If you define instant as less than half a second then Solana, Avalanche, and various L2s are instant.

JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If you define instant as less than half a second then Solana, Avalanche, and various L2s are instant

I suppose. I don’t see why Cloudflare would want to give up that sort of control. The advantage they bring to the table is they’re a trusted brand per se.

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wmf 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Since most existing blockchains are open source they can just create their own Flarechain™ based on existing code. This would give them de facto control but also the appearance of decentralization at the same time. My point is that it's technologically possible.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> My point is that it's technologically possible Oh totally, that’s why I qualified blockchain with major and public.

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Yizahi 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

L2 are by design a centralized crutch to "fix" slow L1. They usually work like "oh, let's do all transactions virtually on a side, managed by some centralized pseudo-bank, and then only write sum total on L1". Lightning works like that, likely others too. I don't understand how tokenbros ignore this issue, a least people who claim that tokens are currency replacement.