Everyone obsesses over mining pools. I spent a week mapping the distribution of full nodes on Bitcoin Cash. The numbers surprised me. A diverse set of independent operators runs the network, not just a handful of big farms. That’s the real decentralisation metric. If a pool goes down, the chain keeps producing blocks. If the software has a bug, nodes can reject it. Satoshi wanted a network where anyone could run a node. That’s harder to achieve than mining hashrate, but it’s more critical for long‑term health. If you’re interested in that deeper security model, this breakdown explains it in practical terms.