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The suppliers to the markets might be independent farmers, but the entity bringing that market to one place is a centralized point in the whole thing. This is t
by betwixthewires 6y ago
The suppliers to the markets might be independent farmers, but the entity bringing that market to one place is a centralized point in the whole thing. This is the model that Ebay, Uber, AirBNB and others made their multi billion dollar, industry disrupting business models on: become the centralized infrastructure on which a decentralized market can operate. At that point, are you really decentralized? Every city used to have their own taxi guilds, now every driver and passenger in every city contracts with one company. Which is less centralized?