[acjohnson55]

And yet, in some sense, cartels are exactly what we have, in the form of mining pools.

[rothbardrand]

less than perfect decentralization is still more decentralization than a monopoly. in this case the competition is a monopoly (eg fiat)

[QAPereo]

Anything that isn’t a monopoly is, “more decentralized than a monopoly.”

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