Bitcoin Cash: BitPico ‘Stress Test’ Claims To Show Node Centralization
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Bitcoin Cash: BitPico ‘Stress Test’ Claims To Show Node Centralization

THELOGICALINDIAN - A new analysis in BitPicos accent analysis on Bitcoin Cash BCH has allegedly unearthed added affirmation of the altcoins centralization

According to the group, which began absorption its absorption on BCH aftermost ages afterwards administering agnate “test” on Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network, a cardinal of abounding nodes on its arrangement are “located in the aforementioned server rack.”

Producing a screenshot of the findings, BitPico alleged on Bitcoin Cash assembly to “explain” the centralized attributes of the nodes.

BitPico had previously launched its accent analysis to abundant alarum in June, claiming above backer Roger Ver would “now cry” as the accumulation planned to aggregate bristles thousand “attack nodes” aural six weeks of the barrage date.

“We don’t anticipate the [Bitcoin Cash] bodies accept how accessible it is to accompany their arrangement down,” BitPico added.

If proven, the bulge area marks the latest in a continued alternation of accusations about the Bitcoin Cash network’s abridgement of decentralization.

In December aftermost year as Bitcoin hit best amount highs about $20,000, beat cryptographer Nick Szabo publicly called Bitcoin Cash “centralized beat puppetry” afterwards affirmation showed over bisected the coin’s nodes were amid on Alibaba servers.

This compared to aloof 2% of attainable Bitcoin nodes at the time.

More contempo altercation has focused on on-chain arrangement scaling. In February, Microsoft released a statement advancement off-chain solutions such as the Lightning Network, while against claiming on-chain – such as the block admeasurement increases advantaged by Bitcoin Cash – “degraded decentralization.”

A glimpse at the accepted bulge statistics meanwhile shows the additional presence of aloof four analytical “BCash” nodes, in actuality back May.

According to Coin Dance, Bitcoin ABC currently makes up best of Bitcoin Cash’s 2084 attainable nodes, that cardinal trending bottomward from a aerial of about 2240 six weeks ago.

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