Centralized systems are easy to control, while decentralized systems are not. Take into consideration a recent development with the gaming distributor Steam removing thousands of games containing NSFW (but legal) material after being pressured by credit card companies Visa and Mastercard to do so or risk losing ability to have customers’ payments processed through them. Visa and Mastercard were applying this pressure in turn in response to special interests group Collective Shout asking them ...

Centralized systems are easy to control, while decentralized systems are not. Take into consideration a recent development with the gaming distributor Steam removing thousands of games containing NSFW (but legal) material after being pressured by credit card companies Visa and Mastercard to do so or risk losing ability to have customers’ payments processed through them. Visa and Mastercard were applying this pressure in turn in response to special interests group Collective Shout asking them ...