A spec doesn't solve the problem. It would just make it easier to write new clients.
In order to not have single client dominance you need
A number of good alternative clients
People willing to try something different
People that see the benefit/need for diversity in clients.
There are some natural reasons for new clients to arise. I think the alt clients pretty much come out of these reasons.
Mobile OS limitations (neutrino bitcoin)
Bandwidth limitations
Performance improvements
Ease of use
Basically different use cases or priorities drive the desire for different clients. I just think we are still early but now is the time to ask these questions.
A spec doesn't solve the problem. It would just make it easier to write new clients.
In order to not have single client dominance you need
There are some natural reasons for new clients to arise. I think the alt clients pretty much come out of these reasons.
Basically different use cases or priorities drive the desire for different clients. I just think we are still early but now is the time to ask these questions.