Any distributed system can be simulated by a consolidated one by just running everything internally, but the converse is much harder (unless P=NC). So the dist

Any distributed system can be simulated by a consolidated one by just running everything internally, but the converse is much harder (unless P=NC). So the distributed system can only win if the consolidated system is vulnerable to abuse of power, or resilience is a desired property, or lack of barriers to entry makes the distributed system better.