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Without any central instance or authority; distributed over less concentrated areas.

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Is it possible to implement decentralized autonomous organization in Ethereum?

Is it possible to implement a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) with Ethereum? If so, has it been done in an effective way? Are there any examples?
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What is the theseus criterion and what does it tell us about Ethereum?

I've heard that the Theseus criterion can be used to evaluate how decentralized an organisation is. But what is it, and what happens when we evaluate Ethereum according to it?
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Sustainable business models for decentralized applications

I have following questions in my mind regarding decentralized application - How to monetize the efforts of the organization who are creating decentralized applications? Let us consider an example of the Google and Facebook. Although they are…
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How reliable is the metric of active users in predicting market trends in the DeFi space, given that it is relatively easy to create a wallet?

Gm from the Equator. Hope your all well! In the Defi space all the prediction data is based on active users I disagree with this form of measure for predicting what the market will do because of how easy it is make a wallet. I'm now curious is it…
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What is meant by Routine escrow mechanism in buying and selling process within a decentralized platform?

As we know for buyers in the crypto-exchange, they are protected by routine escrow mechanisms , what does that actually mean?
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decentralization vs disintermediation

I see decentralization vs disintermediation used interchangeably. I see decentralization as technically inclined while disintermediation as business inclined. Any other subtle differences between these 2 terms/concepts?
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Is blockchain really decentralized?

Smart contracts like USDT can arbitrarily blacklist addresses. What happened to decentralization now? EVM is decentralized due to the way it works, but the applications within it violate decentralization.
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