It really isn’t, I had no idea what people were on about when they said that and it sidetracked me from figuring actually understanding. The analogy makes sense and seems apt, when you already understand the concept but not when you don’t.
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khannie@lemmy.world 2 days ago“Decentralized?”
“Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”.
Is how that explaination would go.
nope@jlai.lu 2 days ago
Nah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”