Decentralized Network
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
American Optimist 
the a16z Podcast 
All-In
5 statements about Decentralized Network, every show
Friedberg: User access points centralize power on decentralized networks
“The user's point of access often ends up being centralized as a point on the network, and it is that point on the network that accrues the same level of influence, power, control, and value as what we saw in the prior centralized network model.”
Balaji Srinivasan: Decentralized network vs centralized state is the defining modern political axis
“The centralized state and the decentralized network, that is the real political acts of the world. That is the, that is, you know, just like capitalism versus communism was the big, big fight of the, you know, 20th century. The network versus the state, the de…”
Chou: Decentralized social networks must disincentivize central corporate ownership
“So we believe very much that kind of, especially in social creating a decentralized network, which I believe starts with having a business model or an economic model that does not incentivize a central company to exist at the core of the network is really impo…”
Xie: Decentralized applications are censorship resistant and cannot be shut down
“And we refer to these as decentralized applications, or dApps. And so these are applications that run on a decentralized network. They're censorship resistant and can't be shut down.”