Network effects proliferate in peer-to-peer networks because, unlike client-server architecture with linearly increasing per-unit costs, peer-to-peer network costs decrease with each added node.
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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 decrease with each added node.
Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852
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