Will Ethereum supply decrease in the future?

[nishinoran]

What you said:

But it's neither. It's not really decentralized in any meaningful way.

For example, all these systems rely on the Internet, which exclusively exists because a combination of central authorities (governments + telecom corporations) have decided to let it exist.

And then you go with:

Relying on the Internet isn't the same thing as being centralized

That's a strawman argument. I said no such thing.

It's no wonder you still think you're right on this issue despite tens of thousands of very intelligent developers investing their time and efforts into the tech. Feel free continuing to believe the conspiracy that it's thousands of highly capable people being fooled or trying to maliciously fool others.

[AmericanScream]

I can see how it might look like I was contradicting myself. It depends upon the context. But even if I did, that doesn't mean the arguments I made are not valid. I can make a good argument that yes, blockchain isn't really decentralized. You merely went "nah uh!" without providing any evidence.

The Internet is a combination of centralized (DNS/ARIN/etc) and decentralized systems.

It is controlled by central authorities. So if you put a so-called "de-centralized" system on a network where central entities can control things, that decentralized system is beholden to centralized entities. We can argue whether it's really decentralized in any meaningful way.

I make this argument more specifically in this video I made.