The cryptocurrency industry is once again facing questions about one of its core promises: decentralization.

Charles Hoskinson recently revisited a widely discussed essay by Moxie Marlinspike, renewing debate over whether Web3 systems are as independent from centralized control as the industry claims.

Hoskinson argued that while blockchain networks themselves may be decentralized, most users still depend on a small number of companies and platforms to access them.

“People don’t want to run their own servers… and they never will,” Marlinspike wrote, challenging one of the foundational assumptions behind Web3.

Centralized Services Still Power Much of Web3

Although blockchain networks operate without a central authority, many users…