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Everything seems to start centralized, and become more decentralized in the long run. That's because it's easier to build things "in-house" first, and it's also
by higherpurpose 12y ago
Everything seems to start centralized, and become more decentralized in the long run. That's because it's easier to build things "in-house" first, and it's also simpler from ca technological point of view. P2P systems need to build communities that can take advantage of the technology, too, otherwise they won't be very effective.
- Liesmith 12y agoYou know how p2p systems can be more effective? By not being p2p systems, and instead being centralized. It's not some kind of natural progression, it's an evolutionary process. Centralization gives you control, reactivity, and all kinds of good things. Decentralization makes you resilient during destructive upheavals that kill centralized competitors. We're gonna end up with a lot of both.
- hitchhiker999 12y agoThat's a great point, however you must take into account the crowd-innovation aspect. Decentralisation allows for a great deal more creativity to 'eventually' bubble to the surface (in a perfect world ;))