{"id":613,"date":"2024-10-03T03:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T03:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2024-10-03T03:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T03:48:52","slug":"edward-snowden-under-fire-solana-developer-challenges-nsa-whistleblower-you-are-full-of-baloney-if-you-cant-back-up-your-centralization-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"Edward Snowden Under Fire: Solana Developer Challenges NSA Whistleblower \u2014 &#8216;You Are Full Of Baloney&#8217; If You Can&#8217;t Back Up Your Centralization Claims!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An influential member of the <strong>Solana <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/sol\/usd\">SOL<\/a>) developer ecosystem has openly challenged renowned whistleblower <strong>Edward Snowden<\/strong> to prove his claims about the blockchain\u2019s centralization, sparking a heated debate in cryptocurrency circles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened:<\/strong> <strong>Mert Mumtaz<\/strong>, CEO of Solana-based developer platform Helius, took to X to challenge Snowden\u2019s assertion that Solana is a centralized network and asked him to provide concrete data to back the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Mumtaz argued that it would be impossible for a single entity to gain control over Solana\u2019s network, given its vast distribution across different jurisdictions, countries, and governments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can\u2019t do this and you call Solana centralized, you are full of baloney,\u201d Mumtaz commented.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out that while <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) might be more decentralized than Solana, it doesn\u2019t imply that Solana is centralized. Mumtaz invited Snowden to a live debate on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><br ...><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41156985\/edward-snowden-under-fire-solana-developer-challenges-nsa-whistleblower-you-are-full-of-ba\" alt=\"Edward\" snowden under fire: solana developer challenges nsa whistleblower are full of baloney if you can back up your centralization claims>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An influential member of the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) developer ecosystem has openly challenged renowned whistleblower Edward Snowden to prove his claims about the blockchain\u2019s centralization, sparking a heated debate in cryptocurrency circles. What Happened: Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Solana-based developer platform Helius, took to X to challenge Snowden\u2019s assertion that Solana is a centralized network [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}