# Why do CDNs make a lot of sense to be decentralized? * * CDNs are distributed systems, so decentralization is not a foreign concept. * Content providers leveraging multiple CDNs is common practice in the industry, and CDNs federate and offload to one another. * Like in the case of bitcoin enabling entities to transact without the overhead and trust needed for ACH, or DeWI networks enabling independent operators to work as one access network without trust, blockchain is a powerful enabler of permissionless interconnection * Federation provides CDNs more content and traffic to deliver. Due to a burn-and-mint token equilibrium, demand for capacity and thus the token rewards provide incentives for broadcasters, ISP and private node participation in rebuilding the internet’s Multicast Backbone (MBone). * Smart contracts enable secure credentials exchange, capacity verification, and service delivery with zero trust. CDNs and nodes hold stakes and reputations that can be slashed for downtime or malicious behavior. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.blockcast.network/main/intro/why-do-cdns-make-a-lot-of-sense-to-be-decentralized.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.