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RE: The Gridcoin Fireside #6 - Gridcoin 4.0.3.0: The Scraper. This one is kind of a big deal.
Hi, yes Im certainly not advocating for a lot of scrapers, or as you say you we would be hurting projects again. My thinking is to perhaps have enough validated scrapers available "waiting in the wings" in case of catastrophe.
Not so much because I think its a problem having 5, but I have seen enough "decentralize everything" rhetoric that gets thrown at projects.
Ill drop you a PM on slack, let me know whats required and if I can comply then will be happy to support the network in this effort.
There is a difference between "decentralize everything" and "this is probably not decentralized enough". Having a core mechanism that can be easily corrupted with minimal effort or cost is fairly dangerous. Look at EOS and other DPoS systems along with the words of incredibly reputable figures in the bitcoin and blockchain and how they approach decentralization.
This is a mechanism that should be as decentralized as possible. It does not need to be 100% distributed, however.
To be clear, though, 5 is fine for a boot-strap. It's similar to how bitcoin started.
Scrapers waiting in the wings is a good idea.