{"id":76065,"date":"2023-03-23T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76065"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:14:42","slug":"opinion-blockchain-developers-struggle-to-achieve-true-decentralisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/opinion-blockchain-developers-struggle-to-achieve-true-decentralisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Blockchain developers struggle to achieve true decentralisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gnosis is pursuing a truly decentralised network, though this is difficult and requires compromises. In an interview with Decrypt<\/a>, the project’s co-founder Friederike Ernst said.<\/p>\n

Since its launch, Ethereum-sidechain<\/a> has attracted more than 115,000 validators.<\/p>\n

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\\”This is 20% of what Ethereum has,\\” Ernst said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In her view, it is the \\”focus on true decentralisation\\” that sets Gnosis Chain apart from other blockchain scaling solutions.<\/p>\n

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\\”If you go to platforms such as Solana, Polygon, Avalanche, etc., you will have very few validators. I think it’s very easy to forget the advantages of decentralisation until you need them. And then it will be too late,\\” Ernst said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gnosis has largely achieved such broad participation thanks to a low entry threshold, says the startup’s chief operating officer. To become a validator, one GNO token must be staked (\\~$110 at current prices). By comparison, Ethereum requires 32 ETH (\\~$56 500).<\/p>\n

However Ernst noted that for developers, building applications on truly decentralised infrastructure becomes much more difficult. Many projects, for this reason, opt for centralised platforms.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the cryptocurrency hedge fund Arca deemed Gnosis results unsatisfactory and proposed that the team return the money to investors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the decentralised prediction platform raised $12.5 million in its ICO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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