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There are decentralized systems out there, like torrents, but they are just too inconvenient. That's why they end up being used mostly for illegal sharing or niche academic stuff. Even Bitcoin is a great example. It was supposed to be completely decentralized, but if you look at reality, it's just been absorbed into centralized systems like big exchanges and mining pools


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