decentralizers
Authority distribution advocates
Decentralizers are people or systems that distribute power, control, or functions away from a central authority.
In technology, decentralizers build or advocate for distributed networks like blockchain that operate without central servers or governing bodies.
In politics or business, they push to shift decision-making from headquarters to local units: The decentralizers in the company wanted each regional office to set its own policies.
Independent management of affairs
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
sovereignty · self-determination · grassroots · participatory · democracy · empowerment · self-rule · independence
Member-owned collective enterprises
- collectivesGroups acting unitedly
- anarchistsOpponents of state authority
- mutualistsSpecies benefiting each other
- libertariansAdvocates of minimal governance
commons · worker-owned · syndicalism · localism · permaculture · off-grid · homesteaders
Points of connection
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- proof-of-workConsensus via computation
- proof-of-stakeConsensus via locked collateral
- miningExtracting earth's resources
peer-to-peer · validators · tokenization · web3 · cryptography · wallet · fork · staking
Serverless network architecture
- federatedUnited under central agreement
- nodesPoints of connection
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- open-sourceFreely viewable, editable code
serverless · microservices · fault-tolerance · redundancy · BitTorrent · Mastodon · self-hosting
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- devolutionTransferring power locally
subsidiarity · sovereignty · self-determination · grassroots · participatory · democracy · empowerment · self-rule · independence · community-led
cooperatives
Member-owned collective enterprises
- collectivesGroups acting unitedly
- anarchistsOpponents of state authority
- mutualistsSpecies benefiting each other
libertarians · commons · worker-owned · syndicalism · localism · permaculture · off-grid · homesteaders
nodes
Points of connection
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- proof-of-workConsensus via computation
- proof-of-stakeConsensus via locked collateral
mining · peer-to-peer · validators · tokenization · web3 · cryptography · wallet · fork · staking · sidechains
peer-to-peer
Serverless network architecture
- federatedUnited under central agreement
- nodesPoints of connection
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
open-source · serverless · microservices · fault-tolerance · redundancy · BitTorrent · Mastodon · self-hosting
decentralizersconsolidators
Entities that merge smaller parts
concentrators · centralists · unifiers · integrators · monopolists
- decentralized governmentAuthority distributed across regions