Vitalik Buterin compared Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux.
According to him, the network strives for global distribution without compromising decentralization, similar to BitTorrent. The key difference is the built-in consensus mechanism, which is necessary for financial and social interactions.
The comparison with Linux is based on ideology: like the operating system, Ethereum is based on the principles of free and open-source code.
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Vitalik Buterin compared Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux.
According to him, the network strives for global distribution without compromising decentralization, similar to BitTorrent. The key difference is the built-in consensus mechanism, which is necessary for financial and social interactions.
The comparison with Linux is based on ideology: like the operating system, Ethereum is based on the principles of free and open-source code.