I would like to better understand your but about blockchain being the first serious attempt at consensus without decentralization.
The internet itself is a big movement toward consensus. Just look at tcp/ip and Ethernet and dns and lots of other protocols that reach consensus without centralization. But it’s more of a wet consensus than a dry consensus because the negotiation over routing tables happens between users and admins.
DNS and IP have roots, but there are multiple roots and methods for negotiating.
None are perfect, as blockchain isn’t perfect, but are certainly serious attempts.
Maybe the most successful is the IETF RFC process for decentralized consensus.
There are also good examples like the Apache Foundation for distributed consensus.
The internet itself is a big movement toward consensus. Just look at tcp/ip and Ethernet and dns and lots of other protocols that reach consensus without centralization. But it’s more of a wet consensus than a dry consensus because the negotiation over routing tables happens between users and admins.
DNS and IP have roots, but there are multiple roots and methods for negotiating.
None are perfect, as blockchain isn’t perfect, but are certainly serious attempts.
Maybe the most successful is the IETF RFC process for decentralized consensus.
There are also good examples like the Apache Foundation for distributed consensus.