A big drawback with connecting to a remote node is adding a central point of failure by trusting that node. Being able to connect to multiple remote nodes would reduce this significantly - is this possible?
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No, connecting to multiple remote nodes would increase your risk as you are then having to trust more remote nodes.
Remote nodes are not a centralization risk in any case (you can use any remote node that is open and you can always use your own node). Using a remote node, your risk is hoping they are not a bad actor (e.g. they could be logging your usage/IP, not on the correct chain, not broadcasting your transactions). If these risks are unacceptable for you, run your own node, local or remote.
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