Figure 3
From: The fragility of decentralised trustless socio-technical systems
Emergent centralization. (A) The ecosystem of socio-technical systems involving the Ethereum network, online social networks and financial systems (e.g., exchanges). (B) Social networks drive the hype about ICOs. (C) The Ethereum network is overloaded by investors and the system slows down. (D) Fear for a (supposed) crash generates a financial panic leading to a (E) stress of financial systems where, eventually, failures are expected