%% You should probably cite rfc9518 instead of this I-D. @techreport{nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-09, number = {draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization-09}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-avoiding-internet-centralization/09/}, author = {Mark Nottingham}, title = {{Internet Centralization: What Can Standards Do?}}, pagetotal = 29, year = 2023, month = feb, day = 18, abstract = {Despite the Internet being designed and operated as a decentralized network-of-networks, forces often (and increasingly) encourage consolidation of power over its functions into few hands. This document discusses centralization in Internet protocols and relates it to consolidation of power, explains why both are undesirable, identifies forces that contribute to them, catalogues limitations of common approaches to decentralization, and explores what Internet standards efforts can do.}, }