1/ Centralized control of networks has consequence — Big Tech, Big Banks, and Big AI control public discourse, financial access, and even information. 

Decentralization eliminates control, but it needs to be incentivized. Here's how. 👇

1/ Centralized control of networks has consequence — Big Tech, Big Banks, and Big AI control public discourse, financial access, and even information. 

Decentralization eliminates control, but it needs to be incentivized. Here's how. 👇

https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/why-decentralization-matters-incentivizing-decentralization-incentives/

Trying to solve more problems than I cause @a16zcrypto

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2/ Decentralization isn’t easy.

Centralized systems are efficient, coordinated, and fast-moving. They’ve dominated.

By comparison, decentralization is inefficient and comes with immense costs.

Centralization is like gravity, and it’s hard to overcome the natural order.

4/ Incentives matter.

The costs of decentralization are extreme — it requires giving up control, diluting ownership, and inviting competition.

Without proper incentives, fake decentralization thrives while true decentralization struggles.

5/ Regulation is how we can and should level the playing field — rewarding those that reduce risk by giving up control, while holding centralized systems using blockchain technology to merely obfuscate control accountable.

For more, see:

5/ Regulation is how we can and should level the playing field — rewarding those that reduce risk by giving up control, while holding centralized systems using blockchain technology to merely obfuscate control accountable.

For more, see:
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/why-decentralization-matters-incentivizing-decentralization-incentives/

3/ Blockchain technology is a rocketship though — it can help us escape gravity, at scale.

Many have already demonstrated this — anyone can own, act, and build permissionlessly, without gatekeepers.

But even though it's now possible, decentralization isn’t inevitable.