That&#x27;s completely inaccurate. Ethereum runs the same piece of code on all these computers in the world. That means a program which is being run on the network when it has 500 computers isn&#x27;t any faster than a program which is being run on 50 computers.<p>The benefit you get is this: When 500 computers are running it, then you know you can trust the execution and the &#x27;state&#x27; of the virtual machine when it is only being run on 50 computers (or 1 in case of a centralized application).