Rebutting my own comment: even if you need heavy computation and storage locally, that still doesn't motivate a decentralized network.
I would think of it as control plane vs. data plane. The data plane can be massively distributed in space, but the control plane can still be centralized.
And of course that's how Tesla works, and how software-defined networking works.
The "powers that be" just need to control software updates and the network's control plane (routing). They can remotely manage distributed resources.
So yeah unfortunately I'm not seeing a big motivator for decentralized networks (which can be very, very slow). You would have to have some need for a lot of local video processing but also a whole way to distribute code and software updates.
And right now that's more centralized than it's ever been. I'm not a fan of the "silent, frequent, and huge updates and pop up new TOS" model but that's the status quo.
I would think of it as control plane vs. data plane. The data plane can be massively distributed in space, but the control plane can still be centralized.
And of course that's how Tesla works, and how software-defined networking works.
The "powers that be" just need to control software updates and the network's control plane (routing). They can remotely manage distributed resources.
So yeah unfortunately I'm not seeing a big motivator for decentralized networks (which can be very, very slow). You would have to have some need for a lot of local video processing but also a whole way to distribute code and software updates.
And right now that's more centralized than it's ever been. I'm not a fan of the "silent, frequent, and huge updates and pop up new TOS" model but that's the status quo.