Crypto Community Criticize Smart Chain Of Binance For Being Centralized

The leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance that shares cryptocurrency trading prices live has recently released a whitepaper for Smart Chain. The crypto community has criticized the Binance Smart Chain whitepaper and claimed it to be centralized.

The Smart Chain whitepaper was published on 17th April and it is believed that Binance Smart Chain will be the successor of the first-gen ‘Chain. It offers full compatibility with Ethereum (ETH) and a delegated proof-of-stake, or DPoS, governance system with 21 node operators elected by Binance Coin (BNB) holders.

Binance Smart Chain has received mixed reactions from the crypto community where some think the chain will only recycle the existing features of the projects.

Crypto data aggregator Messari stated on Twitter, “‘Binance Smart Chain’ looks like another ETH competitor in an already crowded field,” adding that the chain will feature an “EOS-like” DPoS system.

The co-founder of digital asset research firm Delphi Digital, Tom Shaughnessy, states that Smart Chain will be hampered by centralization: “While a high profile launch, Binance Smart Chain may be in competition with Ethereum and other programmable blockchains for clicks and eyeball time, but it is certainly not a competitor for building the decentralized future.”

Shaughnessy criticizes Smart Chain stating that it allows CZ [to] likely reign control over the chain given his influence and his BNB stake. ”

Delphi’s co-founder tells that a decentralized chain could foster impressive applications because developers "have a new sandbox to innovate in with new tools to play with,” adding that “they are no longer bound by the Web 2.0 design space of the past.”

However, Shaughnessy warns, It would be naive to dismiss the resources Binance can put behind this initiative from a monetary perspective and a community one.”