# kaal:claim:3782198-023

**Claim.** Peer to peer networks scale more favorably than client server architectures because client server costs increase linearly per unit while peer to peer network costs can decrease with each added node, depending on topology.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- depends on network topology

**Source quote.**

> Network effects proliferate in peer-to-peer networks because, unlike the traditional client- server architecture which is subject to the linearly increasing per-unit costs, the peer- to-peer network costs can decrease with each added node (depending on topology).

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Contemporary Decentralization* (2021), P-P technology, page 19

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** p2p, network-effects, client-server, scaling, costs

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-008
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-010
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-009

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