Current steem related drama is an important one as it shows how centralized entities play the power games in an attempt to take over the network. 

We have been building a decentralized ecosystem for 4 years and gave countless ideas and discussions around it and it seemed like we are onto something. Every fork we made in the past was a direct result of community efforts in improving the system, not some centralized group leading the way.

I know, it would be ignorant claiming that we had perfect and flawless decentralization, but it most definitely reflected the interest of a majority as opposed to the current minority.

Some of the community members got bought by Justin, some of them were nothing more than parasites sucking the reward pull, while others embraced opportunism. To be honest I'm not even surprised. 



I don't know why Justin feels entitled to govern something he has zero to none technical background of, but who cares, he has money to buy... Despite the fact I mostly control my emotions or at least tend to,  this piece of shit pushed me out of my consensus, disabling me to think rationally.

Decentralization is core value every blockchain tech-based project should have, and if that's not the case then I don't see much need for it. 


I know, it has been annoying, it has been exhausting and still is but if we wanna be great and take place within the first 10 we gotta show that we are able to fight malicious attacks regardless from whom they're coming from.

We want our decentralization back! 


Keep up the hustle, the battle is not over... Yet...