Vitalik’s framing around economies of scale and technology’s role in amplifying them is worth serious consideration. The reality is that scale has always been a powerful lever but digital infrastructure supercharges it by removing traditional friction points. This is why monopolistic tendencies evolve faster today than in industrial eras. Global reach, instantaneous distribution and complex network effects mean that once a player secures dominance it can self reinforce at unprecedented speed.
The idea of mandating diffusion runs into the problem that any state intervention designed to decentralize power can just as easily be repurposed to consolidate it. History is full of examples where tools intended for openness ultimately served central authority. That is why adversarial interoperability resonates more strongly. It shifts the constraint from regulation to creative engineering and market pressure. When independent players find ways to plug into closed ecosystems without permission they open cracks through which competition and diversity flow.
Vitalik’s framing around economies of scale and technology’s role in amplifying them is worth serious consideration. The reality is that scale has always been a powerful lever but digital infrastructure supercharges it by removing traditional friction points. This is why monopolistic tendencies evolve faster today than in industrial eras. Global reach, instantaneous distribution and complex network effects mean that once a player secures dominance it can self reinforce at unprecedented speed.
The idea of mandating diffusion runs into the problem that any state intervention designed to decentralize power can just as easily be repurposed to consolidate it. History is full of examples where tools intended for openness ultimately served central authority. That is why adversarial interoperability resonates more strongly. It shifts the constraint from regulation to creative engineering and market pressure. When independent players find ways to plug into closed ecosystems without permission they open cracks through which competition and diversity flow.