I recently read this question: is @avalancheavax decentralized?

I will try to answer it in this thread 🧵 👇🏻. Some assume blockchains are decentralized by default, but what is decentralization, and how do crypto investors determine whether or not a coin is decentralized?

#Avalanche = Blockchain technology

#Alibaba = The e-commerce giant

To what extent are the two technologies compatible?

I've found an interesting article in Spanish on this subject and had the pleasure of translating part of its content to make this thread 🧵. Let's start at the beginning.

In Cloud systems, the services used are hosted in third-party infrastructures, i.e., we trust an external entity.