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The decentralization of network technology is capped by its host environment: decentralized systems are built on and confined by the internet, which is decentralized in its foundation but has a centralized order structure.

Source quote, verbatim

The decentralization of network technology is limited because it operates in an environment of centralized technology. The internet, while in its foundation decentralized, has a centralized order structure.

From

Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021), II. Degrees of Decentralization, p. 9
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873 · source PDF

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Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

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decentralized systems built on existing internet infrastructure

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mechanismsupport: arguedfailure: Centralized Substrate Ceilingfamily: recentralization-driftdecentralization

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