A peer-to-peer computing architecture is more efficient than client-server because client-server carries linearly increasing per-unit costs while peer-to-peer costs fall with each added node, which also leaves the traditional architecture more exposed to competition.
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The traditional client-server architecture is subject to the linearly increasing per-unit costs whereas with a peer-to-peer network, cost decreasse with each added node.
Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
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