> Who is the winner between two players in a game? When all other factors are the same?
How long is the game?
While both of them able to fight.
For bitcoiners, the fact that "decentralized" security costs more is worth it, because in their view it is a better quality product worth paying a premium for. A decentralization premium.
The cost is high, but nobody sees it, because the payment is delayed for future. Like in every pyramid scheme.