<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Ava wrote</title><author_name>Ava (npub1f6…azcka)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Running one node doesn’t verify decentralization by counting others.&#xA;&#xA;It verifies decentralization because I don’t need permission or trust to participate. I can independently verify the ledger, enforce the rules locally, and ignore invalid blocks—no registry, no coordinator, no approval.&#xA;&#xA;Being able to count nodes is irrelevant. Privacy hides network topology by design; it doesn’t create trust.&#xA;&#xA;By your logic, how many Nostr relays running behind Tor “don’t count”? Are they suddenly centralized because you can’t see them?&#xA;&#xA;Decentralization is permissionless participation plus independent verification—not public visibility.</html></oembed>