Ethereum

Calling Ethereum decentralized is about user control. By running a node you  prevent unauthorized use of your identity & money. If someone tries to steal your FID we all reject that tx. This level of security & user empowerment isn't possible on centralized blockchains where a cabal of supercomputers control the rules

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As a side note, picking up on your first sentence there, I much prefer the term “user controlled” to “decentralized”. That’s the sort of language we need to adopt to reach a broader audience.

Onboarding, onchain privacy with accountability, crypto law, and emergent use-cases in Ethereum.

Agreed. Who cares if your network is "decentralized" if the elites of blockchain community, including pools, block explorers and hosted nodes, are all in the same telegram channel