Decentralized systems are demonstrably less centralized than conventional capitalistic private sector&#x2F;bank&#x2F;gov&#x2F;licensing hierarchies and the monopolies they foster. As you point out, it&#x27;s the human factor that&#x27;s generally the problem. I doubt we&#x27;ll ever see a better illustration there than the current situation with Bitcoin. Historically, we&#x27;ve seen the well chronicled growth of government and commercial interests on the internet. Both are good examples of decentralized systems that fail or are weakened through human causes. I suppose these are the same areas in which offensive security research is focused.<p>We should be smart enough now not to put all of our trust in to one system, and instead to foster a biological-style heterogeneity of systems, all of which we can opt in&#x2F;out of on a dynamic basis based upon their various objective properties and our risk model versus requirements (==motives).