ICP Asymmetric - Game Theory

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Thanks @kyliux, that helps clarify things for me. Also thanks @infu for posting this analysis.

I think this problem could by solved (or sufficiently improved) by medium term plans DFINITY have for node providers →

Enhancing Network Decentralization - Proposals for Node Provider Standards

Introduction Following multiple forum discussions on network security and decentralization, we reviewed community feedback and structured it into a set of actionable enhancements. A first forum post, published last week, focused on identity verification and assessing provider independence. In this second post, we propose a comprehensive set of standards for node providers—covering maintenance transparency, data center requirements, minimum node thresholds, provider backgrounds, and “skin in th…

I’d be interested to know what thoughts are about that initiative in the context of the analysis on this thread.