# kaal:claim:3808859-010

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> 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.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), II.6 Peer-to-Peer Networking, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** peer-to-peer, client-server, cost-structure, network-effects

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