speaking more broadly than defi, there is an intrinsic tradeoff between decentralization and efficiency that is probably something like natural law or tautology

speaking more broadly than defi, there is an intrinsic tradeoff between decentralization and efficiency that is probably something like natural law or tautology. the promise of decentralized tech built on cryptography, to me at least, is that it offers a working alternative where there previously was none at all; almost everyone will probably end up using centralized and custodial systems due to their benefits, but the breakthrough is that you don't have to. you can always choose to trust in the presence of trustless system, but you can't choose trustlessness in its absence.