> centralized because the architecture of the internet (which it's built on) is created that way. What are you referring to? In a hardware sense, the Internet

> centralized because the architecture of the internet (which it's built on) is created that way. What are you referring to? In a hardware sense, the Internet is decentralized to a large degree. I think you mean that it's Federated, as there is a large degree of coordination within ISPs, but a fairly small degree of coordination (outside of a number of peering stations) across ISPs. Routing is difficult, but it's not as if there is some central authority managing all routing on the Internet. There are multiple redundant pathways for any given connection, and ISPs manage these things themselves using protocols like BGP. I wouldn't say the physical architecture of the Internet is decentralized, but it's certainly not centralized.