clientdiversity-org VS metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews

Alessandro said it'd be a few days before he can get me a data endpoint, but once that happens I'll have clientdiversity.org updated in a day or 2

Ethereum is the most decentralized transaction ledger in the world, with thousands of nodes distributed across the world, and more client diversity than any other blockchain that I'm aware of:

https://clientdiversity.org/

The move to Proof of Stake has also made solo validation accessible to parties other than large pools.

there are guides on https://clientdiversity.org/

Large number of nodes does not equal decentralization. In Ethereum, like all other networks/countries, power tends to consolidate. All the consensus power is consolidated to 1-2 entities.link Hedera is already far more decentralized.

Apparently that’s the case, yes: https://clientdiversity.org/ though the source says „data might not be 100% accurate“, but I guess it’s sure geth dominance is down.

Execution clients only run GETH. Client diversity isn’t even great per eth foundation: https://clientdiversity.org

10+ separate companies implement the protocol in 10 completely different independent code bases https://clientdiversity.org/

As I said this is the second time I did this "report" and asked for better sources the first time as well. In the end I did my best to find reliable sources, but even back then I really wasn't sure if these numbers are correct. And if you look at https://clientdiversity.org/ there are even two data sources you can choose that really differ... so +1 to the irony of our industry...

You can use this guide to see what's best, but I just bought some stainless steel plates and engrave them myself. https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/

Okay, so now, how about the availability of the information. Is your seed phrase on your device of choice acceptably available to you? How about if your house was broken into? How about if your house burned down? Consider all the things that could harm the availability of your seed phrase to you, without sacrificing the confidentiality of that information. A steel plate that can survive a house fire https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/ can increase your availability, but does it sacrifice confidentiality? How about if its kept in a safe? How about, geodispursed mutli-sig with steel plates that are also geographically dispersed? Its a good trade off between availability and confidentiality and you can read more about it here: https://glacierprotocol.org/docs/overview/multi-signature-security/

If you want true cold storage then best option would be generate a wallet offline. Make note of the seed phrase. Check this seed phrase is correct and can recover the wallet! Then backup seed on steel hardware like a cryptosteel or other method of your choice from this list. https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/

https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/ Have a look here.