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Decentralization

DISSOLUTION: MakerDAO's builders are beginning to chart out the two-year process of winding down. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Tech
Decentralization
MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralizatio...
DISSOLUTION: MakerDAO's builders are beginning to chart out the two-year process of winding down. (Credit: Shutterstock)
By Brady Dale
Apr 3, 2020 at 10:11 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2020
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Finance
Decentralization
Remote Working Proves Unexpected Hero as Half of US Economy Shifts to Home Offices
To those who believe in a digital future in which decentralization makes systems more resilient, the coronavirus crisis has expedited the inevitable.
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By Bradley KeounDanny Nelson
Mar 31, 2020 at 6:25 p.m. UTC
Mar 31, 2020
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Markets
David johnston
'Anything That Can Be Decentralized Will Be Decentralized' 6 Years Later
After one of the most challenging weeks in recent memory we're talking about a new consensus-driven approach to DeFi oracles and revisiting Johnston's Law (anything that can b...
Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash
By Adam B. Levine
Mar 15, 2020 at 1:15 p.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2020
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William Mougayar
Finance
Decentralization
Cut the Consensus: You Can't Run a Business Like a Blockchain
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations.
William Mougayar
By William Mougayar
Feb 27, 2020 at 7:28 a.m. UTC
Feb 27, 2020
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Original Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash
Markets
Jonathan mohan
Decentralization Philosophy – Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts?
Andreas M. Antonopoulos joins the show this week to discuss the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like...
Original Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash
By Adam B. Levine
Feb 23, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2020
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Markets
Oracles
The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds
Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi.
Breakdown1-31v2
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 31, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2020
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LTB423
Markets
Decentralization
Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects and the historical context of decentralized organizations.
LTB423
By Adam B. Levine
Jan 19, 2020 at 3:06 p.m. UTC
Jan 19, 2020
DecentralizationPodcastsLet’s Talk Bitcoin!The Starfish and the Spider
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Policy
Privacy
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.
Davos 2019 image via Aaron Stanley for CoinDesk
By Michael J. Casey
Jan 17, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. UTC
Jan 17, 2020
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Markets
Media
The Open Index Protocol Aims to Decentralize Media
Amy James' Open Index Protocol is taking aim at YouTube and Instagram.
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By John Biggs
Jan 15, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 15, 2020
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Breakdown1-3-20
Markets
Coinbase
YouTube, Tron and the Dream of Decentralization
After YouTube (temporarily) removes crypto content and DLive moves to Tron, many are asking: Are decentralized social media alternatives possible?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 3, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 3, 2020
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