Decentralized finance needs alternatives to blockchain
Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt entire ecosystems.
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Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt entire ecosystems.
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