What is the decentralization strategy?

There are many components to this as decentralization is a complex concept.

To start, a good decentralization strategy should focus on making the system simple.

This is in contrast to systems like Ethereum, which can be very hard for a single software developer to understand and requires significant upfront investment in time and energy.

The harder this is and the longer this takes, the less people will hold the knowledge of how the system works.

Thus, the system becomes more centralized.

Another strategy should eventually aim to remove the need for constant updates to the system.

If system changes are managed by a small group and frequently, it indicates a need for more decentralization and flexibility.

It involves utilising existing infrastructure as much as you can, while reducing reliance on third party supply chain dependencies, which is a long-term compounding maintenance risk and hurts reliability.

Zucoin's Splitchain network uses common web technologies with minimal dependencies to run caching nodes on the network, keeping temporary transaction data available and findable when people go offline.

The same principle applies to the Zucoin wallet app.

Each piece of the system, such as the wallet app, nodes, and possibly more, will be publicly open-sourced once the Zucoin team is comfortable with their stability and safety.

Decentralization itself is a complex concept to define, as true decentralization implies 100% independence, which can break compatibility.

E.g. Nothing shares a common standard or language.

Consider an analogy: If two people on an island create a common language, a third person arriving cannot learn that language without interacting with those two people.

Eventually, if the population on the island spreads, there is an entire ecosystem from where a person visiting the island can learn the language from, so this language is now more decentralized.

Therefore, the long-term aim of the system is to decentralize gradually from a source, starting centralized and spreading outwards over time.