Game of Thrones: How to Balance Decentralization and Efficiency in Crypto Projects

【ChainWen】Recently, there’s a topic worth deep reflection—many blockchain projects tend to fall into a strange cycle during planning. The team is busy designing business models, trying every way to maintain operations and acquire resources. But what’s the result? The corresponding decentralized framework is often overlooked. This is the real problem.

Imagine what happens when power is overly concentrated in the hands of the project? Systemic risks, single points of failure, vulnerability to attacks… all of these could become hidden dangers. But here’s an interesting phenomenon—under certain scenarios, decentralization is almost automatically achieved. For example, the English language system, no one can monopolize its development direction. Looking at open protocols like TCP, IP, HTTP, there are no obvious centralized control points, and power is thoroughly dispersed.

The problem is, not all use cases are so “fortunate.” Some projects must proactively design and consciously architect to achieve true decentralization. This requires innovation at the technical level and also a reform in governance models.

The key challenge is: how to eliminate the drawbacks of centralized power while retaining the flexibility and operational efficiency brought by centralization? Solving this contradiction requires project teams to carefully examine their own power structures. Decentralized models should not be an afterthought or a bonus; they should, like business models, be a core design goal.