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I'm not sure how decentralization helps though. People in a bazzar are going to care even less about sharing shadow knowledge. Linux IMO succeeds not because of the bazaar but because of Linus.

>>hnthro+(OP)
What is the shadow knowledge in this case?

>>hnthro+(OP)
You don't keep a bazaar running with shadow knowledge. Either the important things are published or it doesn't run.

>>hnthro+(OP)
Decentralization is resilience; that's why the internet even works at all. That was the entire point of it, in fact.

>>liampu+vj
Also curious, since the bazaar seems to be where one acquires shadow knowledge (grey market items, support structures for unregistered people etc.). See Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong for a practical example.